Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 1:29 pm on 14 April 2021.
Lord McFall of Alcluith
The Senior Deputy Speaker, Chair, Committee of Selection (Lords), Chair, Freedom of Information Advisory Panel (Lords), Chair, Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords), Chair, Liaison Committee (Lords), Chair, Procedure and Privileges Committee, Chair, Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords), Chair, Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence
1:29,
14 April 2021
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, for that question on the European area. It was the joint parliamentary committee that was to establish the partnership assembly and already I have had informal discussions behind the scenes on that. I will write to the noble Lord further and put the letter in the Library for people to see.
The process of committee nominations is left to the usual channels of the parliamentary parties. It is for the parliamentary parties to engage with their members, and I assume that they are doing that. The Committee of Selection then gets those nominations and decides, at the end of the day.
Writing a note is quite good idea. The only thing that I would say are these two words: “Bye-bye”.
Motions agreed.
