HL Deb 18 December 1985 vol 469 cc805-6
The Chairman of Committees (Lord Aberdare)

My Lords, I beg to move that the First Report from the Select Committee on House of Lords Offices 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) Library Sub-Committee

L. Ardwick L. Kilmarnock
B. Birk L. McIntosh of Haringey
L. Fanshawe of Richmond E. Minto
E. Ferrers (Chairman) L. Mowbray and Stourton

With the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(b) Refreshment Sub-Committee

L. Ampthill (Chairman) B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
L. Ardwick L. Nugent of Guildford
L. Denham L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede
L. Greenway E. St. Aldwyn
B. Hylton-Foster L. Tordoff

With the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(c) Works of Art Sub-Committee

B. Birk E. Listowel
M. Cholmondeley L. Strabolgi
L. Fanshawe of Richmond B. Trumpington
L. Gibson (Chairman)

With the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(d) Computer Sub-Committee

E. Ferrers L. McIntosh of Haringey (Chairman)
E. Minto

With the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(e) Staff of the House Sub-Committee

L. Aberdare (Chairman) B. White
L. Nugent of Guildford V. Whitelaw (L. President)
B. Seear

With the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(f) Finance Sub-Committee

L. Aberdare (Chairman) L. Kilmarnock
L. Ampthill L. McIntosh of Haringey
L. Denham L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede
E. Ferrers L. Tordoff

With the Clerk of the Parliaments.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

(g) Administration Committee

L. Aberdare (Chairman) B. Hylton-Foster
L. Ampthill L. Kilmarnock
E. Cathcart B. Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
L. Denham L. McIntosh of Haringey
E. Ferrers L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede
L. Gibson L. Tordoff

With the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

With power to co-opt further Lords.

2. Parliament Office and Library

The Committee were informed of the appointments of Mr. H. F. Christopherson as temporary Committee Clerk in place of Miss F. M. McLeod and of Mrs. I. L. Victory as Library Clerk in place of Miss E. M. McInnes and authorised the employment of a part-time archivist in the Record Office.

3. Refreshment Department

The Committee authorised the upgrading of one post of Cook.

4. Revised Scales of Pay and Allowances

The Committee confirmed the application of the following memoranda etc. to applicable staff of the House of Lords:

CM/704 Revised rates of pay for grades above the rank of Chief Clerk.
Im 85/7 Revised rates of pay from 1 July 1985 for industrial grades in the Refreshment Department.
IM 85/6 Revised rates of London Weighting from 1 April 1985 for industrial grades in the Refreshment Department.
CM/710 Revised subsistence rates for meals and overnight accommodation payable to certain officials.
DEO dated 28.6.85 Special pay addition to secretarial grades.

5. Official Shorthand Writer

The Committee authorised a revised scale of fees for the Shorthand Writer.

6. Superannuation

The Committee were notified of the following awards made under the House of Lords Staff Pension Scheme:—

  1. (a) Transfer Value payment to United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in respect of Mr. D. G. Marchant who resigned on 12 May 1979.
  2. (b) Pension and lump sum to Mrs. J. E. Hudson, Cleaner, who retired on grounds of ill-health on 25 September 1985.
  3. (c) Revised pension and lump sum to Mrs. J. V. Gulley, Cleaner, who retired after re-employed service on 7 September 1985.
  4. (d) Revised pension and lump sum to Mrs. B. Warner, Cleaner, who retired after re-employed service on 2 November 1985.
  5. (e) Revised pension and lump sum to Mrs. E. Farmer, Cleaner, who retired after re-employed service on 26 November 1985
  6. (f) Preserved pension and lump sum to Mrs. A. M. Sandling, Cleaner, who resigned on 19 July 1985.

On Question, Motion agreed to.