HC Deb 25 November 1971 vol 826 cc1705-6

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider Scottish Affairs. The Committee was nominated of Mr. W. H. K. Baker, Mr. John Brewis, Mr. J. Bruce-Gardyne, Mr. Dick Douglas, Sir John Gilmour. Mr. Robert Hughes, Mr. Michael Clark Hutchison, Mr. George Lawson, Mr Ian MacArthur, Mr. James Sillars, Mr. John Smith. Mr. Iain Sproat, Dr. Gavin Strang and Mr. Patrick Wolrige-Gordon.

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs in the last Session of Parliament together with Memoranda be referred to the Committee:

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; to report from time to time and to report Minutes of Evidence from time to time:

Ordered, That Six be the Quorum of the Committee.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint persons with expert knowledge for the purpose of particular inquiries, either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference:

Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint two Sub-Committees each consisting of not more than eight Members and to refer to such Sub-Committees any of the matters referred to the Committee:

Ordered, That every such Sub-Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; 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 such Sub-Committees and reported by them to the Committee:

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of every such Sub-Committee.—[Mr. Speed.]

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