UK Parliament — House of Commons

Order ID:286

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152H

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2022 — 30th November 152H Planning: national policy statements (1) Whenever a proposal for a national policy statement is laid before this House under section 9(2) of the Planning Act 2008 ('the Act'), the Liaison Committee shall report either-
(a) that it has designated a select committee appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments), or
(b) that it recommends the appointment of a National Policy Statement Committee
to consider the proposal.
(2) A National Policy Statement Committee-
(a) shall be composed of not fewer than seven nor more than fourteen members, all of whom shall be, at the time of nomination, members of one or more of the following select committees-
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Environmental Audit, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Science and Technology, Transport, Welsh Affairs;
(b) shall have power-
(i) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the UK; and
(ii) to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and
(c) may report from time to time and shall cease to exist when the relevant national policy statement is designated.
(3) A committee designated or appointed to consider a proposal for a national policy statement shall have power, in the course of its proceedings under this order, to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend, and, at the discretion of the chair, take part in, its proceedings, but such Members may not move any motion or amendment to any motion or draft report, nor vote nor be counted in the quorum of the committee.

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2022 — 30th November 152H Planning: national policy statements (1) Whenever a proposal for a national policy statement is laid before this House under section 9(2) of the Planning Act 2008 ('the Act'), the Liaison Committee shall report either-
(a) that it has designated a select committee appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments), or
(b) that it recommends the appointment of a National Policy Statement Committee
to consider the proposal.
(2) A National Policy Statement Committee-
(a) shall be composed of not fewer than seven nor more than fourteen members, all of whom shall be, at the time of nomination, members of one or more of the following select committees-
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Environmental Audit, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Science and Technology, Transport, Welsh Affairs;
(b) shall have power-
(i) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the UK; and
(ii) to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order of reference; and
(c) may report from time to time and shall cease to exist when the relevant national policy statement is designated.
(3) A committee designated or appointed to consider a proposal for a national policy statement shall have power, in the course of its proceedings under this order, to invite Members of the House who are not members of the committee to attend, and, at the discretion of the chair, take part in, its proceedings, but such Members may not move any motion or amendment to any motion or draft report, nor vote nor be counted in the quorum of the committee.