§ Motion made, and Question proposed,
§ That—
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(1) Standing Order No. 137A (Select committees: power to work with other committees) be amended as follows:
Line 12, leave out "and";
Line 15, at end insert—"and
(d) to agree in the choice of a chairman for any concurrent meetings."; and
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(2) the following Standing Order (Term limits for chairmen of select committees) be made:
Unless the House otherwise orders, no select committee may choose as its chairman any Member who has served as chairman of that committee for the two previous Parliaments."—[Mr. Robin Cook.]
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Amendment made: (a), in line 11, at end add
'or a continuous period of 8 years, whichever is the greater period.'.—[Mr. Greg Knight.]
§ Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to.