HC Deb 05 June 1820 vol 1 c863

Mr. Baring moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed to consider of the means of maintaining and improving the Foreign Trade of the country, and to report their opinion and observations thereon to the House "The motion was agreed to without any observations, and the following gentlemen were appointed members of the said committee, viz. Mr. Frederick Robinson, lord Castlereagh. Mr. Tierney, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Baring, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Thomas Wilson, Mr. Irving, Mr. Canning, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Wilmot, Mr. Gladstone, lord Althorp, Mr. Wallace, lord Milton, sir John Newport, sir M. W. Ridley, Mr. Keith Douglas, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Sturges Bourne, Mr. As-tell, and Mr. Alexander Robertson;—with power to send for persons, papers, and records; and five to be the quorum: The petitions presented in the present session relating to commercial restrictions and duties on timber, were, on the motion of Mr. Baring and Mr. Marryat, referred to the said committee.