Reading Clerk and Clerk of Outdoor Committees

HL Deb 14 July 2003 vol 651 cc619-20

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.

As my noble and learned friend the Leader of the House informed the House on 21st May last, I have appointed Mr David Richard Beamish to be Reading Clerk in place of Mr Michael Graham Pownall, appointed Clerk Assistant. I therefore beg to move.

Moved, That this House do approve the appointment by the Lord Chancellor, pursuant to the Clerk of the Parliaments Act 1824, of Mr David Richard Beamish as Reading Clerk and Clerk of Outdoor Committees of the House in place of Mr Michael Graham Pownall, appointed Clerk Assistant.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to nemine dissentiente.