HC Deb 02 February 1976 vol 904 cc1127-8

Ordered, That there shall be a Select Committee to examine the arrangements made for the compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the Register of Members' Interests; to consider any proposals made by Members or others as to the form and contents of the Register; to consider any specific complaints made in relation to the registering or declaring of interests; to consider what classes of person (if any) other than Members ought to be required to register; and to make recommendations upon these and any other matters which are relevant.

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of Thirteen Members.

Ordered, 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.

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee.

Ordered, That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament. And the Committee was nominated of Mr. R. B. Cant, Mr. Nicholas Edwards, Mr. A. G. F Hall-Davis, Sir Michael Havers, Mr. Sydney Irving, Mr. Colin Jackson, Mr. Simon Mahon, Mr. Angus Maude, Mr. Arthur Palmer, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smith, and Mr. Frederick Willey.

Ordered, That the members of the Select Committee on Members' Interests 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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