HC Deb 16 July 1971 vol 821 c923

That, except as otherwise ordered by this House,

  1. (1) a Select Committee shall have power to admit strangers during the examination of Witnesses unless they otherwise order ; and
  2. (2) a Sub-Committee appointed by such a Select Committee shall have a like power except as that Committee otherwise order.
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.