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Speaker's Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary Estate

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In the light of the two votes that we have just had, I thought that it was a matter of courtesy to inform you of a point of order and then to ask your advice. My right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) and I do not feel that we can recommend to our colleagues that they serve on a Committee that will be a nonsense—a Committee that will sit to choose a Chairman and can then sit no more. I hope you will understand if we do not recommend participation in the process. Secondly, can you confirm that it is none the less possible for other Committees of the House, including the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges, to take up this matter if they wish to do so?