HC Deb 14 January 1975 vol 884 cc412-3

Ordered, That there shall be a Select Committee 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 nations for settlement.

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 from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them and Memoranda submitted to them.

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 the Evidence taken before such Sub-Committees and Memoranda submitted to them.

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of every such Sub-Committee.

Ordered, That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament.

Ordered, That Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mrs. Lynda Chalker, Mr. Norman Fowler, Mr. Hal Miller, Mr. Eric Moonman, Mr. Dudley Smith, Mr. Anthony Steen, Mr. Tom Torney, Mr. Frederick Willey and Mr. William Wilson be members of the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration.

Ordered, That the members of the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration nominated this day shall continue to be members of the Committee for the remainder of this Parliament.

Ordered, That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]

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