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 Members from Standing Committee C: Viscount Elveden, Mr. Foot, and Mr. MacVeagh; and had appointed in substitution (during the consideration of the Allotments Bill [Lords):] Mr. Acland, Major Barnes, and Mr. Perkins.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Fifteen Members to Standing Committee C (in respect of the Merchandise Marks Bill [Lords):] Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Greenwood, Sir Harry Greer, Mr. Walter Halls, Mr. Hannon, Mr. Hogge, Sir Joseph Hood, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kiley, Sir George Croydon Marks, Mr. Walter Smith, Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Sir Courtenay Warner and Mr. Murrough Wilson.
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.
