Selection (Standing Committees). – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Fifteen Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the Dye-stuffs (Import Regulation) Bill): Dr. Addison, Lieut.-Commander Astbury, Major Barnes, Sir William Barton, Mr. Briggs Mr. Alfred Davies (Cli-theroe), Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, Sir Robert Home, Mr. Irving, Mr. Kellaway, Mr. Thomas Shaw, Mr. Marshall Stevens, Mr. Frederick Thomson, Mr. Wadding-ton, and Mr. Woolcock.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they bad discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Commander Bellairs, Sir Thomas Bramsdon, Sir Arthur Fell, and Mr. Wallace; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Grattan Doyle, Lieut.-Colonel Pickering, Colonel Penry Williams, and Sir Thomas Robinson.
In a normal session there are up to ten standing committees on bills. Each has a chair and from 16 to 50 members. Standing committee members on bills are appointed afresh for each new bill by the Committee of Selection which is required to take account of the composition of the House of Commons (ie. party proportions) as well as the qualification of members to be nominated. The committees are chaired by a member of the Chairmen's Panel (whose members are appointed by the Speaker). In standing committees the Chairman has much the same function as the Speaker in the House of Commons. Like the Speaker, a chairman votes only in the event of a tie, and then usually in accordance with precedent. The committees consider each bill clause by clause and may make amendments. There are no standing committees in the House of Lords.
