Deputy Chairmen of Committees

HL Deb 19 November 2002 vol 641 cc267-70

The Chairman of Committees

My Lords, I beg to move the five remaining Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper en bloc.

Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to supervise the general administration of the House and guide the work of the Management Board; to agree the annual estimates, supplementary estimates and the three-year spending forecasts; to approve the House of Lords annual report; and to approve changes in employment policy;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords together with the Chairman of Committees be named of the committee;

• L. Barnett,
• L. Burlison,
• L. Craig of Radley,
• L. Hunt of Wirral,
• L. Lloyd of Berwick,
• L. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn,
• L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank,
• L. Strathclyde,
• B. Williams of Crosby,
• L. Williams of Mostyn (L. Privy Seal);

That the committee have leave to report from time to time.

Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report on the law relating to religious offences;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:

• L. Avebury,
• L. Bhatia,
• L. Clarke of Hampstead,
• V. Colville of Culross (Chairman),
• L. Grabiner,
• L. Griffiths of Fforestfach,
• E. Mar and Kellie,
• B. Massey of Darwen,
• B. Perry of Southwark,
• Bp. Portsmouth,
• B. Richardson of Calow,
• B. Wilcox;

That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;

That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place;

That the minutes of evidence taken before the Religious Offences Committee in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee;

That the minutes of evidence taken before the committee from time to time shall, if the committee think fit, be printed.

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:

• B. Finlay of Llandaff,
• L. Lewis of Newnham,
• L. McColl of Dulwich,
• L. Methuen,
• L. Mitchell,
• L. Oxburgh (Chairman),
• L. Patel,
• L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
• L. Turnberg,
• L. Wade of Chorlton,
• B. Walmsley,
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• B. Warwick of Undercliffe,
• L. Winston,
• L. Young of Graffitam;

That the committee have power to appoint sub-committees 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 Science and Technology Committee or any sub-committee in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee;

That the minutes of evidence taken before the committee or any sub-committee from time to time shall, if the committee think fit, be printed.

Moved, pursuant to Standing Order 74 and the resolution of the House of 16th December 1997, That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be appointed to join with a committee of the Commons as the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments:

• L. Brougham and Vaux,
• L. Greenway,
• L. Hardy of Wath,
• L. Lea of Crondall,
• E. Russell,
• L. Skelmersdale,
• L. Vivian.

Moved, That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be appointed as the panel of Lords to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees for this Session:

• V. Allenby of Megiddo,
• L. Ampthill,
• L. Boston of Faversham,
• L. Brougham and Vaux,
• L. Burnham,
• L. Carter,
• L. Cope of Berkeley,
• B. Cox,
• L. Dean of Harptree,
• L. Elton,
• B. Fookes,
• L. Geddes,
• B. Gould of Potternewton,
• L. Grocott,
• L. Haskel,
• L. Hogg of Cumbernauld,
• B. Hooper,
• B. Lockwood,
• L. Lyell,
• C. Mar,
• L. Murton of Lindisfarne,
• V. Oxfuird,
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• B. Pitkeathley,
• B. Ramsay of Cartvale,
• V. Simon,
• L. Skelmersdale,
• B. Thomas of Walliswood,
• L. Tordoff,
• B. Turner of Camden.—(The Chairman of Committees.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.