§ 3.23 p.m.
§ The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move the first Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
§ Moved That the Fourth Report from the Select Committee be agreed to.—(Lord Aberdare.)
§ The Report was as follows:
§ 1. SECURITY
§ The Committee were informed that, following a review of security in the Palace of Westminster by the then Deputy Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, the present police and custodian forces were to be unified under a single police command. The necessary steps were now being taken by the Government Departments concerned, in consultation with the Police authorities and the staff directly affected, with a view to the new structure being operational by 1st October, 1977.
§ The Committee were further informed that it was proposed that expenditure on security within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster should in future be wholly borne on the Votes of the two Houses. The Committee approved the consequential increased provision for the cost of police and custodians attributable to the House of Lords Vote.
§ 2. PARLIAMENT OFFICE
§ The Committee were informed of increased staff requirements if Parliament agree to the 1128 recommendations of the Joint Committee on Sound Broadcasting for the preservation of archival tape of the proceedings of the two Houses.
§ The Committee agreed in principle to the creation of the following additional posts:—
- Assistant Clerk of the Records;
- Assistant (Sound) Archivist;
- 1 Clerical Officer;
- 1 Shorthand Typist.
§ 3. LIBRARY
§ The Committee agreed the temporary appointment of two additional Cataloguers and one Personal Secretary.
§ 4. MEDICAL FACILITIES
§ The Committee were informed of the employment of a nurse within the Palace of Westminster on a permanent basis and authorised payment of a proportion of the cost.
§ 5. REVISED SCALES OF PAY
§ The Committee approved a revision in the pay of the Chairman and Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees.
§ 6. PHOTOGRAPHIC COPYING
§ The Committee approved a scale of charges for supplying photographic reproductions of documents to the public.
§ 7. SUPERANNUATION
§ The Committee sanctioned the payment of the following superannuation awards:—
- (i) Pension and lump sum to Sir Richard Cave, K.C.V.O., C.B., Fourth Clerk at the Table (Judicial), who retires on 1st August 1977;
- (ii) Pension and lump sum to Mr. T. G. Talbot, C.B., Q.C., Counsel to the Chairman of Committees and Legal Adviser to the Ecclesiastical Committee, who formally retires on 1st August 1977;
- (iii) Pension and lump sum to Miss M. E. Manisty, M.B.E., Assistant Clerk (Judicial), who retires on 1st August 1977.
§ 8. SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS ACT 1975
§ The Committee agreed that the House of Lords should, subject to the statutory procedures, apply for a certificate to contract out of the additional pension element of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 in respect of staff who are covered by the House of Lords Pension Scheme.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.