HC Deb 02 December 1987 vol 123 cc1071-3

Motion made, and Question put, That Mr. Frank Field, Mr. Jerry Hayes, Dr. Lewis Moonie, Mr. Terry Patchett, Sir David Price, Mrs. Gillian Shephard, Mr. Roger Sims, the Reverend Martin Smyth, Mr. Nicholas Winterton, Mrs. Audrey Wise and Mr. Tim Yeo be members of the Social Service Committee.

The House proceeded to a Division:

Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours(seated and covered) (Workington)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Will you reconsider the ruling that you gave some minutes ago to the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Mr. Miller), who asked you to consider accepting a manuscript amendment to delete the names of the hon. Members for Macclesfield (Mr. Winterton) and for Wellingborough (Mr. Fry) from the motion? As you were unwilling to accept that, might it not be in order for us to advise the House to vote against this particular motion on the basis that those hon. Members have slighted the House by going home and failing to turn up for the Division?

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Order. Who stays and who goes home is nothing to do with the Chair, and I am relieved that it is not.

The House having divided:Ayes 106, Noes 18.

Question accordingly agreed to.