§ THE EARL OF LISTOWELMy Lords, I beg to move the third Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider Community proposals, whether in draft or otherwise, to obtain all necessary information about them, and to make reports on those which, in the opinion of the Committee, raise important questions of policy or principle and on other question to which the Committee consider that the special attention of the House should be drawn;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the Lords following be named of the Committee:
- E. Dudley,
- E. Lauderdale,
- E. Selkirk,
- L. Bethell,
- L. Diplock,
- L. Drumalbyn,
- B. Emmet of Amberley,
- L. Fulton,
- L. Hale,
- L. Hill of Luton,
- L. Lloyd of Hampstead,
- L. Lloyd of Kilgerran,
- L. Mais,
- B. Phillips,
- L. Rhodes,
- B. Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (Chairman).
- L. Walston,
- B. White.
§ That the Committee have power to appoint Sub-Committees and to refer to such Sub-Committees any of the matters within the terms of reference of the Committee; that two be the quorum of such Sub-Committees and that they have power to appoint their own Chairmen;
§ That the Committee have power to co-opt any Lord for the purpose of serving on a Sub-Committee;
§ That the Committee and any Sub-Committees have power:
- (i) to send for persons, papers and records; and
- (ii) to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the Committee have power to appoint persons with specialised knowledge for the purpose of particular inquiries either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
§ That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee or any Sub-Committee from time to time be printed and, if the Committee think fit, be delivered out.—(The Earl of Listowel.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.