Procedure - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 February 2001.

TUESDAY 23 JANUARY 2001

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Members present:

Mr Nicholas Winterton, in the Chair

Mr A J Beith	Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Sir Paul Beresford	Mr Eric Forth
Mr Keith Darvill	Mr Eric Illsley
Mr David Drew	Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr Clive Efford

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CONTENTS

Letter from Mr Alasdair Morgan MP to the Clerk of the Committee

Examination of Witnesses

SIR ARCHIE HAMILTON, a Member of the House, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, MR CLIVE SOLEY, a Member of the House, Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, MR ALASDAIR MORGAN, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Leader (Westminster) of the Scottish National Party, MR WILLIAM ROSS, a Member of the House, Official Ulster Unionist Party, examined.

Question Number

82 - 99

100 - 113

Examination of Witness

MRS ANGELA BROWNING, a Member of the House, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, examined.

Question Number

114 - 119

120 - 129

Letter from Mr Paul Tyler CBE, MP, to the Clerk of the Committee

APPENDIX 1

A Voice for the Commons: Renewing the Role of the Speaker

APPENDIX 1A

Summary

Examination of Witness

MR PAUL TYLER, a Member of the House, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip and Shadow Leader of the House, examined.

Question Number

130 - 141

Answers to Supplementary Written Questions from the Committee to complement Oral Evidence on Procedure Committee Inquiry into Election of a Speaker (23 January 2001)

Questions put to witnesses on 23 January 2001

Examination of Witness

RT HON MARGARET BECKETT, a Member of the House, President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, examined.

Question Number

142 - 159

160 - 163

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Prepared 15 February 2001