§ 11.30 a.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.
§ European Union
§ Moved, That the Lord Blackwell be appointed a member of the Select Committee.
§ Information
§ Moved, That the Lord Chadlington be appointed a member of the Select Committee.
§ Statutory Instruments
§ Moved, That the Lord Howard of Rising be appointed a Lords member of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ Tax Law Rewrite Bills
§ Moved, That a Select Committee of six Lords be appointed to join with the committee appointed by the Commons to consider tax law rewrite Bills, and in particular to consider whether each Bill committed to it preserves the effect of the existing law, subject to any minor changes which may be desirable;
§ That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the committee:
- L. Blackwell,
- B. Cohen of Pimlico,
- L. Goodhart,
- L. Haskel,
- L. Howe of Aberavon,
- L. Millett;
§ That the committee have power to agree with the Commons in the appointment of a chairman;
§ That the quorum of the committee shall be two;
§ That the committee have leave to report from time to time;
§ That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
984§ That the minutes of evidence taken before the committee from time to time shall, if the committee think fit, be printed;
§ That the procedure of the Joint Committee shall follow the procedure of Select Committees of the House of Commons when such procedure differs from that of Select Committees of this House, and shall include the power of the chairman to select amendments.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to; and a message was ordered to be sent to the Commons to acquaint them therewith.