§
Ordered,
That a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report upon plans for the rebuilding of the House of Commons and upon such alterations as may be considered desirable while preserving all its essential features.
§
Ordered,
That the Committee do consist of Fifteen Members.
§ Committee accordingly nominated of Commander Agnew, Mr. Benson, Captain De Chair, Mr. Erskine Hill, Sir Patrick Hannon, Sir Percy Harris, Mr. Hore-Belisha, Mr. Godfrey Nicholson, Mr. Pethick-Lawrence, Miss Rathbone, Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, Mr. Bracewell Smith, Mr. Wedderburn, Mr. Wilmot and Earl Winterton.
§
Ordered,
That Five be the quorum.
§
Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; and to report from time to time."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
§ The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.