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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Committee on Arms Export Controls
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation
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Report published 17 July 2008: awaiting Government response
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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 evidence session 4 November
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Newly formed Consumer Watchdog
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One-off oral evidence session to take place 28 October
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Pub Companies
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Inquiry announced: Written evidence invited
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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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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
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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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Early Years Foundation Stage
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One-off oral evidence completed
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Looked-after Children
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Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session 27 and 29 October
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National Curriculum
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Oral evidence in progress. Oral evidence taken on Monday 20 October
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Public Expenditure
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Oral evidence concluded
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Social Mobility
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One-off oral evidence concluded
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The Work of Ofsted
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Oral evidence concluded: Draft report awaited
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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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Draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill
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Report published 22 July: Awaiting Government Response
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Draft Heritage Protection Bill
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Report published 30 July: Awaiting Government Response
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Harmful Content on the Internet and in Video Games
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Report published 31 July: Awaiting Government Response
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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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Draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill
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Government Response received 16 October 2008. Joint response with Draft Heritage Protection Bill (Cm 7472)
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Draft Heritage Protection Bill
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Government response received on 16 October. Joint response with Draft Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill (Cm 7472)
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Harmful Content on the Internet and in Video Games
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Government response received October 2008 (Cm 7477).
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Tourism
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Government response received October 2008 (Cm 7487).
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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: Written evidence invited
Deadline for submissions 7 November
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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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Carbon Capture and Storage and Kingsnorth Power Station
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Report published 22 July 2008. Awaiting Government response
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Climate change and local, regional and devolved government
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Report published 28 July 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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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Personal Carbon Allowances
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Report published 26 May 2008 Awaiting Government response
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Post-Kyoto: The International Context for Progress on Climate Change
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Oral evidence concluded: Report in preparation
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Reaching an international agreement on climate change
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Report published 8 July 2008. Government response published 23 October 2008
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Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping
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Inquiry announced written evidence invited. Next Evidence Session 28 October 2008
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Vehicle Excise Duty
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Report published 4 August: Awaiting Government Response
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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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Badgers and cattle TB: final report of the ISG (HC 130-I, Session 2007-08)
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Government response published; further evidence session to be held on 05/11/08
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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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Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Departmental Report
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One-off evidence session announced 29 October
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Energy efficiency and fuel poverty
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Written evidence to be published - no further action to be taken in this inquiry. Special Report to be published as HC 1099 on 06/11/08
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The English Pig Industry
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Oral evidence in progress. Next evidence session on 27 October.
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The potential of England's rural economy
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Report to be published as HC 544-I on 29/10/08
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Waste Strategy for England 2007
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 12/11/08
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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 on 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. Report published 17 October
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Health Inequalities
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Oral evidence in progress
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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. First evidence session 30 October
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The Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Health
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Oral evidence concluded
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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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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. Written evidence by 3 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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Leitch Review of Skills
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One-off oral evidence session
concluded. Evidence to be published 31 October (HC 471-i)
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The Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
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One-off oral evidence session
concluded. Evidence to be published 31 October (HC 598-i)
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The use of Government statistics in evidence-based policy-making
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One-off oral evidence session concluded. Evidence to be published 31 October (HC 443-i)
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The Sainsbury Review
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One-off oral evidence session
concluded. Evidence to be published 31 October (HC 113-i)
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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 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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Joint Committee: 28th Report of 2007-08 to be published 24.10.08
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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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Justice
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Administration of Justice
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One-off oral evidence session concluded. Uncorrected oral evidence on website: HC 913-i
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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 28 October 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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Towards Effective Sentencing
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Report published 22 July 2008
Government response published October 2008
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LIASON
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Modernisation of language in standing orders relating to select committees
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Special Report published on Thursday 23 October
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Parliament and Government Finance - Recreating Financial Scrutiny
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Government and National Audit Office Responses published on Thursday 23 October
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Planning Bill: Parliamentary Scrutiny of National Policy Statements
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Special Report published on Thursday 23 October
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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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DFID: Operations in insecure environments
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One-off oral evidence session announced
5 November
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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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DoH/NHS: Reducing alcohol-related harm
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One-off oral evidence session announced
12 November
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DWP: Complaint handling
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One-off oral evidence session announced
29 October
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Fire and Rescue Service: the New Dimension Programme
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One-off oral evidence session announced
10 November
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Implementing crisis resolution home treatment services in England
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One-off oral evidence session announced
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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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Management of Large Business Corporation Tax by HMRC
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Report published 21 October. Awaiting Government response.
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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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NHS Pay Modernisation: New contracts for General Practice services in England
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Report published 9 October:
Awaiting Government response
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Preparing to deliver the 14-19 education reforms in England
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Report published 7 October:
Awaiting Government response
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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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Programmes to reduce household energy consumption
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One-off oral evidence session announced
3 November
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Protecting the public: the work of the Parole Board
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One-off oral evidence session announced
27 October
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Reducing the risk of violent crime
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Report published 23 October. 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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Securing Host Nation Sporting Success in 2012
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Report in preparation
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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. Second evidence session
11 November
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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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Public Services: Putting people First / When Citizens Complain / After the Citizens Charter / User Involvement in Public Services
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Awaiting Government response to 'After the Citizen's Charter' published 22 July 2008
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Regulatory Reform
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Draft Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008
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Draft Legislative Reform Order laid on 20 October
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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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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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Statutory Instruments
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Business under Standing Order No 151(10)
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Select Committee: 4th Report of 2007-08 published 22.07.08. Continuing Scrutiny
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Transport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Delivering a Sustainable Railway: A 30-year Strategy for the Railways?
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Report published 21 July 2008. Government response published 20 October
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Department for Transport Annual Report 2007
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Report published 13 June. Government response published 20 October
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Department for Transport Annual Report 2008
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Oral evidence session 29 October
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The Draft Marine Navigation Bill
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Report published 19 July 2008. Government response published 20 October
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Ending the Scandal of Complacency: Road Safety beyond 2010
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Oral evidence concluded: Report to be published 29 October
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Freight Transport
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Report published 19 July 2008. Government response published 20 October
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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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The Blue Badge Scheme
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Report published 10 June
Government response published 20 October
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The opening of Heathrow Terminal 5
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Report to be published 2 November
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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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Banking Crisis
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Evidence Session: 3 November 2008
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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 for Work and Pensions' commissioning strategy and the employment programme market
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Oral evidence in progress
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Pension, Disability and Carers Service
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One-off oral evidence session announced.
Deadline for submissions 17th November 2008
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Valuing and supporting carers
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Report published 29 August 2008: Government Response awaited
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