§ 11.38 a.m.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Tordoff)My Lords, before I move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper, with the leave of the House I should like to make a short statement.
On Tuesday this week, the Offices Committee met to discuss a report presented to it by a small working group, which I chaired, containing proposals for the reform of the House's domestic committee structure. The Offices Committee considered that it would be right to give Members of your Lordships' House an opportunity to comment on the proposals before coming to its final decision. Accordingly, an interim Offices Committee report is being published today, incorporating the report of the working group as an annex and inviting Members to make their views known to me in writing. A copy will be sent to every Member of the House and additional copies are now available in the Printed Paper Office. The Offices Committee will meet again in mid-April to discuss the results of the consultation and decide on the way forward. Any proposals emerging from that meeting will, of course, be subject to the agreement of the House as a whole.
Turning to the Constitution Committee, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
Moved, on behalf of the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle be appointed a member of the Select Committee in the place of the Lord Weatherill.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.