§ 47. Sir I. Fraserasked the Prime Minister whether he will now announce the membership of the committee which is to examine questions of administrative law and the working of tribunals.
§ 50. Mr. Wadeasked the Prime Minister when a Royal Commission will be appointed to inquire into the constitution and functioning of administrative tribunals.
§ 54. Mr. D. Priceasked the Prime Minister when the inquiry into the practice and procedure of administrative tribunals will begin.
§ The Prime MinisterMy noble Friend the Lord Chancellor has appointed a committee with the following terms of reference
To consider and make recommendations on:
- (a) The constitution and working of tribunals other than the ordinary courts of law, constituted under any Act of Parliament by a Minister of the Crown or for the purposes of a Minister's functions.
- (b) The working of such administrative procedures as include the holding of an inquiry or hearing by or on behalf of a Minister on an appeal or as the result of objections or representations and in particular the procedure for the compulsory purchase of land."
The committee will start work as soon as possible. The House will be glad to hear that Sir Oliver Franks has agreed to be chairman of the committee. The following are the names of the other members of the committee:
- The Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
- The hon. and learned Member for Cardigan (Mr. Roderic Bowen).
- Mr. J. C. Burman.
- Dame Florence Hancock, D.B.E.
- The hon. and learned Member for Paisley (Mr. Douglas Johnston).
- Sir Geoffrey Stuart King, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C.
- The Marquess of Linlithgow, M.C.
- My hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Salisbury (Major John Morrison).
- Miss K. M. Oswald.
- The Right Hon. Lord Justice Parker.
- Mr. H. Wentworth Pritchard.
- The Hon. Charles Russell, Q.C.
- The Right Hon. The Lord Silkin.
- Mr. Alan Symons, and
- Professor Kenneth Wheare, C.M.G.
- The Secretary of the committee is Mr. J Littlewood of H.M Treasury.