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Standing Committee a.

Selection (Standing Committees). – in the House of Commons at on 4 March 1924.

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Mr. NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee A: Sir Berkeley Sheffield.

Mr. NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A: Mr. Duncan Graham and Mr. Vivian; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Macgregor Mitchell and Mr. Benjamin Smith.

Mr. NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A (added in respect of the Rent Restrictions Bill): Sir Joseph Nall and Mrs. Wintringham: and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Edmund Harvey and Sir Francis Lowe.

Mr. NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee: That they had nominated Standing Committee A as the Committee on which Government Bills shall not have precedence.

Standing Committee

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.

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