§ The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move that the first Report from the Select Committee be agreed to.
§ Moved, That the First Report from the Select Committee be agreed to.—(Lord Aberdare.)
§ The report was as follows:
§ 1. APPOINTMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEES
§ The following members of the Committee were appointed to the Sub-Committees:
§ (a)Administration Committee
- L. Aberdare
- L. Darling of Hillsborough
- L. Denham
- V. Eccles
- L. Greenwood of Rossendale
- V. Hood
- B. Hylton-Foster
- B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
- L. Nugent of Guildford
- L. Westbury
- L. Wigoder
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments. and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. With power to co-opt further Lords.
§ (b)Library Sub-Committee
- L. Darling of Hillsborough
- V. Eccles
- L. Edmund-Davies
- B. Hylton-Foster
- L. Lovell-Davis
- L. Parry
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint their own Chairman.
§ (c)Refreshment Sub-Committee
- L. Ampthill
- L. Denham
- L. Greenwood of Rossendale
- B. Hylton-Foster
- B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
- L. Nugent of Guildford
- L. Sainsbury
- L.Westbury
- L. Wigoder
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint their own Chairman.
§ (d)Staff of the House Sub-Committee
- L. Aberdare
- L. Nugent of Guildford
- B. White
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords.
1394§ (e)Finance Sub-Committee
- L. Aberdare
- L. Denham
- V. Eccles
- E. Ilchester
- B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
- L. Nugent of Guildford
- L. Wigoder
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords.
§ (f) Works of Art Sub-Committee
- M. Cholmondeley
- V. Eccles
- V. Hood
- Bp. London
- L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint their own Chairman.
§ (g) Sub-Committee on Computers
- L. Darling of Hillsborough
- V. Eccles
§ With the Clerk of the Parliaments.
§ With power to co-opt further Lords and to appoint their own Chairman.
§ 2. COMPUTER DEVELOPMENTS
§ The Committee were informed of the appointment of Mr. R. S. Morgan as Computer Development Officer to the Houses of Parliament.
§ The Committee approved provision for a share of the cost of a detailed study to be commissioned in order to produce an overall plan for computer developments in both Houses.
§ 3. PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF LORDS AND STAFF OF THE HOUSE
§ The Committee agreed a recommendation from the Administration Committee for the production of a photographic record of Lords and staff of the House.
§ 4. DEPARTMENT OF THE GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD
§ The Committee were informed of the impending retirement on medical grounds of Group Captain R. M. B. Duke-Woolley, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod.
§ The Committee approved the payment of an allowance to the Staff Superintendent for duties performed on Bank and Public Holidays.
§ 5. PARLIAMENT OFFICE AND LIBRARY
§ The Committee were informed of the appointment of Peter George Davis, PhD, and Miss Elizabeth Mary McInnes, ALA, as Library Clerks.
§ 6. REVISED SCALES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES
§ The Committee approved a revision in the pay of the Chairman and Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees.
§ The Committee also confirmed the application of the following Civil Service Code Memoranda:
- (a)CM/322—Pay of the Higher Civil Service
- (b)CM/340—Subsistence Allowances
§ 7. HANSARD REPORTING STAFF
§ The Committee authorised revised attendance fees to permanent and temporary staff.
1395§ 8. UNIFORM ALLOWANCES
§ The Committee approved revised allowances payable to Clerks at the Table, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the Yeoman Usher and Doorkeepers for the provision and replacement of items of dress clothes.
§ 9. SUPERANNUATION
§ The Committee were notified of the following awards:
- (a)Preserved pension and lump sum to Mrs. S. A. Blackwood, Personal Secretary, who resigned on 31 st December 1977;
- (b)Revised pension and lump sum to Mrs. M. I. Haynes, Clerical Officer, who resigned on 1st June 1978;
- (c)Preserved pension and lump sum to Mrs. R. L. Whitworth, Personal Secretary, who resigned on 31st May 1978;
- (d)Short service gratuity to Mrs. L. E. Rivers, Clerical Officer, who resigned on 31st May 1978;
- (e)Short service gratuity to Mr. R. StC. Gainer, Clerical Officer, who resigned on 14th July 1978;
- (f)Pension and lump sum to Mrs. J. M. P. McGuinness, Cleaner, who retired on 20th September 1978;
- (g)Pension and lump sum to Mrs. R. Heitman, Cleaner, who formally retired on 12th October 1978;
- (h)Ill-health gratuity to Mr. T. A. Davitt, Attendant, who retired on 1st November 1978;
- (i) Pension and lump sum to Miss P. P. Foreman, Cleaner, who retired on 26th November 1978;
- (j) Pension and lump sum to Mr. A. G. Fuke, Senior Attendant, who retired on 30th November 1978.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.