Selection (Standing Committees). – in the House of Commons am ar 7 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had nominated the following Members to serve on Standing Committee D: Mr. Ernest Alexander, Viscountess Astor, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Walter Baker, Mr. Batey, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bird, Mr. Brocklebank, Mr. Buchanan, Captain Bullock, Mr. Burman, Mr. Campbell, Brigadier-General Cockerill, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Arthur Davies, Mr. Rhys Davies, Captain Arthur Evans, Mr. Finburgh, Lieut.-Colonel Gadie, Sir John Ganzoni, Major Glyn, Sir Robert Gower, Mr. Grace, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Mr. George Hall, Mr. Hammersley, Mr. Hayday, Lieut.-Colonel Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel Heneage, Sir Sydney Henn, Mr. Hilton, Mr. Haydn, Jones, Mr. A. R. Kennedy, Mr. Kirkwood, Mr. Livingstone, Mr. Lloyd, Captain Loder, Major Alan McLean, Captain Macmillan, Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, Sir William Lane Mitchell, Captain Moreing, Sir John Pennefather, Mrs. Philipson, Mr. Preston, Mr. Rameden, Mr. Remer, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Sexton, Mr. Thomas Shaw, Mr. Skelton, Lieut. - Colonel Spender-Clay, Mr. Stephen, Major the Marquess of Titch-field, Mr. Viant, Mr. Wiggins, Mr. Womersley, and Mr. Robert Young.
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.
