Select Committees — House of Commons, 2015-06-03
Topic: Government Operations
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): I will wrap up the debate very briefly The hon. Member for Nottingham North (Mr Allen) talked about his political obituary. Nobody believes that for a moment. He will undoubtedly find just as many ways to contribute to the debate in this Parliament as he has found throughout the years that we have both served in this House I reassure the hon. Gentleman about the attitude of the Government to Select Committees. He will note from the Order Paper that we will have more Committees in this Parliament that we did in the last. We will continue to listen carefully to Parliament, as is right and proper I say to the Scottish nationalists that the Chief Whip and I have listened carefully to their comments. We will, no doubt, have further discussions on these issues. The right hon. Member for Gordon (Alex Salmond) was in the House when I was first elected. I always remember him bringing a quality to the debate in this House and his return has undoubtedly brought back a quality to the debate in this, the Union Parliament. In doing so, he brings strength to the Union. Question put and agreed to. Ordered, That with effect until the end of the current Parliament, Standing Order No. 152 be amended by the insertion of the following line at the appropriate point in the table in paragraph (2): "Women and Equalities Government Equalities Office 11" Changes to Standing Order No. 146 (Select committee on Public Administration) Ordered, That the following changes be made to standing orders— (1) Leave out paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 146 (Select Committee on Public Administration) and insert the following new paragraphs: "(1) There shall be a select committee, to be called the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, to examine the reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioner for England, which are laid before this House, and matters in connection therewith; to consider matters relating to the quality and standards of administration provided by civil service departments, and other matters relating to the civil service; and to consider constitutional affairs (1A) The committee shall consist of eleven Members."; (2) Change the title of Standing Order No. 146 to "Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee"; (3) In Standing Order No. 122B, line 9, leave out "Select Committee on Public Administration" and insert "Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee"; (4) In Standing Order No. 143, line 69, leave out "Select Committee on Public Administration" and insert "Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee"; (5) In Standing Order No. 152K, lines 10 and 15, leave out "Select Committee on Public Administration" and insert "Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee".—(Chris Grayling.) Select Committee: Allocation of Chairs Ordered, That, pursuant to Standing Order No 122B (Election of Committee Chairs), the chairs of those select committees subject to the Standing Order be allocated as indicated in the following Table Select committees appointed under SO No 152: Business, Innovation and Skills Labour Communities and Local Government Labour Culture, Media and Sport Conservative Defence Conservative Education Conservative Energy and Climate Change Scottish National Party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Conservative Foreign Affairs Conservative Health Conservative Home Affairs Labour International Development Labour Justice Conservative Northern Ireland Conservative Science and Technology Conservative Scottish Affairs Scottish National Party Transport Labour Treasury Conservative Welsh Affairs Conservative Women and Equalities Conservative Work and Pensions Labour Other specified select committees: Environmental Audit Labour Petitions Labour Procedure Conservative Public Accounts Labour Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Conservative Standards Labour —(Chris Grayling.)