Standing Order No. 144
Finance and
Services
Committee
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144.—(1) There shall be a select committee, to be called the Finance and Services Committee, to consider expenditure on and the administration of services for the House and—
(a) with the assistance of the Board of Management, to prepare the Estimates for the Votes for House of Commons (Administration) and (Works) for submission to the House of Commons Commission;
(b) to monitor the financial performance of the Departments of the House; and
(c) to report to the House of Commons Commission or the Speaker on the financial and administrative implications of recommendations made to them by any of the committees appointed under Standing Orders No. 142 (Domestic Committees) or No. 139 (Select Committee on Broadcasting).
(2) The Committee shall consist of not more than nine Members, and the quorum shall be three.
(3) The committee shall be assisted by the Accounting Officer and by other Officers of the House appropriate to the matters under consideration.
(4) The committee shall have power—
(a) 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;
(b) to communicate to any committee appointed under Standing Orders No. 142 (Domestic Committees) and No. 139 (Select Committee on Broadcasting), or to the House of Commons Commission, its evidence or any other documents relating to matters of common interest; and
(c) to meet concurrently with any committee appointed under Standing Orders No. 142 (Domestic Committees) and No. 139 (Select Committee on Broadcasting), for the purpose of deliberating or taking evidence.
(5) The committee shall have leave to meet concurrently with any committee of the Lords on House of Lords Offices or any sub-committee of that committee, for the purpose of deliberating or taking evidence, and to communicate to any such committee or sub-committee its evidence or any other documents relating to matters of common interest.
(6) Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the Committee shall continue to be members of the committee for the remainder of the Parliament.
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