§ 3.6 p.m.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Brabazon of Tara)My Lords, I beg to move the four Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper.
§ 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,
- V. Bledisloe,
- L. Carter,
- L. Elton,
- B. Gould of Potternewton,
- B. Hayman,
- L. Holme of Cheltenham (Chairman),
- L. Lang of Monkton,
- L. MacGregor of Pulham Market,
- B. O'Cathain,
- E. Sandwich,
- L. Smith of Clifton;
§ 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;
472§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the Constitution 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.
§ House Committee
§ 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;
- B. Amos (Lord President),
- L. Barnett,
- L. Burlison,
- L. Hunt of Wirral,
- L. Lloyd of Berwick,
- L. McNally,
- L. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn,
- L. Sharman,
- L. Strathclyde,
- L. Williamson of Horton;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the reports of the Select Committee from time to time shall be printed, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House.
§ 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:
- L. Broers (Chairman),
- B. Finlay of Llandaff,
- L. Mitchell,
- L. Patel,
- L. Paul,
- B. Perry of Southwark,
- B. Platt of Writtle,
- B. Sharp of Guildford,
- L. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
- L. Sutherland of Houndwood,
- L. Taverne,
- L. Turnberg,
- 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;
473§ 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 from time to time shall, if the committee think fit, be printed.
§ Deputy Chairmen of Committees
§ 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. Carter,
- L. Cope of Berkeley,
- L. Elton,
- B. Fookes,
- L. Geddes,
- B. Gould of Potternewton,
- L. Grocott,
- L. Haskel,
- B. Hooper,
- B. Lockwood,
- L. Lyell,
- C. Mar,
- B. Pitkeathley,
- B. Ramsay of Cartvale,
- V. Simon,
- B. Thomas of Walliswood,
- L. Tordoff,
- B. Turner of Camden,
- V. Ullswater.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.