The Committee consists of sixteen Members. It has
a quorum of four. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members
nominated to the Committee continue to be members of it for the
remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
- to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
- to appoint specialist advisers to supply
information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters
of complexity within the committee's order of reference;
- to communicate its evidence and any other
documents relating to matters of common interest to any committee
appointed by this House or by the Lords; and
- to meet concurrently with any committee
appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related
to government departments), or any sub-committee thereof, or with
the European Scrutiny Committee or any sub-committee thereof,
or with any committee appointed by the Lords, or any sub-committee
thereof, for the purposes of deliberating or examining witnesses.
Membership of the Committee since its establishment
in November 1997:
Mr John Horam, Chairman.
| Mr Norman Baker | Mr Laurence Robertson
|
| (appointed 2 December)
| Mr Malcolm Savidge |
| Mr Bob Blizzard | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw
|
| Mrs Helen Brinton | Mr Matthew Taylor
|
| Mr Cynog Dafis | (appointed 17 November,
|
| (appointed 17 November)
| discharged 2 December)
|
| Mr Dominic Grieve | Mr Gareth R. Thomas
|
| Dr Brian Iddon | Mr Paul Truswell
|
| Mr Tim Loughton | Joan Walley
|
| Rt Hon Michael Meacher |
|
| (appointed 19 December)*
| |
*The Minister for the Environment
has ex-officio membership of the Committee in like manner to the
Financial Secretary's membership of the Committee of Public Accounts.
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