Further details of current Select Committee inquiries can also be found on the Parliament website:
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Committee on Arms Export Controls
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Strategic Export Controls
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions 24 November
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Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Broadband Speed
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Oral evidence in progress
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Creating a Higher Value-Added Economy
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Report in preparation
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Exporting out of recession
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Oral evidence in progress
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Motor sport and aerospace industry
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Oral evidence in progress
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Work of the Department in the current economic crises
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Oral evidence in progress
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Children, Schools and Families
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Child Health Strategy
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Oral evidence concluded
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Early Years Funding Formula
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions 1 December
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Elective Home Education
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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NEETS
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions 16 December
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Public Expenditure
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One off oral evidence concluded
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School accountability
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Sure Start Children's Centres
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Oral evidence in progress
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Teacher Training
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Report in preparation
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21st Century Schools White Paper
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One off oral evidence concluded
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Communities & Local Government
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Beyond Decent Homes: decent housing standards post 2010
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Oral evidence in progress
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Departmental Annual Report 2009
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Inquiry announced
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Fire Control Programme
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 8 January 2010
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Planning policy Statement 6 (Town Centres)
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Report in preparation
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Preventing Violent Extremism
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Oral evidence in progress
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Culture, Media & Sport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Departmental Annual Report 2009 and the Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
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One off oral evidence session concluded
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London 2012 Games and Paralympic Games
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Continuing scrutiny
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Press Standards, Privacy and Libel
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The Future for Local and Regional Media
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Oral evidence in progress
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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
First oral evidence session 1 December
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Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09
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Oral Evidence in progress
Next evidence session 24 November
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Readiness and recuperation for the contingent tasks of today
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Oral evidence in progress
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The Comprehensive Approach
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The contribution of ISTAR to operations
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The Green Paper and the readiness and recuperation of the Armed Forces
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 24 November
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Energy and Climate Change
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Department of Energy and Climate Change Annual Report
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One off oral evidence session completed
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Low carbon technologies in a green economy
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Oral evidence in progress
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Scrutiny of the proposals for Energy National Policy Statements
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions 15 January 2010
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Severn estuary tidal project options
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One off oral evidence session completed
Report in preparation
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The future of Britain's Electricity Networks
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Report in preparation
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Environmental Audit
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Adapting to Climate Change
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session1 December
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Air Quality
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 14 December
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Carbon Budgets
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Green jobs and skills
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
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Report in preparation
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The scientific basis for carbon reduction targets
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Oral evidence concluded
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Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Dairy farmers of Britain
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Report in preparation
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DEFRA Departmental Report 2009
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One off oral evidence session 2 December
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Flooding: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review
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Report in preparation
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Notifiable Animal Diseases Observatory
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Continuing scrutiny
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Pre-appointment hearing: Natural England
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One off oral evidence session 25 November
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European Scrutiny
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Commission Communication: Driving European recovery
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Oral evidence concluded
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EU Accession: Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia
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Oral evidence concluded
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Ship-source pollution Directive and first reading agreements
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Oral evidence published 29 October
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Scrutiny related issues and meeting of the European Council
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One off oral evidence concluded
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Foreign Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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BBC World Service
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Oral evidence in progress
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British Council
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Oral evidence in progress
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Developments in the European Union
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Ongoing inquiry
Next evidence session 9 December
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FCO Annual report 2008-09
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 9 December
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Global Security: UK/US Relations
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 2 December
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Health
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Alcohol
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Commissioning
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Oral evidence in progress
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Operating Framework for the NHS in England
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Oral evidence concluded
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Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2008
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Oral evidence concluded
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Social Care
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Oral evidence in progress
Next oral evidence session 26 November
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Home Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Detention of children in the immigration system
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Report in preparation
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E-borders
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Report in preparation
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Europol
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Oral evidence concluded
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Home Office Response to Terrorist Attacks
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Oral evidence in progress
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Immigration Issues
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Oral evidence concluded
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New Identity Commissioner
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Inquiry announced
First oral evidence session 24 November
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Role of the Home Secretary in relation to the US-UK Extradition Treaty
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Oral evidence in progress
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The Cocaine Trade
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Oral evidence in progress
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The right of Gurkhas to settle in the UK
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Report in preparation
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The Work of Association of Chief Police Officers
of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO)
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Oral evidence concluded
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Work of SOCA
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Report published 18 November
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Work of the UKBA
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Report in preparation
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Home Affairs Sub-Committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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None
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International Development
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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DFID's Annual Report 2009
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Oral evidence in progress
First oral evidence session 24 November
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DFID's Programme in Bangladesh
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Oral evidence in progress
Next oral evidence session 1 December
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DFID's Programme in Nepal
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Inquiry announced
First evidence session 15 December
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HIV/AIDS: Progress on implementation of DFID's HIV/AIDS strategy
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Business and human rights
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Children's Rights
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Report published 20 November
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Equality and Human Rights Commission
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Oral evidence in progress
Next oral evidence session 15 December
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Retention, use and destruction of biometric data
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Report published 12 November
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Justice
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Constitutional Reform and Renewal
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Justice Issues in Europe
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Oral evidence in progress
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Justice Reinvestment
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Report in preparation
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The work of the Crown Prosecution Service
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Report in preparation
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The Work of the Ministry of Justice
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One off oral evidence session 24 November
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Liaison
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Matters relating to select committees
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Continuing scrutiny
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Modernisation of the House of Commons
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Recall and Dissolution
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Report in preparation
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Northern Ireland Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Northern Ireland Human Rights Bill
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Oral evidence in progress
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Omagh: a decade after the bombing
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Oral evidence in progress
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Television Broadcasting
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Oral evidence in progress
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The Consultative Group on the Past
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Procedure
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Timetabling of amendments by select committees
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Report published 10 November
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Timetabling of business
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Inquiry announced;
Deadline for submissions closed
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Public Accounts
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Bank Recapitalisation and Liquidity
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One off oral evidence session 14 December
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Contracting for Highways Maintenance
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Report in preparation
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Dealing with the tax obligations of older people
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One off oral evidence session 2 December
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Dementia follow-up
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One off oral evidence session 7 December
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Department for Transport: The failure of Metronet
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Report in preparation
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DWP: Management of Benefit Overpayment Debt
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One off oral evidence report in preparation
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DFID's Assistance to Malawi
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One off oral evidence session 30 November
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Equality and Human Rights Commission Accounts
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One off oral evidence session 2 December
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HMRC Standard Report
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Report in preparation
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National Chlamydia Screening
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One off oral evidence session 25 November
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National Offender Management Service: Maintenance of the Prison Estate in England and Wales
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Report published 3 November
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Post Office network change programme
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Report published 12 November
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Promoting Participation with the Historic Environment
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Report in preparation
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Protecting consumers? Removing retail price controls - Postcomm follow-up
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Report in preparation
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Reducing Healthcare associated infections in hospitals
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Report published 10 November
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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One off oral evidence session 23 November
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Rural Payment Agency: Administration of the Single Payment Scheme
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One off oral evidence session report in preparation
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Staying safe on-line
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One off oral evidence session 30 November
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Train to Gain
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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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Executive pay in the Public Sector
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Report in preparation
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Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Official Language
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Official Statistics
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Oral evidence in progress
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Outside appointments in the Senior Civil Service
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Report in preparation
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Regional Committee: East of England
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Global Economic Downturn
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Written evidence published online
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Regional Committee: East Midlands
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Share of funding received by the East Midlands region.
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Inquiry announced;
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Regional Committee: North East
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Industry and Innovation in the North East of England
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Regional Committee: North West
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The impact of the current economic situation on the North West and the Government's response
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Report published 19 November
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Regional Committee: South East
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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South East Regional Committee inquiry into the South East England Development Agency and the Regional Economic Strategy
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Oral evidence in progress
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Regional Committee: South West
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Transport in the South West
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Oral evidence in progress
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Regional Committee: West Midlands
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The impact of the current economic and financial situation on businesses in the west Midlands Region
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The effects of the economic downturn on the people of the West Midlands
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions closed
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Regional Committee: Yorkshire and The Humber
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The Work of Yorkshire Forward
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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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Reform Orders
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Continuing scrutiny
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Science and Technology
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Bioengineering
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 4 December
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Evidence Check: Homeopathy
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Oral evidence in progress
First evidence session 25 November
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Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions
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Oral evidence concluded
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Regulation of Geoengineering
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 9 December
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Setting the Scene on Science, Engineering and Technology issues across Government
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One off oral evidence session concluded
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Technology Strategy Board
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Oral evidence concluded
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Scottish Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Banking in Scotland
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 25 November
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Scotland and the European Union
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Oral evidence in progress
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Scotland and the UK: co-operation and communication between Governments
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Inquiry announced
Written evidence invited
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Scotland and the UK
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions closed
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Scotland Office Annual Report
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One off oral evidence session concluded
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Scottish transport links and the credit crunch
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Oral evidence concluded
Evidence published 11 November
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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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Report in preparation
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National Policy Statement on Ports
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 15 January 2010
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Performance of the Department for Transport
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Inquiry announced
Next evidence session 2 December
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Priorities for Investment in the Railways
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 25 November
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The future of aviation
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The major road network
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The new European Motorcycle
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Oral evidence in progress
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Update on the London Underground and the public-private partnership (PPP) agreements
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions closed
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Treasury
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Credit Searches
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Proposals for European Macro and Micro prudential Financial Regulation
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Report published 16 November
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UK Financial Investments Ltd
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Oral evidence concluded
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Walker Report
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Oral evidence concluded
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Women in the City
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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Treasury Sub-committee
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Departmental Annual Reports
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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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Cross-border services for Wales: follow-up
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence sessions 23 & 26 November
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Ports in Wales
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Report published 6 November
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Potential Benefits of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games for Wales
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One off evidence session concluded
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Pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council on Culture
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One off evidence session concluded
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Pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council relating to Domestic Fire Safety
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One off evidence session concluded
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Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council on Education relating to School Governance
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 27 November
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Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order 2009
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session 24 November
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Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) Order 2010
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 27 November.
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Wales and Whitehall
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions 7 December
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Welsh prisoners in the prison estate: follow-up
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Inquiry announced
Deadline for submissions closed
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Work & Pensions
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Decision making and appeals in the benefit system
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Oral evidence in progress
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DWP response to the economic downturn
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Report published 17 November
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Fuel Poverty
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Report published 17 November
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Local housing Allowance
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Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions closed
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