§ Ordered,
§ That a Select Committee be appointed to review policies but not individual cases, in relation to—
- (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
- (b) the admission into the United Kingdom of Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals for settlement.
§ The Committee was nominated of Mr. Norman Atkinson, Mr. Guy Barnett, Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mrs. Lynda Chalker, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Norman Fowler, Mr. Eric Moon-man, Mr. William Shelton, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. Dudley Smith, Mr. Tom Torney and Mr. William Wilson.
§ 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 send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; 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; 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.
653§ Ordered,
§ That Three be the Quorum of every such Sub-Committee.
§ Ordered,
§ That the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration and before the Subcommittee appointed by that Committee in the last Session of the last Parliament and reported by them to the House on 13th December, 24th and 31st January and 7th February be referred to the Committee.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]