Selection (Standing Committees). – in the House of Commons am ar 11 Gorffennaf 1922.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B (added in respect of the Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Bill [Lords] and the Telegraph (Money) Bill): Mr. Remer; and had appointed in substitution: Brigadier-General Surtees.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following 10 Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Bill): Sir John Baird, Sir John Butcher, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Rose, Mr. Shortt, Mr. Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel John Ward, Colonel Wedgwood, and Sir Richard Winfrey.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the Oil in Navigable Waters Bill [Lords:] Sir Hamilton Benn, Sir Joseph Davies, Mr. Gilbert, Colonel Sir James Greig, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Neil Maclean, Sir William Raeburn, Sir George Renwick, Mr. Spencer, and Sir William Mitchell-Thomson.
In a normal session there are up to ten standing committees on bills. Each has a chair and from 16 to 50 members. Standing committee members on bills are appointed afresh for each new bill by the Committee of Selection which is required to take account of the composition of the House of Commons (ie. party proportions) as well as the qualification of members to be nominated. The committees are chaired by a member of the Chairmen's Panel (whose members are appointed by the Speaker). In standing committees the Chairman has much the same function as the Speaker in the House of Commons. Like the Speaker, a chairman votes only in the event of a tie, and then usually in accordance with precedent. The committees consider each bill clause by clause and may make amendments. There are no standing committees in the House of Lords.
