Constitution Committee Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Liaison Committee Privileges Science and Technology (Hansard, 3 December 2003)

§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Brabazon of Tara)

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

Constitution Committee

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,
L. Elton,
L. Fellowes,
B. Gould of Potternewton,
L. Holme of Cheltenham,
B. Howells of St Davids,
L. Jauncey of Tullichettle,
L. Lang of Monkton ,
L. MacGregor of Pulham Market,
E. Mar and Kellie,
L. Morgan,
L. Norton of Louth (Chairman);

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

Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform

Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to report whether the provisions of any Bill inappropriately delegate legislative power, or whether they subject the exercise of legislative power to an inappropriate degree of parliamentary scrutiny; to report on documents and draft orders laid before Parliament under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001; and to perform, in respect of such documents and orders and subordinate provisions orders laid under that Act, the functions performed in respect of other instruments by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments;

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

L. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville,
B. Carnegy of Lour,
L. Dahrendorf(Chairman),
L. Desai,
L. Harrison,
L. Mayhew of Twysden,
L. Temple-Morris,
L. Tombs,
L. Wigoder;

That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers.

Liaison 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 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:

B. Amos (Lord President),
V. Colville of Culross,
L. Craig of Radley,
L. Geddes,
B. Hayman,
L. Kimball,
B. Pitkeathley,
B. Scott of Needham Market,
L. Strathclyde,
B. Williams of Crosby;

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

That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers.

315 Privileges

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:

B. Amos (Lord President),
L. Browne-Wilkinson,
L. Carlisle of Bucklow,
L. Cope of Berkeley,
L. Craig of Radley,
L. Graham of Edmonton,
L. Grocott,
L. Mackay of Clashfern,
L. Marsh,
L. Merlyn-Rees,
L. Roper,
L. Strabolgi,
L. Strathclyde,
L. Trefgarne,
B.Williams of Crosby;

That the committee have power to appoint sub-committees 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.

Science and Technology

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. Mitchell,
L. Oxburgh (Chairman),
L. Paul,
B. Perry of Southwark,
B. Platt of Writtle,
B. Sharp of Guildford,
L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
L. Sutherland of Houndwood,
L. Turnberg,
B. Walmsley,
L. Winston,
L. Young of Graffham;

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;

316 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 from time to time shall, if the committee think fit, be printed.—(The Chairman of Committees.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.