Committee on issue of privilege relating to police
searches on the Parliamentary Estate and internal processes of
the House Administration for granting permission for such action
The Committee was appointed by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2009, following the search of a Member's office in
the Parliamentary Estate by the police and the seizure of material
therein, to review the internal processes of the House Administration
for granting permission for such action, to consider any matter
relating to privilege arising from the police operation, and to
make recommendations for the future.
Membership
Sir Menzies Campbell MP (Liberal Democrat, North
East Fife) (Chair)
Sir Alan Beith MP (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Mr David Blunkett MP (Labour, Sheffield, Brightside)
Ann Coffey MP (Labour, Stockport)
Mr Doug Henderson MP (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne
North)
Ms Patricia Hewitt MP (Labour, Leicester West)
Mr Michael Howard MP (Conservative, Folkestone
& Hythe)
Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP (Conservative, Kensington
& Chelsea)
Powers
The committee has power to send for persons, papers
and records; to report from time to time; to sit notwithstanding
any adjournment of the House and to appoint one specialist adviser
either to supply information which is not readily available or
to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee's order
of reference.
Publication
This Report and the evidence reported by the Committee
are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House.
All publications of the Committee are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/policesearches.cfm.
Committee staff
The staff of the Committee are Liam Laurence Smyth
(Clerk of the Journals) and Chintan Makwana, (Committee Support
Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Journals, Journal Office, House of Commons, London SW1A
0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3315;
the Committee's email address is: issueofprivilegecom@parliament.uk
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