SELECT COMMITTEES AND THE EXECUTIVE

Early day motion 476, tabled 7 March 2000 by Gordon Prentice (Labour). Signed by 244 members.

That this House warmly welcomes the first report of the Liaison Committee, published on 2nd March, which observes that the membership of select committees is effectively under the control of the Whips and that this has led on occasion to long delays in setting up committees at the start of a parliament and in replacing members thereafter and that members have been kept off committees because of their views; agrees that this is wrong in principle; and believes the implementation of the report's recommendations would strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of the Executive to the positive benefit of both.

Signatures by party: Labour 134, Conservative 42, Liberal Democrat 40, Labour/Co-operative 12, UUP 7, Plaid Cymru 4, Independent 1, Independent Labour 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UKUP 1.