APPENDIX 5: Call For Evidence
Remit
A House of Lords Select Committee has been set up
to consider the Constitutional Reform Bill and to report on the
Bill to the House by Thursday 24 June 2004.
The Constitutional Reform Bill covers wide-ranging
issues including the arrangements to replace the Office of Lord
Chancellor, the creation of a Supreme Court, and judicial appointments.
Membership
Lord Bledisloe Lord Goodhart
Lord Carlisle of Bucklow Lord Holme
of Cheltenham
Lord Carter Lord Howe of
Aberavon
Lord Craig of Radley Lord Kingsland
Lord Crickhowell Lord Lloyd of
Berwick
Lord Elder Lord Maclennan
of Rogart
Lord Falconer of Thoroton Lord Richard
(Chairman)
(Lord Chancellor) Lord Windlesham
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
Programme
The Committee is likely to take oral evidence on
the Bill at twice weekly meetings until mid-May. It will then
consider the Clauses and schedules and any amendments tabled by
Members. After the Committee has reported, the Bill will be re-committed
to a Committee of the Whole House.
(If the Bill does not complete all its stages in
the Lords by the end of the 2003-2004 session it is likely to
be carried over to the 2004-2005 session of Parliament.)
Call for Evidence
Written evidence is invited on any aspect of the
Bill. Evidence must arrive by Friday 16 April 2004 and
should be submitted to Rhodri Walters, Clerk of Committees, Committee
Office, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. Where possible both a
hard (paper) copy and an e-mail copy should be supplied (e-mail:
fordk@parliament.uk).
Short submissions of no more than 4-sides of A4 paper
are preferred. Submissions longer than 4 pages should include
a summary.
Evidence must be clearly printed or typed on single
sides of A4 paper, unstapled. Paragraphs should be numbered and
all acronyms defined at first mention. If drawings or charts are
included, these must be black-and-white and of camera-ready quality.
Evidence should be signed and dated, with a note of the author's
name and status, and of whether the evidence is submitted on an
individual or corporate basis. Only one copy is required. All
submissions will be acknowledged.
Evidence becomes the property of the Committee, and
may be printed or circulated by the Committee at any stage. Contributors
may publicise or publish the evidence themselves, but in doing
so must indicate that it was prepared for the Committee.
Persons who submit written evidence, and others,
may be invited to give oral evidence. Oral evidence is usually
given in public at Westminster, and transcripts are published.
Persons invited to give oral evidence will be notified separately
of the procedure to be followed and the topics likely to be discussed.
NOTES FOR EDITORS:
1. The Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] 2003/04 can
be found at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldbills/030/2004030.pdf
2. The Explanatory Notes to the Bill can be found
at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldbills/030/en/04030x--.htm
3. At second reading in the Lords on 8 March 2004
a motion was agreed that the Bill should be committed to a Select
Committee.
4. The Constitutional Reform Bill Committee home
page is at:
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/reformbill.cfm
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