HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 cc479-80

That the following amendments to Standing Orders be made:

S.O. No. 146 (Select Committee on Public Administration): in line 29, at end add the following words:

  1. '(5) The committee shall have power to appoint a sub-committee, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report to the committee from time to time.
  2. (6) The committee shall have power to report from time to time the minutes of evidence taken before the sub-committee.
  3. (7) The quorum of the sub-committee shall be three.'.

S.O. No. 152 (Select Committees related to government departments): leave out lines 9 to 14, and insert the following words: '(3) Each select committee appointed under this order shall have the power to appoint a sub-committee, and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee shall have power to appoint two sub-committees.'.

S.O. No. 152A (Environmental Audit Committee): in line 34, at end, add the following words:

  1. '(5) The committee shall have power to appoint a sub-committee, which shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report to the committee from time to time.
  2. (6) The committee shall have power to report from time to time the minutes of evidence taken before the sub-committee.
  3. (7) The quorum of the sub-committee shall be three.'.

Mr. Speaker

I understand that with this, it will be convenient to discuss motion No. 8: