Select Committees

HC Deb 01 February 1984 vol 53 cc226-7W

Mr. Mason

asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the total number of right hon. and hon. Members now engaged on the different forms of Select Committees, giving the numbers from each political party.

Mr. Biffen

The information is as follows:

	Number
Conservative	138
Labour	79
Liberal	8
Official Unionist Party	4
Social Democratic Party	2
Democratic Unionist Party	1
Plaid Cymru	1
	233

Mr. Mason

asked the Lord Privy Seal how many Select Committee reports have been submitted since June 1983; how many have been debated in the House; and what recommendations have been accepted.

Mr. Biffen

Excluding the reports of the Committee of Selection, a total of 22 Select Committee reports have been made since June 1983, 12 from the European Legislation Committee, nine from the Public Accounts Committee and one from the House of Commons (Services) Committee. None of these reports has been debated as such, although a number of European documents which the European Legislation Committee had recommended for debate in the House were debated on 1 December 1983—common agricultural policy—and on 7 December 1983—common fisheries policy.