MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT
I beg to move,
That, with effect from the beginning of the next session of Parliament, the following amendments and related provisions be made in respect of Standing Orders:
 A SELECT COMMITTEES RELATED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS  That Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended in the Table in paragraph (2) as follows— (i) leave out items 2, 5, 12 and 14; (ii) insert, in the appropriate places, the following items:  Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 11  Children, Schools and Families Department for Children, Schools and Families 14  Innovation, Universities and Skill Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 14  Justice Ministry of Justice (including the work of staff provided for the administrative work of courts and tribunals, but excluding consideration of individual cases and appointments, and excluding the work of the Scotland and Wales Offices and of the Advocate General for Scotland); and administration and expenditure of the Attorney General's Office, the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office (but excluding individual cases and appointments and advice given within government by Law Officers) 14 
(iii) in item 9, in column 2, leave out all the words after 'Home Office'.
| B   | RELATED PROVISIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|     | (1) That all proceedings of the House and of its select committees in this Parliament in respect of the Constitutional Affairs Committee shall be deemed to have been in respect of the Justice Committee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|     | (2) That all proceedings of the Trade and Industry Committee in this Parliament shall be deemed to have been proceedings of the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|     | (3) That for the purposes of Standing Order No. 122A (Term limits for chairmen of select committees) the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, the Children, Schools and Families Committee, the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee and the Justice Committee shall be deemed to be the same committees as the Trade and Industry Committee, the Education and Skills Committee, the Science and Technology Committee and the Constitutional Affairs Committee respectively. |
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|     | That the Resolution of the House of 13th July 2005 relating to Liaison Committee (Membership) be further amended by leaving out, in paragraph (2), 'Constitutional Affairs', 'Education and Skills', 'Science and Technology' and 'Trade and Industry' and inserting, in the appropriate places, 'Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform', 'Children, Schools and Families', 'Innovation, Universities and Skills' and 'Justice'. |
| D   | EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|     | That Standing Order No. 119 (European Standing Committees) be amended, by leaving out in the Table in paragraph (6) (i) in respect of European Standing Committee B, 'Department for Constitutional Affairs' and inserting 'Ministry of Justice'; and (ii) in respect of European Standing Committee C, 'Trade and Industry'; Education and Skills' and inserting 'Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Innovation, Universities and Skills; Children, Schools and Families'. |