Here are the committee's main recommendations:

• New tours to allow people invited to Parliament by MPs to see the Commons at work
• Select committees should increase the opportunities for the public to have their say about their work through the internet
• Government should continue to increase the amount of draft plans for new laws it publishes
• Bills should be able to be carried over from one parliamentary session to the next, but only once
• Ministers should consult with opposition parties on the timetable for legislation
• The Commons should sit at 11.30am for oral questions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
• The Commons' main business should end at 7pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 6pm on Thursdays
• The Commons calendar should be announced a year in advance so MPs can plan the best way to make use of time in their constituencies
• MPs should get an extra week away from Westminster in the first half of the year for constituency work
• The Commons summer break should run only between mid-July and early September, with another break later for party conferences
• The amount of advance notice MPs have to give for oral questions should be cut from 10 to three days
• Backbench speeches should normally be limited to 10 minutes
• Trial sessions should be set up where junior ministers from different departments are questioned on the same issue, such as youth policy