FORMAL MINUTES
Wednesday 7 July 2004
Members present:
Tony Wright, in the Chair
| Mr Kevin Brennan | Mr Kelvin Hopkins
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| Annette Brooke | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
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| Mrs Anne Campbell | Mr Gordon Prentice
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| Sir Sydney Chapman | Mr Brian White
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| Mr David Heyes | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (A Matter of Honour: Reforming the Honours System),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 154 read and greed to.
Paragraphs 155 to 157 read.
Amendment proposed, to leave out Paragraphs 155 to
157 and insert:
"We recommend that the levels of the Order of
British Excellence should be Knight/Dame, Companion, Officer and
Member. The only other national honour (except those awarded for
gallantry and those in the personal gift of the Queen) should
be the Companion of Honour.
"These reforms would reduce the number of Orders
outside the personal gift of the Queen from 5 to 2 and total number
of acronyms from 16 to 6. Table B compares the current system
with the proposed".—(Sir Sydney Chapman).
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 1
Sir Sydney Chapman
| Noes, 8
Mr Kevin Brennan
Annette Brooke
Mrs Anne Campbell
Mr David Heyes
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Mr Gordon Prentice
Mr Brian White
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Paragraphs agreed to.
Paragraphs 158 to 162 agreed to.
Paragraph 163 read.
Amendment proposed, to insert "and departments"
after "Ministers" and, "but not to act as barriers"
after "others"—(Mr Brian White).
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 1
Mr Brian White
| Noes, 7
Mr Kevin Brennan
Annette Brooke
Sir Sydney Chapman
Mr David Heyes
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Mr Gordon Prentice
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 164 to 192 agreed to.
Summary agreed to.
Annex agreed to.
Motion made, and question put, That the Report be
the fifth Report of the Committee to the House—(The Chairman).
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 7
Mr Kevin Brennan
Annette Brooke
Mr David Heyes
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Mr Gordon Prentice
Mr Brian White
| Noes, 0
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Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Report of the Committee
to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions
of Standing Order No. 134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied
to the Report.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the
Report.
Ordered, That the Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 July
at 9.30am
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