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That a Select Committee be appointed to advise Mr. Speaker on the control of the accommodation and services in that part of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts occupied by or on behalf of the House of Commons, and to report thereon to this House.
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That the Committee do consist of Nineteen Members.
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That Five be the quorum of the Committee.
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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.
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That the Committee have power to invite any specially qualified person, whom they may select, to attend any of their meetings in an advisory capacity on any architectural or related matters.
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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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That Two be the quorum of every such Sub-committee.
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That every such Sub-committee do have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any Adjournment of the House, 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 before Sub-committees and Memoranda submitted to them, and reported by them to the Committee.
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That any Sub-committee which may be appointed to deal with the organisation of, and the provision of services in, the Library do have the assistance of the Librarian.
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That any Sub-committee which may be appointed to control the arrangements for the kitchen and refreshment rooms do 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 Sub-committee's Order of Reference.
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That any Sub-committee on Computers that may be appointed shall have power to join with any sub-committee thereon that may be appointed by the Select Committee of the House of Lords on House of Lords Offices, to appoint persons with technical knowledge either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity relating to the matter referred to them, and to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom.
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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. Patrick Cormack, Mr. Joe Dean, Mr. Paul Dean, Mr. Ioan Evans, Mr. Andrew Faulds, Mr. Ben Ford, Mr. Victor Goodhew, Mr. Walter Harrison, Mr. Paul Hawkins, Mr. Charles Irving, Mr. Ian Lloyd, Mr. Fergus Montgomery, Mr. Eric Ogden, Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas, Mr. Colin Shepherd, Mr. John Stradling Thomas and Mr. Phillip Whitehead be Members of the Committee.
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That the Members of the Committee nominated this day shall continue to be Members of the Committee for the remainder of this Parliament.
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That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. MacGregor.]