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That there shall be a Select Committee to consider the practice and procedure of the House in relation to public business and to make recommendations for the more effective performance of its functions.
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That the Committee do consist of sixteen Members.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit not-with standing any Adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; to report from time to time; and to report Minutes of Evidence from time to time.
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Ordered,
That Four 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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That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken by such Sub-committees.
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Ordered,
That Two be the Quorum of every such Sub-committee.
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That the Committee, or any Sub-committee appointed by them, have leave to confer and to meet concurrently with any Committee of the Lords on Procedure or any Sub-committee of that Committee for the purpose of deliberating and of examining witnesses, and have leave to agree with the Lords in the appointment of a Chairman for any such meeting.
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That the Committee have power to invite such persons as they may select to attend any of their meetings or meeting of Sub-committees, and to take part in the deliberations of the Committee and their Sub-committees.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to appoint persons to carry out such work relating to the Committee's order of reference as the Committee may determine.
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Ordered,
That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]