§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence on what basis members of the Advisory Committee on Service Candidates are appointed.
§ Mr. BrittanI have been asked to reply.
The basis for appointments to the committee is set out in paragraph 9 of the first report from the Select Committee on Parliamentary Elections dated 6 February 1963. Briefly, the Select Committee recommended that the advisory committee should comprise persons whose independence and judgment would command general assent; that one or more former members of this House who have retired from active political life might well be included; and that the chairman of the committee, and of any group into which it might divide, should have legal experience.