HC Deb 14 November 1967 vol 754 cc369-70

Motion made, and Question proposed,

That

Consideration on report of certain bills by a committee. (1) A bill which has been considered by a Second Reading Committee or by the Scottish Grand Committee in relation to the principle of the bill may be referred for consideration on report to a Standing Committee or to the Scottish Grand Committee, as the case may be, upon a motion made after notice by a Minister of the Crown at the commencement of public business; and the question thereupon shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate; and if, on the question being put, not less than twenty Members rise in their places and signify their objection thereto, Mr. Speaker shall declare that the Noes have it.
10 (2) A Standing Committee to consider bills on report shall consist of not less than twenty nor more than eighty members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve on the committee during the consideration of each bill referred to it; and in the nomination of such members, the Committee of Selection shall have regard to their qualifications and to the composition of the House.
15 (3) Any committee to whom a bill is referred under this order shall report to the House that they have considered the bill and have made amendments or have made no amendment thereunto, as the case may be; and the bill so reported shall be ordered to be read the third time upon a future day.
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Crossman.]

Mr. Speaker

Mr. English.

Mr. English

Solely because of the attitude of the Opposition Front Bench as distinct from the Government Front

(3) In a Standing Committee which is to consider a bill on report, any Member of the House may move any Amendment or new Clause standing in his name and take part in the deliberations of the Committee thereon but shall not vote or otherwise take part in the deliberations of the Committee or be counted in the quorum.

Question put and agreed to.

Bench or back benchers on both sides, I do not propose to move my Amendment to the proposed Motion, in line 14, at end insert: