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European Union Committee

My Lords, I would usually agree with the noble Earl, Lord Ferrers, but the point that I put to the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, was that we get this same debate every year and the noble Lord fails to put forward any alternative names. He is perfectly free, if that is his view, to put forward his own or anyone else’s name for this committee. Then the House would have to decide whom to choose. But that does not happen, which colours my judgment to some extent. I can say to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Alloway, that we do not normally have minority reports, but it is entirely possible to put amendments down to reports—even quite substantial amendments—which can be voted on and would appear in the report of that committee. Motion agreed.