HL Deb 02 February 1984 vol 447 cc877-8WA
Lord Teviot

asked the Leader of the House:

Whether he will make a statement on the storage of parliamentary records and library books.

Lord President of the Council (Viscount Whitelaw)

Mr. Speaker and I have appointed an informal joint committee to assess the need for accommodation for Similar statistics for industrialised countries outside the United Kingdom are published in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook, a copy of which is in the Library.

the House of Lords Record Office, including the Sound Archive, and the Libraries of both Houses; and to recommend whether action should be taken to provide additional accommodation.

The members of the committee are as follows:

  • Lord Aberdare
  • Earl St. Aldwyn
  • Lord Shackleton
  • Lord Trend (Chairman)
  • Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell, MP
  • Robert Rhodes James, MP