§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Tordoff)My Lords, I beg to move the Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, perhaps I may draw attention to the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh, has been made Chairman of the Science and Technology Select Committee. I am sure that that will be welcome throughout the House.
This completes the list of committees, save for the committee on the Chinook helicopter crash about which I am sure that some noble Lord will ask me if I do not tell the House now. The answer is that I hope to be able to move a similar Motion on Monday setting up that Select Committee.
§ Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report on issues respecting animals in scientific procedures in the United Kingdom, including—
- (1) the working of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986:
- (2) the effectiveness of and justification for animal experiments, particularly in:
- (i) medicine
- (ii) education
- (iii) defence
- (iv) product testing; and
- (3) the development and use of alternatives to animal procedures; and in all the foregoing considerations to pay regard to:
- public attitudes, availability of information, labelling and consumer issues;
- developments in biotechnology, and the likely future demand for animal procedures;
- the effect of any changes on the economy and the science base;
- EU and international law and practice;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:
- L. Brennan,
- B. Eccles of Moulton,
- L. Hunt of Chesterton,
- L. Lucas,
- B. Nicol,
- E. Onslow,
- B. Richardson of Calow,
- L. Smith of Clifton (Chairman),
- L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
- L. Taverne,
- B. Warnock;
§ That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the Animals in Scientific Procedures Committee in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee.
483§ Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to examine the constitutional implications of all public Bills coming before the House; and to keep under review the operation of the constitution;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:
- L. Acton,
- V. Cranborne,
- L. Fellowes,
- L. Holme of Cheltenham,
- B. Howells of St. Davids,
- L. Lang of Monkton,
- E. Mar and Kellie,
- L. Morgan,
- L. Norton of Louth (Chairman),
- L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede,
- L. Weatherill,
- B. Young;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
§ That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the Constitution Committee in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee.
§ Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider economic affairs;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:
- L. Barnett,
- L. Burns,
- L. Cuckney,
- L. Elder,
- B. Hogg,
- L. Newby,
- L. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay,
- B. O'Cathain,
- L. Paul,
- L. Peston (Chairman),
- L. Roll of Ipsden,
- L. Vinson;
§ That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the Economic Affairs Committee in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee.
§ Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to advise the House on the resources required for Select Committee work and to allocate resources between Select Committees; to review the Select Committee work of the House; to consider requests for ad hoc committees and report to the House with 484 recommendations; to ensure effective co-ordination between the two Houses; and to consider the availability of Lords to serve on committees;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords together with the Chairman of Committees be named of the committee:
- L. Clinton-Davis,
- V. Colville of Culross,
- L. Craig of Radley,
- B. Pitkeathley,
- L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank,
- L. Roper,
- L. Strathclyde,
- B. Wilcox,
- L. Williams of Mostyn,
- B. Young;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers.
§ Moved, That a Committee for Privileges be appointed and that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords together with the Chairman of Committees and any four Lords of Appeal be named of the committee:
- L. Allen of Abbeydale,
- L. Carter,
- L. Craig of Radley,
- V. Cranborne,
- L. Graham of Edmonton,
- L. Henley,
- L. Mackay of Clashfern,
- L. Marsh,
- L. Mayhew of Twysden,
- L. Merlyn-Rees,
- L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank,
- L. Strabolgi,
- L. Strathclyde,
- L. Wigoder,
- L. Williams of Mostyn;
§ That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees and that such sub-committees have power to appoint their own chairman;
§ That the committee have power to co-opt any Lord for the purposes of serving on any sub-committee.
§ Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider science and technology and that, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the Select Committee:
- L. Haskel,
- L. Lewis of Newnham,
- L. McColl of Dulwich,
- L. Methuen,
- L. Oxburgh (Chairman),
- L. Patel,
- L. Quirk,
- L. Rea,
- L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
- L. Turnberg,
- L. Wade of Chorlton,
- B. Walmsley,
- B. Warwick of Undercliffe,
- B. Wilcox;
§ That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees and that the committee have power to appoint the chairmen of sub-committees;
§ That the committee have power to co-opt any Lord for the purposes of serving on the committee or any sub-committee;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the committee and any sub-committee have power to adjourn from place to place;
§ That the committee and any sub-committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the committee or any sub-committee from time to time shall, if the committee thinks fit, be printed and delivered out.
§ Moved, That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be appointed to serve as members of the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST):
- E. Erroll,
- L. Flowers,
- L. Oxburgh,
- L. Winston.
§ Moved, That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named as members of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limited (PARBUL):
- L. Burnham,
- L. Paul,
- L. Thomson of Monifieth,
- L. Tordoff.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motions agreed to.