Formal minutes
Wednesday 21 January 2004
Members present:
Mr Jimmy Hood, in the Chair
| Mr William Cash
Mr Michael Connarty
Mr Terry Davis
Jim Dobbin
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
| Angus Robertson
John Robertson
Mr Anthony Steen
Mr Bill Tynan
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The Committee deliberated.
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Draft Report [The Committee's Work in 2003], proposed
by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 2 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 3 to 20 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 21 read.
Amendment proposed, to leave out from 'agreed.' in
line 5 to 'We' in line 8 — (Mr William Cash.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 3
Mr William Cash
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Anthony Steen
| | Noes, 6
Mr Michael Connarty
Mr Terry Davis
Jim Dobbin
Angus Robertson
John Robertson
Mr Bill Tynan
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Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 22 and 23 read and agreed to.
Annex [Meetings and subjects discussed during the
Committee's overseas visits] agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Eighth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
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[Adjourned till Wednesday 28 January at half-past
Two o'clock.
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