§ 3.21 p.m.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Tordoff)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, for allowing his name to go forward as chairman of the committee. I am sure that the House feels that this difficult problem is in good hands.
§ Moved, pursuant to the Motion agreed to by the House on 30th April in the last Parliament, That a Select Committee of five members be appointed to consider the justification for the finding of those reviewing the conclusions of the RAF Board of Inquiry that both pilots of the Chinook helicopter ZD 576 which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2nd June 1994 were negligent;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:
- L. Bowness,
- L. Brennan,
- L. Hooson,
- L. Jauncey of Tullichettle (Chairman),
- L. Tombs;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
§ That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the committee shall report by 31st January 2002.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.