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Mr. Hanley
To ask the Lord President of the Council whether the "Memorandum of Guidance to Officials Appearing Before Select Committees" issued in 1980 is still in use.
Mr. Wakeham
I have today arranged for copies of an updated memorandum of guidance to be placed in the House Libraries. The principles of the 1980 memorandum remain unchanged, though the additional guidance issued in April 1987, on evidence concerning the conduct of civil servants, has been incorporated, as undertaken in Cm. 78.
| Session | Report | Report or recommendations debated | |
| 1958–59 | Procedure in the Public Business of the House | 13 July 1959 | |
| 1961–62 | Effect of Standing Order No. 58 (2) on minorities | ||
| 1962–63 | First Report | The rule relating to reference in the House of Commons to matters considered as sub judice | 20 June 1963 |
| Second Report | Expediting the Finance Bill | ||
| Third Report | The Recommittal of Bills to Committees of the whole House; the operation of sub-paragraph (a) or paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 1A (Exemptions from S.O. No. 1 (Sittings of the House)) in relation to Consolidated Fund Bills; renaming Standing Committees; the application of Standing Order No. 95A (Statutory Instruments, (Procedure)) to motions for affirmative resolution; the application of paragraph 4 of Standing Order No. 8 (Questions to Members) in relation to Mondays | 23 July 1963 | |
| 1963–64 | First Report | The form of the Defence Estimates | |
| Second Report | The disclosure of matters contained in the Reports of Select Committees | 27 October 1965 | |
| Third Report | The allocation of time to proceedings on public bills; the method of signifying objection during the time for unopposed business; opportunities for short speeches; morning sittings | ||
| 1964–65 | First Report | Second Reading Committees; Ten-Minute Rule Bills | 27 October 1965 |
| Second Report | Question Time | 27 October 1965 | |
| Third Report | Expediting the Finance Bill | 27 October 1965 | |
| 19 April 1967 | |||
| Fourth Report | "Specialist" Committees | 27 October 1965 | |
| 14 December 1966 | |||
| Fifth Report | Proxy voting for sick Members | ||
| 1965–66 | First Report | Supply, Ways and Means, and other Money Committees | 14 December 1966 |
| 1966–67 | First Report | Times of Sitting of the House | 14 December 1966 |
| 19 April 1967 | |||
| 12 December 1967 | |||
| 12 November 1968 | |||
| Second Report | Urgent and Topical Debates | 19 April 1967 | |
| 14 November 1967 | |||
| Third Report | Methods of Voting | 19 April 1967 | |
| Fourth Report | The Finance Bill | 19 April 1967 | |
| 14 November 1967 | |||
| Fifth Report | Questions | 14 November 1967 | |
| Sixth Report | Public Bill Procedure | 14 November 1967 | |
| 12 December 1967 | |||
| 1967–68 | The Dates of the Session; The Financial Year | ||
| 1968–69 | First Report | Scrutiny of Public Expenditure and Administration | 21 October 1969 |
| 12 November 1970 | |||
| Second Report | The Form of the Defence Estimates | 21 October 1969 | |