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Ordered,
That there shall be a Select Committee to consider draft proposals by the Commission of the European Economic Community for secondary legislation and other documents published by the Commission for submission to the Council of Ministers, and to report their opinion as to whether such proposals or other documents raise questions of legal or political importance, to give their reasons for their opinion, to report what matters of principle or policy may be affected thereby, and to what extent they may affect the law of the United Kingdom, and to make recommendations for the further consideration of such proposals and other documents by the House.
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Ordered,
That the Committee do consist of Sixteen Members.
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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.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit not-
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withstanding any Adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; and to report from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them and any Memoranda submitted to them.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to report from time to time.
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Ordered,
That Five be the Quorum of the Committee.
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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.
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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.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken before such Sub-committees, and any Memoranda submitted to them.
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Ordered,
That Three be the Quorum of every such Sub-committee.
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Ordered,
That the Committee on European Secondary Legislation, &c. or any Sub-committee appointed by the Committee have leave to confer with any Committee appointed by the Lords or the European Communities or any Sub-committee appointed by them.
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Ordered,
That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament.
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Ordered,
That Mr. Ronald Bell, Mr. Tam Dalyell, Mr. Denzil Davies, Mr. John Davies, Mr. Russell Johnston, Mr. Neil Kinnock, Mr. Edward Lyons, Dr. J. Dickson Mabon, Mr. John P. Mackintosh, Mr. Neil Marten, Mr. Peter Mills, Mr. R. Graham Page, Mr. Ian Percival, Mr. John Roper, Mr. Julius Silverman and Mr. James Spicer be Members of the Committee.
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Ordered,
That the members of the Select Committee on European Secondary Legislation, &c. nominated this day shall continue to be members of the Committee for the remainder of this Parliament.
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Ordered,
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]