WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE

HC Deb 17 May 1966 vol 728 cc227-8W

Mr. Ness Edwards

asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the improbability of the Welsh Grand Committee being able to function on the old basis, and as part of the policy of improving Parliamentary accountability, he will move to refer to the Select Committee on Procedure the giving to a reconstituted Welsh Grand Committee, limited to Members representing Welsh constituencies, of the functions of a Select Committee, to examine in public the workings of the respective departments in the Principality.

The Prime Minister

This suggestion will, I understand, fall within the pro posed terms of reference of the Select Committee on Procedure and they will, therefore, have authority, when appointed, to make recommendations about it.