§ THE EARL OF LISTOWEL rose to move, That the Sixth Report from the Select Committee, made on the 26th October in the last Session of Parliament, be agreed to.
§ The Committee's Report was as follows:
§ 1. T.V. ANNUNCIATOR
§ The Committee agreed to the installation of a T.V. Annunciator System showing the names of speakers in the House, similar to 151 that in the House of Commons, to replace the existing Tannoy System.
§ 2. PARLIAMENT OFFICE
- (a) The clerk of the Parliaments informed the Committee of the appointment of Mr. Charles Hamilton Hovell-Thurlow Cumming-Bruce as a Clerk in the Parliament Office from the 17th October, 1972.
- (b) The Committee sanctioned the regrading of certain posts in the Parliament Office and authorised the rates of pay for these posts.
- (c) The Committee authorised an additional post of Office Assistant in the Printed Paper Office.
- (d) The Committee also authorised the payment of a special gratuity to Clerks and Senior Clerks for additional duties during the period 5th June, 1972 to the end of the present Session.
§ 3. DOORKEEPERS
§ The Committee authorised an increase in the allowances for the purchase of dress clothes accessories and the maintenance of dress clothes.
§ 4. SUPERANNUATION
§ The Committee sanctioned the payment of the following superannuation awards under the 1972 scheme:—
- (a) Pension and lump sum to Mrs. Nellie Willbourne, Personal Assistant, who retired on the 3rd October, 1972;
- (b) Death Gratuity to legal personal representative of Reginald Andrew Scott (deceased), former Doorkeeper who died on the 27th September, 1972, and a widow's pension.
§ 5. MEAL ALLOWANCES
§ The Committee approved an increase in the rate of meal allowance payable to certain officials working late in the evening after a normal day's duty.
§ 6. THE CHAMBER
§ The Committee agreed to the proposal of the Sub-Committee on Works of Art that two sets of panels below the galleries displaying coats of arms should be illuminated for an experimental period next Session.
§ The noble Earl said: My Lords, I beg to move that this Report be agreed to.
§ Moved, That the Report be agreed to.—(The Earl of Listowel.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.