COMMITTEE OF SELECTION (Appointment of Members)

5.40 p.m.

The Leader of the House (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the motion* standing in my name, as it appears on the Order Paper.

Sir, Standing Order 95 (1) (a) provides that:

`There shall be a Committee to be known as the Committee of Selection appointed as soon as practicable after the beginning of every session to perform the functions allotted to it by these Standing Orders, and for such other matters as Parliament may from time to time refer to it.'

Standing Order 95 (1) (b) provides that:

`The Committee of Selection shall consist of the Speaker as Chairman, and seven Members of Parliament to be appointed by Parliament, in such manner as shall ensure that, so far as is possible, the balance between the Government benches and the Opposition benches in Parliament is reflected in the Committee.'

There being only one party in this House, it is decided to appoint the Leader of the House, the Government Whip and five Backbenchers. Sir, I hope that the House will find this satisfactory.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

• That this Parliament, in accordance with paragraph (1) of Standing Order 95, appoints the following as members of the Committee of Selection: E. W. Barker Ch'ng Jit Koon N. Govindasamy Hwang Soo Jin Sia Kah Hui Tan Eng Liang Yeo Choo Kok.