1 Modernisation of
language in standing orders relating to select committees
1. The language used to describe select committee
documents and proceedings has increasingly diverged from the language
of the House's standing orders. We make here some proposals for
changing the language of the standing orders to bring them into
line with current practice. The proposals relate entirely to terminology,
and do not make any changes of substance.
2. The proposals are set out in Annex 1. In summary,
they do the following:
- change 'minutes of proceedings'
to 'formal minutes';
- change 'minutes of evidence' to 'evidence';
- change 'the examination of witnesses' to 'oral
evidence sessions';
- change 'memoranda of evidence' to 'written evidence';
and
- change 'laid on the Table of the House' to 'reported
to the House'.
3. We commend these changes to the House.
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