HC Deb 16 July 1971 vol 821 cc994-5

Ordered,

  1. (1) There shall be a Select Committee, to consist of twelve members, who shall be nominated at the commencement of every session, to join with the committee appointed by the Lord as the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills to consider :
    1. (a) Consolidation Bills, whether Public or Private ;
    2. (b) Statute Law Revision Bills ;
    3. (c) Bills prepared pursuant to the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949, together with any memoranda laid pursuant to that Act and any representations made with respect thereto ;
    4. (d) Bills to consolidate any enactments with amendments to give effect to recommendations made by one or both of the Law Commissions, together with any report containing such recommendations ; and
    5. (e) Bills prepared by one or both of the Law Commissions to promote the reform of the Statute Law by the repeal, in accordance with Law Commission recommendations, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, whether or not they make other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments, together with any Law Commission report on any such Bill.
    2. 995
  2. (2) The Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records ; and to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House.
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Whitelaw.]

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