Science and Technology Committee - Membership Motions

– in the House of Lords at 3:10 pm on 11 July 2017.

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Moved by The Senior Deputy Speaker

That Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach be appointed a member of the Select Committee.

That Baroness Morris of Bolton be appointed a member of the Select Committee.

That Lord Patel be appointed a member of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), in the place of the Earl of Selborne, resigned.

That Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town be appointed a member of the Select Committee, in the place of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, resigned.

Motions agreed.

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