My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.

Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider the present condition and future development of the public service in Great Britain with particular regard to the effectiveness of recent and continuing changes and their impact on standards of conduct and service in the public interest;

That, for the purposes of the Select Committee, the public service shall be deemed to exclude local government, the National Health Service, schools and institutions of higher and further education, but to include all government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other organisations created by or working for the public service;

That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the Select Committee:

• L. Brabazon of Tara,
• L. Croham,
• L. Cuckney,
• L. Gillmore of Thamesfield,
• L. Harris of Greenwich,
• L. Lane of Horsell,
• L. Merlyn-Rees,
• B. O'Cathain,
• L. Rodgers of Quarry Bank,
• B. Serota,
• L. Slynn of Hadley (Chairman),
• L. Taylor of Gryfe.

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place;

That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;

That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers; and

That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee from time to time shall, if the Committee think fit, be printed and delivered out.—(The Chairman of Committees.)