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That there shall be a select committee to advise Mr. Speaker on the control of the accommodation and services in that part of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts occupied by or on behalf of the House of Commons, and to report thereon to this House.
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That the Committee do consist of Seventeen Members.
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That Five be the Quorum of the Committee.
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That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House and to report from time to time.
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That the Committee have power to appoint Sub-committees and to refer to such Sub-committees any of the matters referred to the Committee.
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That Two be the Quorum of every such Sub-committee.
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That every such Sub-committee do have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House; and to report to the Committee from time to time.
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That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken before Sub-committees and Memoranda submitted to them, and reported by them to the Committee.
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That any Sub-committee which may be appointed to deal with the organisation of, and the provision of services in the Library, do have the assistance of the Librarian.
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That any Sub-committee which may be appointed to control the arrangements for the Kitchen and Refreshment rooms do 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 Sub-committee's Order of Reference.
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That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]
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That Dr. Reginald Bennett, Mr. Richard Buchanan, Mr. Robin F. Cooke, Mr. James A. Dunn, Mr. Ioan L. Evans, Mr. Ben T. Ford, Mr. Clement Freud, Mr. Walter Harrison, Mr. Paul Hawkins, Miss Margaret Jackson, Mr. Jasper More, Mr. Giles Shaw, Mr. Edward Short, Mr. Roger Sims, Mr. Bernard Weatherill, Mr. James Wellbeloved and Mr. Phillip Whitehead be Members of the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services).
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That Members of the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) nominated this day shall continue to be Members of the Committee for the remainder of this Parliament.
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That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]