§ The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
§ Moved, That the Fourth Report from the Select Committee be agreed to.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ The Report was as follows:
§ 1. SECURITY
§ The Committee were informed of a recommendation to increase the complement of Security Officers and approved provision to meet the additional cost.
§ 2. PARLIAMENT OFFICE AND LIBRARY
§ The Committee approved the appointment of an additional Executive Officer for the Information Office and an additional Personal Secretary 950 for the Library. The Committee also agreed to the regrading of the following posts in the Overseas Office:
- 1 Personal Secretary to Senior Personal Secretary
- 1 Clerical Officer (shared duties with Hansard) to Hansard Typists' Supervisor, and
- 1 Attendant to Clerical Officer.
§ The Committee authorised the consequential revision of scales of pay for these posts and the payment of a Responsibility Allowance to one Clerical Officer in the Parliament Office.
§ 3. REVISED SCALES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES
§ The Committee confirmed the application of the following Civil Service memoranda:
- CM/302—Scales of Pay
- CM/311—Responsibility Allowances
- CM/313—Proficiency Payments
- GM/147—Fees to Academic Consultants
§ 4. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
§ The Committee approved an increase in the initial allowance paid to Clerks appointed to the Table and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
§ 5. SUPERANNUATION
§ The Committee were notified of the following awards:—
- (a) Pension and lump sum to Mr. L. T. George, BEM, Principal Doorkeeper, who retired on 28th June 1978.
- (b) Pension and lump sum to Mrs. M. I. Haynes, Clerical Officer, who retired on 1st June 1978.
§ 6. COMPUTER DEVELOPMENTS
§ A Report from the Sub-Committee on Computers was made.
§ The Committee agreed in principle a recommendation that a Computer Officer, with technical knowledge and experience in the use of computers, should be appointed jointly by the two Houses.
§ The Earl of LISTOWELMy Lords, may I ask whether the noble Lord the Chairman of Committees will thank the Offices Committee for their proposal to increase the staff of the Library which, if I may say so, was a commendably quick response to a request made from all quarters of the House in the debate on the report of the Library.
§ The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEESMy Lords, I am most grateful for what the noble Earl has said. I shall convey what he said to the chairman of the Library Sub-Committee and to the Librarian.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.