§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ That
- (1) A Select committee shall be appointed, to be called the Committee on Welsh Affairs, to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Welsh Office and associated public bodies; and the committee shall consist of a maximum of eleven members, of whom the quorum shall be three.
- (2) The Committee shall have power—
§ (a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment
360§ of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time; and
§ (b) to appoint persons with technical knowledge either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference.
§ (3) Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the committee appointed under this Order shall continue to be members of the committee for the remainder of the Parliament.
§ That this Order be a Standing Order of the House—[Mr. Cope.]
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Richard Crawshaw)Is the amendment moved?
§ Mr. Alec JonesNot moved, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
§ The House divided: Ayes 187, Noes 10.
361| Division No.29] | AYES | [6.51 p.m. |
| Alexander, Richard | Dunn, Robert (Dartford) | Lang, Ian |
| Amery, Rt Hon Julian | Edwards, Rt Hon N. (Pembroke) | Langford-Holt, Sir John |
| Ancram, Michael | Elliott, Sir William | Lawrence, Ivan |
| Arnold, Tom | English, Michael | Lee, John |
| Aspinwall, Jack | Fairgrieve, Russell | Le Marchant, Spencer |
| Atkins, Rt Hon H. (Spelthorne) | Faith, Mrs Sheila | Lennox-Boyd, Hon Mark |
| Atkins, Robert (Preston North) | Fenner, Mrs Peggy | Lester, Jim (Beeston) |
| Baker, Nicholas (North Dorset) | Finsberg, Geoffrey | Lloyd, Peter (Fareham) |
| Bendall, Vivian | Fisher, Sir Nigel | McCrindle, Robert |
| Berry, Hon Anthony | Fletcher, Alexander (Edinburgh N) | MacGregor, John |
| Best, Keith | Fookes, Miss Janet | Mackay, John (Argyll) |
| Bevan, David Gilroy | Forman, Nigel | McNair-Wilson, Patrick (New Forest) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Fox, Marcus | McQuarrie, Albert |
| Blackburn, John | Fraser, Peter (South Angus) | Major, John |
| Bottomley, Peter (Woolwich West) | Gardner, Edward (South Fylde) | Marland, Paul |
| Braine, Sir Bernard | Garel-Jones, Tristan | Marlow, Antony |
| Bright, Graham | Glyn, Dr Alan | Marten, Neil (Banbury) |
| Brinton, Timothy | Gorst, John | Mather, Carol |
| Brittan, Leon | ||
| Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher | Gow, Ian | Maude, Rt Hon Angus |
| Brooke, Hon Peter | Gower, Sir Raymond | Mawby, Ray |
| Brown, Michael (Brigg & Sc'thorpe) | Greenway, Harry | Mawhinney, Dr Brian |
| Bruce-Gardyne, John | Griffiths, Peter (Portsmouth N) | Maxwell-Hyslop, Robin |
| Budgen, Nick | Grist, Ian | Mellor, David |
| Bulmer, Esmond | Grylls, Michael | Meyer, Sir Anthony |
| Butcher, John | Gummer, John Selwyn | Miller, Hal (Bromsgrove & Redditch) |
| Cadbury, Jocelyn | Hannam, John | Mills, Iain (Meriden) |
| Carlisle, John (Luton West) | Hawkins, Paul | Mills, Peter (West Devon) |
| Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Hawksley, Warren | Moate, Roger |
| Chalker, Mrs. Lynda | Heddle, John | Montgomery, Fergus |
| Chapman, Sydney | Henderson, Barry | Morgan, Geraint |
| Clark, Hon Alan (Plymouth, Sutton) | Hicks, Robert | Morrison, Hon Peter (City of Chester) |
| Clark, William (Croydon South) | Higgins, Terence L. | Mudd, David |
| Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Hill, James | Murphy, Christopher |
| Cockeram, Eric | Holland, Philip (Carlton) | Myles, David |
| Colvin, Michael | Hunt, David (Wirral) | Needham, Richard |
| Cope, John | Hunt, John (Ravensbourne) | Nelson, Anthony |
| Corrie, John | Irving, Charles (Cheltenham) | Neubert, Michael |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Newton, Tony |
| Critchley, Julian | Jopling, Rt Hon Michael | Normanton, Tom |
| Dean, Paul (North Somerset) | Kaberry, Sir Donald | Onslow, Cranley |
| Dorrell, Stephen | King, Rt Hon Tom | Page, Rt Hon R Graham (Crosby) |
| Dover, Denshore | Kitson, Sir Timothy | Parris, Matthew |
| Dunlop, John | Knox, David | Patten, Christopher (Bath) |
| Patten, John (Oxford) | Shersby, Michael | Waddington, David |
| Pawsey, James | Silvester, Fred | Wakeham, John |
| Percival, Sir Ian | Sims, Roger | Waldegrave, Hon William |
| Pollock, Alexander | Skeet, T. H. H. | Walker-Smith, Rt Hon Sir Derek |
| Porter, George | Speller, Tony | Wall, Patrick |
| Price, David (Eastleigh) | Spicer, Jim (West Dorset) | Waller, Gary |
| Proctor, K. Harvey | Sproat, Iain | Ward, John |
| Pym, Rt Hon Francis | Squire, Robin | Watson, John |
| Raison, Timothy | Stanbrook, Ivor | Wells, P. Bowen (Hert'rd&Stev'nage) |
| Rathbone, Tim | Steen, Anthony | Wheeler, John |
| Rhodes James, Robert | Stevens, Martin | Whitelaw, Rt Hon William |
| Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon | Stewart, Ian (Hitchin) | Wickenden, Keith |
| Rifkind, Malcolm | Stradling Thomas, J. | Williams, Delwyn (Montgomery) |
| Roberts, Michael (Cardiff NW) | Temple-Morris, Peter | Winterton, Nicholas |
| Roberts, Wyn (Conway) | Thompson, Donald | Wolfson, Mark |
| Rost, peter | Thorne, Neil (Ilford South) | Young, Sir George (Acton) |
| Sainsbury, Hon Timothy | Thornton, George | |
| Shaw, Michael (Scarborough) | Townend, John (Bridlington) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Shelton, William (Streatham) | Trippier, David | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton and |
| Shepherd, Colin (Hereford) | Viggers, Peter | Mr. Robert Boscawen. |
| Shepherd, Richard (Aldridge-Br'hills) | ||
| NOES | ||
| Beith, A. J. | Stewart, Rt Hon Donald (W Isles) | |
| Cryer, Bob | Thomas, Dafydd (Merioneth) | |
| Freud, Clement | Wigley, Dafydd | |
| Grimond, Rt Hon J. | ||
| Ross, Stephen (Isle of wight) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: | |
| skinner, Dennis | Mr. Geraint Howells and | |
| Steel, Rt Hon David | Mr. Gordon Wilson. |
§ Question accordingly agreed to.