Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Seventh Report


Formal Minutes


Wednesday 18 June 2008

Members present:

Mike Gapes, in the Chair
Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Eric Illsley

Mr Malcolm Moss

Sandra Osborne

Mr Greg Pope

Mr Ken Purchase

Sir John Stanley

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Report (Overseas Territories), 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 19 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 20 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 21 to 50 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 51 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 52 to 57 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 58 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 59 to 68 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 69 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 70 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 71 to 125 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 126 read as follows:

We recommend that the FCO should consider ways to facilitate representation for Overseas Territories' residents in the UK Parliament to address the fact that there is currently no direct constitutional mechanism for them to have a voice in Parliament.

Paragraph disagreed to.

A paragraph—(Sir John Stanley) —brought up, read the first and second time, and inserted (now paragraph 126).

Paragraphs 127 to 196 read and agreed to.

A paragraph—(The Chairman) —brought up, read the first and second time, and inserted (now paragraph 197).

Paragraphs 197 to 202 (now paragraphs 198 to 203) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 203 (now paragraph 204) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 204 to 208 (now paragraphs 205 to 209) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 209 (now paragraph 210) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 210 to 212 (now paragraphs 211 to 213) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 213 (now paragraph 214) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 214 to 283 (now paragraphs 215 to 284) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 284 (now paragraph 285) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 285 to 322 (now paragraphs 286 to 323) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 323 (now paragraph 324) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 324 to 372 (now paragraphs 325 to 373) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 373 (now paragraph 374) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 374 to 425 (now paragraphs 375 to 426) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 426 (now paragraph 427) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 427 to 435 (now paragraphs 428 to 436) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 436 (now paragraph 437) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 437 (now paragraph 438) read, amended and agreed to.

A paragraph—(Sir John Stanley) —brought up, read the first and second time, and inserted (now paragraph 439).

Paragraphs 438 to 544 (now paragraphs 440 to 546) read and agreed to.

Annex agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Seventh Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.

Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the House for printing with the Report.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 June at 2 p.m.




 
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