Europe after Maastricht : interim report : report, together with the Proceedings of Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendices : first report [of the] Foreign Affairs Committee.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee.
Date:
1992
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Credit: Europe after Maastricht : interim report : report, together with the Proceedings of Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendices : first report [of the] Foreign Affairs Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Foreign Affairs Committee is appointed under SO No 130 to examine the expenditure administration and policy of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and of associated public bodies. The Committee consists of 11 members. It has a quorum of three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the Committee continue to be members of it for the remainder of the Parliament. The Committee has power: (a) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time; (b) to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee’s order of reference; (c) to communicate to any other such committee its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest; and (d) to meet concurrently with any such other committee for the purpose of deliberating, taking evidence, or considering draft reports. The Committee has power to appoint one sub-committee and to report from time to time the minutes of evidence taken before it. The sub-committee has power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, and to adjourn from place to place. It has a quorum of three. The membership of the Committee since its appointment on 13 July 1992 is as follows: Rt Hon David Howell, Guildford (Chairman) Mr Dennis Canavan, Falkirk West Mr Ted Rowlands, Merthyr Tydfil Mr Mike Gapes, I/ford South and Rhymney Mr David Harris, St Ives Rt Hon Peter Shore, Bethnal Green Rt Hon Michael Jopling, Westmorland and Stepney and Lonsdale Rt Hon Sir John Stanley, Tonbridge Mr Jim Lester, Broxtowe and Malling Mr David Sumberg, Bury South Mr Robert Wareing, Liverpool West Derby The cost of printing and publishing this Report is estimated by HMSO at £10,944.