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Private members' bill draw: MPs await result Private members' bill draw: Chris Bryant comes first
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Backbench MPs will learn if they will get the chance to introduce new laws when an annual ballot is drawn. Labour MP Chris Bryant has won the annual ballot to decide which backbenchers get to propose new laws.
The draw will decide which 20 MPs get priority for their selected private members' bills and in what order. The result of the private members' bill draw puts Mr Bryant in pole position as his proposal will get the most Parliamentary time allocated for debate.
Those at the top of the list get more parliamentary debating time and thus stand a better chance of becoming law. A total of 20 MPs' names were drawn with the order determining which ones will get the most debating time.
Another Labour MP, Steve Reed, came second.
Some 461 MPs entered the ballot, which was drawn by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.
Private members' bills are one of the few chances MPs who are not ministers get to create legislation, although most are still likely to fall short.Private members' bills are one of the few chances MPs who are not ministers get to create legislation, although most are still likely to fall short.
Six bills from last year's ballot ended up becoming law, in areas including preventing violence against women, homelessness and parking.Six bills from last year's ballot ended up becoming law, in areas including preventing violence against women, homelessness and parking.
The draw, by deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle, takes place at 09:00 BST.