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Ordered,
That the Lords Message of 7th November relating to a Joint Committee of both Houses to scrutinise delegated legislation be now considered.
§ Lords Message considered accordingly.
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Ordered,
That a Select Committee be appointed to join with a Committee appointed by the Lords to consider:—
(1) Every instrument which is laid before each House of Parliament and upon which proceedings may be or might have been taken in either House of Parliament, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament; being
(2) Every general statutory instrument not within the foregoing classes, and not required to be laid before or to be subject to proceedings in this House only, but not including Measures under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 and instruments made tinder such Measures, with a view to determining whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the following grounds—
And the Committee was nominated of Mr. Robert Cryer, Mr. Reginald Eyre, Mr. Arthur Latham, Mr. Michael Latham, Mr. John Lee, Mr. R. Graham Page, and Mr. Peter Snape.
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Ordered,
That Two be the Quorum of the Committee;
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to appoint one or more Sub-committees severally to join with any Sub-committee or Sub-committees appointed by the Committee appointed by the Lords; and to refer to such Sub-committee or Sub-committees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
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Ordered,
That the Committee and any Sub-committee appointed by them shall have the assistance of the Counsel to Mr. Speaker and, if their Lordships think fit, of the Counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees;
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to sit not-withstanding any adjournment of the House and to report from time to time, and that any Sub-committee appointed by them have power to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
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Ordered,
That the Committee and any Sub-committee appointed by them have power to require any Government department concerned to submit a memorandum explaining any instrument which may be under their consideration or to depute a representative to appear before them as a Witness for the purpose of explaining any such instrument;
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Ordered,
That the Committee and any Sub-committee appointed by them have power to take evidence, written or oral, from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, relating to the printing and publication of any instrument;
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Ordered,
That the Committeee have power to report to the House from time to time any Memorandum submitted to them or other evidence taken before them or any Sub-committee appointed by them from any Government department in explanation of any instrument;
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Ordered,
That it be an Instruction to the Committee that before reporting that the special attention of the House be drawn to any instrument the Committee do afford to any Government department concerned therewith an opportunity of furnishing orally or in writing to them or to any Sub-committeee appointed by them such explanations as the department think fit;
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Ordered,
That it be an Instruction to the Committee that they do consider any instrument which is directed by Act of Parliament to be laid before and to be subject to proceedings in this House only, being—
and that they have power to draw such instruments to the special attention of the House on any of the grounds on which the Joint Committee are empowered so to draw the special attention of the House; and that in considering any such instrument the Committee do not join with the Committee appointed by the Lords;
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Ordered,
That the Committee appointed by this House do meet the Lords Committee as proposed by their Lordships.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]
§ Message to the Lords to acquaint them therewith.
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