Select Committee evidence is published as a House of Commons Paper; there is generally a delay of 4-6 weeks before the material is available. When published it is also made available on the Parliament website. All HC paper numbers shown are from the 2007-08 session unless otherwise stated. Select Committees may also publish uncorrected transcripts of Ministers' evidence on the website as soon as the transcript is available. Hard copies of Select Committee publications can be purchased from The Stationery Office, contact details are shown on the back page of this bulletin.
More details of current Select Committee inquiries can be found on the Parliament website:
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Business and Enterprise Committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Committee to revisit the role of pubcos
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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Companies House
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One-off oral evidence session concluded: Report in preparation
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Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy
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Oral evidence in progress. Next Oral evidence session 20 November
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The Insolvency Service
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Inquiry announced. Written evidence invited
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Post Office closure programme
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Government response published 17 October
Report published 10 November 2008
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Pub Companies
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Oral evidence in progress
1st oral evidence session 18 November
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Spring Supplementary Estimates
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Oral evidence in progress
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The role and responsibilities of the regional development agencies
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Oral evidence in progress
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The UK Construction Industry
Updated
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Report published 16 July 2008. Govt response published 14 November
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Children, Schools and Families
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Draft Apprenticeships Bill
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Oral evidence concluded, awaiting draft report
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Diversity of School Provision: Faith Schools
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Oral evidence in progress
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Diversity of School Provision: Links between independent and maintained schools
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Oral evidence in progress
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Diversity of Schools Provision: Trust Schools
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Oral evidence in progress
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Early Years Foundation Stage
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One-off evidence completed
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Looked-after Children
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Oral evidence in progress
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National Curriculum
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Oral evidence in progress. Next Oral evidence session Monday 17 November
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Public Expenditure
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Social Mobility
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One-off evidence concluded
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The Work of Ofsted
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Oral evidence concluded: Draft report in preparation
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Communities & Local Government
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Channel 4 Annual Report for 2007
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Oral evidence in progress
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Communities & Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008
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Oral evidence in progress
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Housing and the Credit Crunch
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Oral evidence session to be announced
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Local Authority Investments
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Oral evidence session to be announced
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London 2012 Games
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Oral evidence in progress
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Planning Skills
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Provision of Public Toilets
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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The Balance of Power: Central & Local Government
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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The Licensing Act 2003
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Oral evidence in progress
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The Tenant Services Authority
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Inquiry announced
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Culture, Media & Sport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Commercial Operations of the BBC
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Written evidence invited.
Closing date for evidence was 10 October but submissions are still being accepted
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Defence
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Defence Equipment
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Inquiry Announced.
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MOD'S performance against expenditure plans
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Inquiry announced.
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UK Defence: commitments and resources
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Oral evidence concluded
Further written evidence invited
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UK national security & resilience
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Oral evidence in progress
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Environmental Audit
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Climate change and local, regional and devolved government
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Report published 28 July 2008. Government Response to be published 19 November 2008
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Exports Credits Guarantee Department and Sustainable Development
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Report published 20 October 2008. Awaiting Government response
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Forests: the future role of carbon markets in their protection and the timber trade
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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Greener Homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building plans
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Halting UK Biodiversity Loss
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Report published 10 November 2008. Awaiting Government response
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Making Government operations more sustainable:
A progress report
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Report published 14 July 2008. Government Response to be published 18 November 2008
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Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping
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Oral evidence in progress. Next Evidence Session 18 November 2008
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Environmental Audit Sub-Committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Environmental Labelling
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Climate Change: international policy post-2012
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Inquiry cancelled. Written evidence has been placed in the House of Commons Library
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Defra science
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Invitation to help frame inquiry
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Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
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Inquiry re-opened Special report published
Special Report published as HC 1099, 6 November
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The English Pig Industry
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Oral evidence in progress.
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Waste Strategy for England 2007
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Oral evidence in progress
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European Scrutiny
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Developments in the European Union
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Oral evidence in progress
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Subsidiarity and the Role of National Parliaments
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Subsidiarity, National Parliaments and the Lisbon Treaty
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Report published 21 October
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Foreign Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Developments in the European Union
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Oral evidence in progress
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FCO Annual Report
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Oral evidence in progress
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Global Security: Japan and Korea
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Global Security: Non-Proliferation
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Inquiry announced. Closing date for submission extended to 1 December 2008
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Health
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Foundation trusts and Monitor
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One-off oral evidence session concluded
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Health Inequalities
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Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session 19 November. Written evidence published 3 April
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NHS Next Stage Review
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Our NHS our future
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Oral evidence concluded
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Patient Safety
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Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session 20 November. Written evidence published 30 October (HC 1137)
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Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2007
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Oral evidence published 4 November
(HC 26-ii and iii)
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The responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services
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Oral evidence published 30 October (HC 832-i)
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Home Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Draft Citizenship & Immigration Bill
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Inquiry announced
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Human Trafficking
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Oral evidence in progress
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Knife Crime
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Inquiry announced
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Managing Migration: Points-Based System
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Oral evidence in progress
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Monitoring of UK Border Agency
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One-off oral evidence session announced.
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Police and the Media
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Awaiting Report
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Policing in the 21st Century
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Report published Monday 10 November. Awaiting Government Response
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The rights of Gurkhas to settle in the UK
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Oral evidence concluded
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Wheel Clamping on Private Land
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Inquiry announced
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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British Bill of Rights
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in Preparation
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Immigration and Human Rights
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Oral evidence in progress
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Policing and Protest
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Oral evidence in progress
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Rights for People with Disabilities
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One-off Ministerial Evidence Session 18 November 2008.
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Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Engineering (incorporating Plastic Electronics & Nuclear case studies)
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Oral evidence in progress
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Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills Sub-Committees
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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After Leitch: implementing skills and training policies
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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International Development
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Department for International Development Annual Report 2008
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Oral evidence in progress
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DFID and China
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Oral evidence in progress
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DFID's Programme in Nigeria
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Inquiry postponed
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HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate
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Written Evidence invited
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Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Constitutional Renewal Bill
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Oral evidence in progress
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Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Draft Marine Bill
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Business under Standing Order No 151, followed as necessary by meetings of the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments for business under Standing Order No 151(10)
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Continuing scrutiny. Joint Committee 31st Report of 2007-08 to be published 17.11.08
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Justice
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Appointment of Chair of Office for Legal Complaints
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Report published 31 October
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Devolution: A Decade On
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Oral evidence in progress
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Judicial Appointments Commission
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 416-I & ii
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Justice Reinvestment
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Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session 18 November 2008
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Ministry of Justice: Departmental Annual Report 2007-08
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One-off oral evidence session concluded. Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 1121-i
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Pre-Appointment Hearing: Office for Legal Complaints
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One-off oral evidence session concluded. Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 1122-i
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Sentencing Commission
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One-off oral evidence session concluded. Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 1095-i
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The work of the Crown Prosecution Service
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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The Work of the Ministry of Justice
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One-off oral evidence session announced
Uncorrected oral evidence on website
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Northern Ireland Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Inquiry into Cross border cooperation
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Written evidence requested
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Public Accounts
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Compensating victims of violent crime
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Report in preparation
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Data loss at HM Revenue and Customs
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Report in preparation
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DEFRA Single Payment Scheme: follow-up
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Report in preparation
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Department for International Development: CDC - Investing to reduce poverty
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One-off oral evidence session announced
15 December
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DoH/NHS: End of life care
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One-off oral evidence session announced
17 December
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Efficient grant making in the culture, media and sport sector
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Report published 6 November. Awaiting Government response
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Independent Police Complaints Commission
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One-off oral evidence session announced
24 November
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Leaving the Services
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Report in preparation
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Managing change in operational PFI projects
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Report in preparation
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MoD: Renewal of the nuclear deterrent
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One-off oral evidence session announced
19 November
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Primary Schools: teaching mathematics
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One-off oral evidence session announced
8 December
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Prison procurement
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One-off oral evidence session announced
10 December
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Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls
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Report published 13 November. Awaiting Government response
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Renewing the physical infrastructure of English further education colleges
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One-off oral evidence session announced
17 November
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Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office
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Report published 11 November. Awaiting Government response
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Securing Host Nation Sporting Success in 2012
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Report in preparation
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The supervision of community orders in England and Wales
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Report published 4 November
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Use of office property by government departments
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Report in preparation
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Public Administration
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Better Government
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Charities & Public Benefit
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Oral evidence concluded
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Data Handling Procedures in Government
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Oral evidence in progress
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Equitable Life
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Oral evidence in progress.
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Good Government
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Oral evidence in progress
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Lobbying
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Quadripartite Committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Road Safety
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Oral evidence in progress
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Regulatory Reform
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Getting Results: The Better Regulation Executive and the Impact of the Regulatory Reform Agenda
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Government Response published 13 November
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Draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008
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Report to be published at 2pm on 14 November
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Scottish Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Credit Unions in Scotland
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Oral evidence in progress
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Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
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One-off oral evidence session announced
Evidence session 19 November
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Select Committee on Statutory Instruments
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Business under Standing Order No 151(10)
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Continuing scrutiny. 5th Report of 2007-08 to be published 17.11.08
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Transport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Department for Transport Annual Report 2008
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One-off oral evidence session concluded
Report in preparation
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The enforcement activities of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)
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1st oral evidence session concluded 12 November. 2nd oral evidence session to be arranged
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Network Rail engineering delays over the new year period
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Road Safety
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in Preparation
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School Travel
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Oral evidence in progress
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Taxes and charges on road users
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Oral evidence in progress
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The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5
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Report published 3 November
Government response awaited
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The Use of Airspace
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Oral evidence session: To be arranged.
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Transport Security: Travelling without Fear
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Treasury
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Economics of Housing Market
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Oral evidence in progress
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Offshore Financial Centres
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Oral evidence in progress
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Private Equity
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Report published: continuing scrutiny
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Regulation of Oil Markets
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Inquiry announced
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Treasury Sub-committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Administration and expenditure in the Chancellor's Departments, 2007-08
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Oral evidence in progress
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Welsh Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: Dealing with Vulnerable Children
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Inquiry announced
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Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council: Housing
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Oral evidence in progress
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Provision of cross-border public services for Wales
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Oral evidence in progress
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Work & Pensions
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Department of Work and Pensions IT Procurement
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One-Off evidence session 19 November 2008
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Department for Work and Pensions' commissioning strategy and the employment programme market
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Oral evidence in progress
Final evidence session 10 December
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Pension, Disability and Carers Service
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One-off Oral evidence session 17th December 2008
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