The Committee's remit
13. The House has instructed us to examine the proposal
against the criteria specified in Standing Order No. 141(6) and
then, in the light of that examination, to report whether we recommend
that the proposal should proceed, whether amendments should be
made to it, or whether no Order should be made in the terms of
the proposal. Our discussion of matters arising from our examination
is set out below. Where a criterion that is specified in Standing
Order No. 141(6) is not discussed in the report, it signifies
that we have no concerns about that criterion. During our examination,
we requested further information from the Department about a couple
of issues relating to the proposal and the text of our questions
is contained in Appendix A to this report. The Department's letter
of response is reproduced as Appendix B.
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