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FIRST SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION
Tuesday 14 January 1975
Ordered, That there shall be a Select Committee to review policies, but not individual cases, in relation to—
(a) the operation of the Race Relations Act 1968 with particular reference to the work of the Race Relations Board and the Community Relations Commission; and
(b) the admission into the United Kingdom of Commonwealth citizens
and foreign nationals for settlement.
Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint persons with expert knowledge for the purpose of particular inquiries, either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee's Order of Reference.
Ordered, That the Committee have power 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 the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them and Memoranda submitted to them.
Ordered, That Four be the Quorum of the Committee.
Ordered, That the Committee have power to appoint Sub-Committees and to refer to such Sub-Committees any of the matters referred to the Committee.
Ordered, That every such Sub-Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records; to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House; to adjourn from place to place; and to report to the Committee from time to time.
Ordered, That the Committee have power to report from time to time the Minutes of the Evidence taken before such Sub-Committees and Memoranda submitted to them.
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of every such Sub-Committee.
Ordered, That these Orders be Standing Orders of the House until the end of this Parliament.
Tuesday 15 November 1977
Ordered, That the Standing Order of the House of 14 January 1975 relating to the appointment of the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration be amended as follows:
Line 3, leave out sub-paragraph (a) and insert “ (a) the operation of the Race Relations Act 1976 with particular reference to the work of the Com- mission for Racial Equality; and”.
Current Membership
Changes in the membership having been made, by Order of the House, on 4 and 25 February 1975, on 12 November and 7 December 1976, and on 22 March 1978, the current membership of the Committee is as follows:
Mr Frederick Willey, Chairman
Mr Sydney Bidwell
Sir William Elliott
Mr Hal Miller
Mr Eric Moonman
Mr Roger Sims
Mr Dudley Smith Mr Anthony Steen Mr Tom Torney Mr William Wilson
Tuesday 14 January 1975
Ordered, That Mr Sydney Bidwell, Mrs Lynda Chalker, Mr Norman Fowler, Mr Hal Miller, Mr Eric Moonman, Mr Dudley Smith, Mr Anthony Steen, Mr Tom Torney, Mr Frederick Willey and Mr William Wilson be members of the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration.
Ordered, That the members of the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration nominated this day shall continue to be members of the Committee for the remainder of this Parliament.
Ordered, That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.
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