| AdminHistory | The Parliamentary Committee was constituted in January 1842 to liaise between the Council and Parliament regarding proposed legislation. Its main functions were in 'watching the interests of the inhabitants of the Borough in Parliament'; in other words to liaise between the Council and Parliament regarding specific proposed bills and legislation referred to it by the Council. It was constituted in January 1842 and stood until 1848, though the Bill Committee acted out the same function (see BCC/1/AJ). It re-emerged as the Parliamentary and Chancery Sub-Committee of the General Purposes Committee, before being renamed the Parliamentary Sub-Committee in 1875 then the Law and Parliamentary Sub-Committee in January 1922 (see BCC/1/AG/3). |