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Selection (Standing Committees)

Volume 341: debated on Thursday 24 November 1938

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Standing Committee A

Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had appointed the following Members to serve on Standing Committee A: Mr. David Adams, Colonel Sandeman Allen, Mr. Bartlett, Sir Brogrove Beauchamp, Mr. Beechman, Mr. Bellenger, Sir Ernest Bennett, Commander Bower, Mr. Burke, Mr. Butcher, Mr. Cartland, Captain Cazalet, Colonel Clarke, Viscountess Davidson, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Ede, Sir Edmund Findlay, Mr. George Griffiths, Mr. Joseph Henderson, Mr. Hunloke, Mr. Creech Jones, Mr. Kimball, Mr. Lathan, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Liddall, Commander Marsden, Mr. Maxwell, Sir John Mellor, Mr. Patrick, Mr. Pearson, Colonel Ponsonby, Mr. Sandys, Commander Sir Archibald Southby, Captain Strickland, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thornycroft, Mr. Tree, Commander Tufnell, Mr. Graham White and Lord Willoughby de Eresby.

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Twenty Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Bill): the Lord Advocate, the Attorney General, Mr. Bracken, Sir George Broadbridge, Mr. Buchan-Hepburn, Mr. Trevor Cox, Mr. Cross, Mr. Duncan, Captain Ernest Evans, Mr. Hely-Hutchinson, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Robert Morrison, Mr. Poole, Sir David Reid, Sir George Schuster, Mr. Silkin, Mr. Silverman, the Solicitor General, and Mr. Stanley.

Standing Committee B

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had appointed the following Members to serve on Standing Committee B: Mr. Acland, Mrs. Adamson, Mr. Anstruther-Gray, Major Braithwaite, Mr. Charles Brown, Major Carver, Mr. Chorlton, Captain Cobb, Mr. Collindridge, Mr. Rhys Davies, Mr. De la Bère, Mr. Dobbie, Mr. Eckersley, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Granville, Mr. Crawford Greene, Mr. James Griffiths, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Kirby, Sir Joseph Leech, Mr. Levy, Mr. Loftus, Mr. Logan, Mr. Mainwaring, Lieut.-Colonel Mayhew, Sir Richard Meller, Sir Henry Morris-Jones, Mr. Harold Nicolson, Mr. Petherick, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Raikes, Sir Robert Rankin, Miss Rathbone, Mr. Ritson, Admiral Sir Percy Royds, Sir Walter Smiles, Vice-Admiral Taylor, Miss Ward, Major Whiteley, and Mr. Wood.

Scottish Standing Committee

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That the Standing Committee for the consideration of all Public Bills relating exclusively to Scotland and committed to a Standing Committee consists of the following Members, being Members representing Scottish Constituencies, under Standing Order 47 (2): the Lord Advocate, Brigadier-General Sir William Alexander, Sir John Anderson, Mr. Anstruther-Gray, the Duchess of Atholl, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, Mr. Barr, Mr. Boothby, Mr. Ernest Brown, Mr. James Brown, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Cassells, Mr. Chapman, Sir Samuel Chapman, the Marquess of Clydesdale, Mr. Colville, Mr. Davidson, Lord Dunglass, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Erskine Hill, Sir Henry Fildes, Sir Edmund Findlay, Mr. Foot, Mr. Gallacher, Mr. Garro Jones, Mr. Robert Gibson, Sir John Gilmour, Mr. Duncan Graham, Mr. Guy, Mrs. Hardie, Mr. Thomas Henderson, Miss Horsbrugh, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Kennedy, Lieut.-Colonel Iain Kerr, Mr. Graham Kerr, Mr. Kirkwood, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Lindsay, Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew, Sir Murdoch MacDonald, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Captain McEwen, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McKie, Mr. Maclay, Mr. Neil Maclean, Mr. Malcolm MacMillan, Mr. MacNeill Weir, Mr. Macquisten, Mr. Mathers, Mr. Maxton, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore, Mr. George Morrison, Major Neven-Spence, Mr. Pethick-Lawrence, Captain Ramsay, Lord William Scott, Captain Shaw, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Sir Robert Smith, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, Mr. Stephen, Mr. Henderson Stewart, Mr. James Stuart, Sir Douglas Thomson, Sir John Train, Mr. Walker, Mr. Watson, Mr. Wedderburn, Mr. Welsh, Mr. Westwood, and Mr. Young.

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill): Mr. Doland, Mr. Emmott, Mr. Hannah, Mr. Higgs, Mr. McCorquodale, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins, Major Rayner, Mr. Ross Taylor, Sir Alexander Russell, and Lord Column Crichton-Stuart.

Standing Committee B

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had nominated Standing Committee B as the Committee on which Government Bills shall not have precedence.

Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had agreed to the following Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the House:

That, after the day and time appointed for the first consideration of a Bill in Standing Committee, no application for changes in the composition of that Committee in respect of that Bill shall be entertained by the Committee of Selection.

Reports to lie upon the Table.