Lord Sewel
Main Page: Lord Sewel (Non-affiliated - Life peer)(11 years, 7 months ago)
Lords Chamber
That the Commons message of 4 December be considered and that a Committee of six Lords be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Commons to consider and report on the Green Paper on Parliamentary Privilege presented to both Houses on 26 April (Cm 8318) and that, notwithstanding the resolution of the House of 28 May, the committee should report by 25 April 2013;
That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members be appointed to the Committee:
L Bew, L Brabazon of Tara, L Davies of Stamford, B Healy of Primrose Hill, L Shutt of Greetland, B Stedman-Scott.
That the Committee have power to agree with the Committee appointed by the Commons in the appointment of a Chairman;
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 leave to report from time to time;
That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;
That the reports of the Committee from time to time shall be printed, regardless of any adjournment of the House; and
That the evidence taken by the Committee shall, if the Committee so wishes, be published.