§ Resolution of the House [5th December] relative to the appointment of a Joint Committee, and Lords Message [12th December] signifying their concurrence with the said Resolution, read.
§ Select Committee of Seven Members appointed to join with a Committee to be appointed by the Lords to inquire into the accommodation in the Palace of West-minster and to report thereon with such recommendations as appear to them desirable:
§ Mr. Anderson, Sir Cyril Entwistle, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Mander, Mr. Raikes, Sir Stanley Reed and Mr. R. J. Taylor:
§ Power to send for persons, papers and records: to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; and to report from time to time:
§ Three to be the quorum.—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
§ Message to the Lords to acquaint them with such of the said Orders as are necessary to be communicated to their Lordships, and to request them to appoint an equal number of Lords, to join with the Committee appointed by this House.