HC Deb 23 November 1973 vol 864 cc1800-1

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to review policies but not individual cases, in relation to—

  1. (a) the operation of the Race Relations Act 1968 with particular reference to the work of the Race Relations Board and the Community Relations Commission; and
  2. (b) the admission into the United Kingdom of Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals for settlement.
And the Committee was nominated of Mr. Guy Barnett, Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mr. Arthur Bottomley, Mr. Sydney Chapman, Mr. William Deedes, Mr. Norman Fowler, Mr. Barney Hay-hoe, Mr. J. R. Kinsey, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. Tom Torney, Mr. John Wilkinson and Mr. William Wilson.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint persons with expert knowledge for the purpose of particular enquiries, 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 send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; to admit strangers during the examination of witnesses unless they otherwise order; and to report Minutes of Evidence from time to time.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to report from time to time.

Ordered, That Four be the Quorum of the Committee.

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 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; to report to the Committee from time to time; and to admit strangers during the examination of witnesses unless they otherwise order.

Ordered, That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of Evidence taken before such Sub-Committees.

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