Non-legislative formal proceeding on Thursday, 16 January 2020, in the House of Commons from the Committee of Selection.

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Committee of Selection

Bill Wiggin reported, (1) That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee; and (2) the following Resolutions: (i) That, after a Bill has been under consideration in a Public Bill Committee, no application for changes in the composition of that Committee in respect of that Bill will be entertained by this Committee except where a Member is incapacitated from attendance by illness, or where he or she has been appointed or ceased to be a Member of the Government or Opposition frontbench, or has changed his or her office for another, or has acquired other duties, or ceased to hold or changed such duties; (ii) That Motions to alter the membership of select committees may be tabled on behalf of the Committee of Selection only if previously approved at a meeting of the Committee of Selection; (iii) That if no replacement is identified for a Member wishing to resign from a select committee within six weeks of the receipt by the Chair of the Committee of Selection of a letter from the Member, the Committee shall table a motion to discharge the resigning Member, and shall table a motion to appoint a replacement once he or she has been elected by the political parties concerned; (iv) That, when nominating Members to the European Committee, the Committee of Selection will, where practicable, include at least two Members from the European Scrutiny Committee and the relevant Select Committee.

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Secondary information

Type

Formal proceeding

Session

2019-21

Subjects

Membership Select committees Public bill committees Wiggin, Bill