§ Resolution of the House [24th May] relative to the appointment of a Joint Committee on Water Resources and Supplies, which was ordered to be communicated to the Lords, and so much of the Lords Message [4th June] as signifies their concurrence in the said Resolution, read:
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Ordered,
That a Select Committee of Seven Members be appointed to join with a Committee to be appointed by the Lords to consider and report on measures for the better conservation and organisation of water resources and supplies in England and Wales:
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records;
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Ordered,
That Three be the quorum.—[Sir G. Penny.]
§ Message to the Lords to acquaint them there with, and to request them to appoint an equal number of Lords to join with the Committee appointed by this House.
2179§ Mr. Cadogan, Mr. Richard Evans, Sir William Jenkins, Lieutenant - Colonel Llewellin, Major Mills, Sir John Pybus, and Colonel Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise nominated Members of the Committee.