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| Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister |
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Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): Which housing association or registered social landlord chief executive receives the highest remuneration; and how much they will receive in 2003-04.
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Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If he will introduce legislation to require public utilities to obtain planning permission before erecting masts; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): If he will make a statement on the level of council tax in 2003-04.
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Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.
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Mr David Cameron (Witney): How much Best Value and Comprehensive performance assessments have cost (a) district and (b) county councils in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness and fairness of the council tax banding system; and if he will make a statement.
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Helen Southworth (Warrington South): What action his Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.
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Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): If he will make a statement on progress in bringing more brownfield land into use.
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Mr John Grogan (Selby): What assessment he has made of the benefits to the Yorkshire and Humber economy of an elected regional assembly.
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James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): If he will make a statement on his policy on involving English Partnerships in regeneration.
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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): If he will make a statement on the performance of the Standards Board.
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Norman Baker (Lewes): What plans he has to amend building regulations to improve environmental performance in respect of water consumption.
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Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): If he will make a statement on his Department's Code of Best Practice on the siting of TETRA telecommunications masts in the vicinity of schools and hospitals.
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Colin Burgon (Elmet): What recent discussions he has had with the Mobile Phone Operators Association about their voluntary code.
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Preliminary Business |
| Notice of Presentation of Bills
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| + 1 | CIVIL CONTINGENCIES
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision about civil contingencies.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 2 | SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE BUILDINGS
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision in relation to matters connected with buildings.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 3 | CARERS (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision about life-long learning for, and the employment of, carers; to place duties on local authorities and health bodies in respect of carers; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 4 | GANGMASTER (LICENSING)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for the licensing of gangmasters; to make further provision concerning the enforcement of legislation relating to gangmasters; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 5 | PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for volunteering and voluntary organisations; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 6 | CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG (SCREENING)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision about screening for conditions leading to sudden cardiac death in the young; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 7 | CHRISTMAS DAY (TRADING)
[No debate]
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| Bill to prohibit the opening of large shops on Christmas Day.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 8 | PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR FOR YOUNG CYCLISTS
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for the wearing of protective headgear by children while riding cycles; to prescribe offences and penalties; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 9 | CONSTITUTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION (REFERENDUM)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for a referendum on any Treaty establishing a Constitution for the European Union; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 10 | RETIREMENT INCOME REFORM
[No debate]
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| Bill to amend the law relating to the provision of retirement income in respect of private and personal pensions, annuities and defined and additional voluntary contribution pension schemes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 11 | REFERENDUMS (THRESHOLDS)
[No debate]
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| Bill to amend the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to make provision to set thresholds in respect of referendums; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 12 | TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENFORCEMENT NOTICES AND STOP NOTICES)
[No debate]
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| Mr John Randall, on behalf of Mr Eric Pickles
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| Bill to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in respect of enforcement notices and stop notices; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 13 | WILD MAMMALS (PROTECTION) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2)
[No debate]
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| Mr Peter Luff, on behalf of Lembit Opik
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| Bill to amend the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 14 | PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (REPORTING)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for the production and publication of annual reports on the social, environmental and economic impacts and performance of companies and Government departments; to specify certain duties of directors and Ministers; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 15 | PROPERTY REPAIRS (PROHIBITION OF COLD-CALLING)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision about cold-calling to solicit employment to undertake the laying of drives and other property repairs, maintenance and improvements.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 16 | ILLEGAL HARE-COURSING (ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make provision for the enforcement of the prohibition on illegal hare-coursing.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 17 | HIGHWAYS (OBSTRUCTION BY BODY CORPORATE)
[No debate]
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| Bill to apply section 314 of the Highways Act 1980 to offences under sections 137 and 137ZA of that Act.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 18 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
[No debate]
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| Bill to establish a licensing regime in the event of the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment; to establish liability for the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment and for damage caused thereby; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 19 | TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (TELECOMMUNICATIONS MASTS)
[No debate]
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| Bill to amend the law relating to telecommunications masts.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 20 | TRESPASSERS ON LAND (LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE AND EVICTION)
[No debate]
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| Bill to make a person liable for any damage caused to land, or property on that land, on which he is trespassing for the purpose of residing there; to amend the law in respect of eviction from land; to make provision for compensation; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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| 21 | OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONERS
[No debate]
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| Bill to establish Older People's Commissioners for England and Wales; to make provision for the Commissioners' duties in respect of the protection of the rights and interests of older people; and for connected purposes.
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| Formal first reading: no debate or decision.
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Main Business |
| 22 | OPPOSITION DAY (1st allotted day)
[Until 7.00 p.m.]
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| | ACCURACY OF NHS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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| Mr Michael Howard
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr John Baron
Mr Simon Burns
David Maclean
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| That this House calls for an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the decision in July 2002 to upgrade the star rating of the South Durham Health Care Trust from two stars to three following the involvement of the private office of the then Secretary of State for Health and with the knowledge of 10 Downing Street; further calls for greater transparency in the calculation and publication of performance indicators throughout the NHS; and is concerned that excessive reliance on such indicators inhibits the independence of professionals and managers and leads to distortions in the allocation of resources.
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| As an Amendment to Mr Michael Howard's proposed Motion (Accuracy of NHS Performance Indicators):
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Reid
Mr Peter Hain
Mr John Hutton
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `notes that record investment in the NHS has to be linked to reform, and that this investment and the devolution of power to the front line require greater accountability; congratulates the Government on its record of making the NHS more transparent through the development of performance indicators; welcomes the Government's development of such indicators in consultation with patients and staff; congratulates the Government on giving responsibility for NHS performance monitoring to the independent Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (CHAI), which reports direct to Parliament; and welcomes CHAI's commitment to developing new and more reflective indicators in partnership with representative bodies and the NHS itself.'.
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| | LONG TERM CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
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| Mr Michael Howard
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr John Baron
Mr Simon Burns
Tim Loughton
David Maclean
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| That this House expresses its profound concern at the continuing crisis in care for elderly people; deplores the Government's over-prescriptive, expensive and bureaucratic regulation of the care home sector, which has greatly exacerbated the crisis in care and has led to many care home closures; condemns the loss of over 70,000 long term care places since 1997 and is gravely concerned that the number of people receiving domiciliary care has fallen by 100,000 since 1997; is further concerned that the implementation of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 will merely place an unfair financial burden on Social Services departments, and could lead to patients being discharged prematurely from hospital into inappropriate care, resulting in an increase in emergency readmissions; and calls on the Government to recognise the crisis in the provision of long term care for elderly people, to take action to reduce the current rate of care home closures and to combat the decline in the availability of domiciliary care, rather than simply disregard the crisis.
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| As Amendments to Mr Michael Howard's proposed Motion (Long Term Care for Elderly People):
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| Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Menzies Campbell
Sandra Gidley
Mr Paul Burstow
Mrs Patsy Calton
Mr Andrew Stunell
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| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `believes that the underfunding of social care by successive Governments has led to the current crisis in provision for long term care of the elderly; condemns the Government for implementing a system which forces thousands of elderly people to give up their life savings and homes to fund their continuing healthcare; notes the 3rd September statement on long term care by the Royal Commissioners which states that Governments in most of the United Kingdom still decline to act"; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce free personal care for the elderly as recommended by the Royal Commissioners in addition to undertaking a whole system review of funding for social care, as recommended by the Wanless Report, in order to tackle staff shortages, increase capacity, promote choice and ensure that elderly people receive the right care at the right time.'.
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Reid
Mr Peter Hain
Dr Stephen Ladyman
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| | Ms Rosie Winterton |
| Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add `welcomes the real terms increase in social services funding of 20 per cent. between 1997 and 2003, and the commitment to continue these increases by an annual 6 per cent. in real terms from this financial year to 2005-06; notes that councils are able to use these resources to increase fees they pay to care homes where they think necessary, with 2002-03 figures showing 56 per cent. of local councils in England and Wales increasing the fees they pay by at least 5 per cent; notes that the Laing & Buisson Care of Elderly People Market Survey published in July 2003 puts bed capacity in care homes from all sectors at 470,000 with demand estimated to be around 460,000; further notes that over 80 per cent. of older people say they want to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible; supports the Government's policy of improving choice by providing alternatives to residential care with 20,900 more households since 1998 receiving intensive home care packages, 143,200 additional people receiving intermediate care services since 1999, and a cash injection of £87 million to be spent on creating 1,500 new extra care housing places by 2006; and further supports the Government's policy of driving up care standards where the care is delivered and ensuring that older people are not held unnecessarily in acute hospital beds when their care needs can be better met elsewhere.'.
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| The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
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| Debate may continue until 7.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 23 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Regional broadcasting in the South East (Mr John Denham).
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| Debate may continue until 7.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9 and Order of 29th October 2002).
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COMMITTEES |
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| 1 | Standing Committee B (Programming Sub-Committee)
(Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill) | 6.00 p.m. | Room 7 (private) |
| 2 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 2.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Solvent Emissions (England and Wales) Regulations 2004. |
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| 3 | Education and Skills | 9.30 a.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 4 | Work and Pensions | 9.30 a.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private) |
| 5 | Transport | 2.00 p.m.
2.45 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Future of the Railways. |
| Witnesses: Network Rail; Health and Safety Executive, and Rail Safety and Standards Board (at approximately 3.15 p.m.); Mr Alan Osbourne (at approximately 3.50 p.m.). |
| 6 | Defence | 2.30 p.m.
3.00 p.m. | The Grimond Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Lessons of Iraq. |
| Witnesses: Mr Trevor Woolley, Mr Paul Flaherty CBE, and Mr David Williams, Ministry of Defence; Lt General Rob Fulton, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), Air Vice Marshal Stephen Dalton, and Major General Dick Applegate OBE, Ministry of Defence (at approximately 4.30 p.m.). |
| 7 | European Scrutiny | 2.30 p.m. | Room 19 (private) |
| 8 | Environmental Audit | 3.30 p.m. | Room 20 (private) |
| 9 | Northern Ireland | 3.30 p.m. | Room 21 (private) |
| 10 | Public Accounts | 3.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Managing resources to deliver better public services. |
| Witnesses: Mr Archie Robertson OBE, Chief Executive, Highways Agency, Mr Ralph Tabberer, Chief Executive, Teacher Training Agency, Dr Norman Perry, Chief Executive, Housing Corporation, Mr Robert Wardle, Director, Serious Fraud Office, and Mr Nick Macpherson, Managing Director, Public Services, HM Treasury. |
| 11 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. | The Wilson Room, Portcullis House (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Marine Environment. |
| Witness: Mr Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 12 | Selection | 4.45 p.m. | Room 13 (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
