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Ordered,
That a Select Committee be appointed to consider the extent, nature and causes of the problems of families where there is violence; and to make recommendations:
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Ordered,
That Mr. Ronald Atkins, Mrs. Margaret Bain, Mr. Andrew Bennett, Mr. Peter Bottomley, Mr. Michael Brotherton, Mrs. Joyce Butler, Mr. Bruce George, Mr. Patrick Mayhew, Mrs Millie Miller, Mr. W. R. Rees-Davies, Mr. Cyril D. Townsend, and Mrs. Audrey Wise be Members of the Committee.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any Adournment 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 Three be the Quorum of the Committee:
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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:
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Ordered,
That the Minutes of the Evidence referred to the Select Committee on Violence in the Family on 12th March 1976 in the last Session of Parliament, and the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Violence in the Family in the last Session of Parliament, together with memoranda laid before them, be referred to the Committee.—[Mr. Thomas Cox.]