Constitution The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) moved that a Select Committee be appointed to examine the constitutional implications of public bills coming before the House; and to keep under review the operation of the constitution and constitutional aspects of devolution; and that the following members be appointed to the Committee:

Drake, B. (Chair)
Falconer of Thoroton, L.
Faulks, L.
Fookes, B.
Hennessy of Nympsfield, L.
Hope of Craighead, L.
Howard of Lympne, L.

Howarth of Newport, L.
Howell of Guildford, L.
Robertson of Port Ellen, L.
Sherbourne of Didsbury, L.
Suttie, B.
Thomas of Gresford, L.

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;
That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
That the Committee have power to meet outside Westminster;
That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;
That the reports of the Committee be printed, regardless of any adjournment of the House;
That the evidence taken by the Committee in the last session of Parliament be referred to the Committee;
That the evidence taken by the Committee be published, if the Committee so wishes.
The motion was agreed to en bloc.

Thursday 12 May 2022 at 11:07

This type of business sits within the Motions of Appointment category.