HC Deb 16 July 1970 vol 803 cc1850-1

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to advise Mr. Speaker on the control of the accommodation and services in that part of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts, occupied by or on behalf of the House of Commons, and to report thereon to this House:— That the Committee do consist of Sixteen Members:

Ordered, That Mr. Humphrey Atkins, Mr. Brian Batsford, Dr. Reginald Bennett, Mr. Richard Buchanan, Mr. Robin Cooke, Mr. James A. Dunn. Mr. Ben Ford, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Walter Harrison, Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Mr. David Lane, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Mr. Fred Peart, Mr. David Steel, Mr. James Wellbeloved, and Mr. John Wells be Members of the Committee:

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 report from time to time, and to report Minutes of their Proceedings from time to time:

Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint Sub-Committees and to refer to such Sub-Committees any of the matters referred to the Committee:

Ordered, That two be the Quorum of every such Sub-Committee:

Ordered, That every such Sub-Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; and to report to the Committee from time to time:

Ordered, That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of Evidence taken before Sub-Committees and reported by them to the Committee:

Ordered, That any Sub-Committee which may be appointed to deal with the organisation of, and the provision of services in, the Library do have the assistance of the Librarian.—[Mr. Goodhew.]