HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES

HL Deb 02 December 1969 vol 306 cc11-3

THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF LISTOWEL)

My Lords, I beg to move that the First Report from the Select Committee be now considered.

Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

The Committee's Report was as follows:

1. APPOINTMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEES (a) Administration. The Administration Committee was appointed as follows:

• E. Listowel (Chairman)
• M. Salisbury
• E. St. Aldwyn
• L. Amulree
• L. Beswick
• L. Champion
• L. Denham
• L. Henley
• L. Strang
• B. Swanborough

with the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords. (b) Library. The Sub-Committee on the Library was appointed as follows:

• L. Amulree
• L. Burden
• L. Carrington
• L. Champion
• L. Chorley
• L. Reid
• B. Wootton of Abinger

with the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint its own Chairman. (c) Refreshment Department. The Sub-Committee on the Refreshment Department was appointed as follows:

• E. St. Aldwyn
• V. Goschen
• L. Amulree
• L. Beswick
• B. Brooke of Ystradfellte
• L. Champion
• B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
• L. Sainsbury
• L. Strang
• B. Swanborough

with the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint its own Chairman. (d) House of Lords Estimates. The Sub-Committee on the Estimates was appointed as follows:

• E. Listowel (Chairman)
• E. St. Aldwyn
• L. Amulree
• L. Beswick

with the Clerk of the Parliaments.

2. REPRINTING OF PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS

The Committee considered a request from the Kraus-Thomson Organisation for permission to reprint in conjunction with H.M. Stationery Office the out-of-print volumes of the Rolls of Parliament and the Journals of the House.

The Committee expressed approval of the project and recommended that a contract for this purpose should be negotiated between H.M. Stationery Office and the Kraus-Thomson Organisation.

3. PARLIAMENT OFFICE AND LIBRARY

The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the Committee of a review of the following posts in the Parliament Office and Library:

• Clerk of the Records
• Assistant Librarian
• Hansard Editorial Staff
• Clerical Officer, Hansard Office
• Senior Office Assistant, Chairman of Committees' Department.

The Committee authorised the scales of salary consequent upon the revised grading of these posts.

4. REVISED SCALES OE PAY

The Committee sanctioned the application of Establishment Circular D.E.O. (69) (Pay) No. 12—Pay of the Higher Civil Service—to analogous grades of the staff of the House of Lords.

5. ESTIMATES

The Estimate for the House of Lords for 1970–71 was laid before the Committee and approved with an amendment in relation to the provision for Post Office Services.

6. SUPERANNUATION

The Committee sanctioned the payment of the following Superannuation Awards under the Superannuation Act 1965:

1. (a) Revised Pension and Additional Allowance to Mr. Thomas Eric Webster, Attendant, who retired on October 26, 1969.
2. (b) Pension and Additional Allowance to Mr. Arthur Edward Slaughter Forty, Second Principal Doorkeeper, who retires on November 28, 1969.

7. HOUSE OF LORDS' FEES—IRISH PEERAGE CLAIMS

The Committee considered the fees payable in regard to claims to Irish Peerages and recommend that they should be revised as follows:

	£	s.	d.
On presentation of Petition …	5	5	0
Lord Chancellor's Report	5	5	0
Order made thereon	5	5	0

THE EARL OF LISTOWEL

My Lords, I beg to move that this Report be now agreed to.

Moved, That the Report be now agreed to.—(The Earl of Listowel.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.