Clause 12 - Draft order and explanatory document laid before Parliament
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
4:45 pm
Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and I am sure that he is right that the concerns expressed in the consultation would generate the activity to which he referred if he were a member of the Select Committee. The question that concerns me and Committee members more generally is who appoints Select Committees? In effect, it is the patronage secretaries on both sides of the House.