HC Deb 30 July 1998 vol 317 c585

Amendments made: No. 25, in page 11, line 20, at end insert— '(5A) Standing orders shall provide that—

  1. (a) a Minister may not be the chairman or deputy chairman of a statutory committee; and
  2. (b) in making a selection under the provision made by virtue of subsection (3)(a), a nominating officer shall prefer a committee in which he does not have a party interest to one in which he does.
(5B) For the purposes of subsection a nominating officer has a party interest in a committee if it is established to advise and assist a Northern Ireland Minister who is a member of his party.'. No. 26, in page 11, line 23, leave out '(5)' and insert '(5A)'.—[Mr. Dowd.]

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