Further details of current Select Committee inquiries can also be found on the Parliament website:
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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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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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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Report in preparation
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Further Education funding and the Skills Funding Agency
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Oral evidence in progress
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Motor sport and aerospace industry
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Report in preparation
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Ofcom Annual Plan 2009-10
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Oral evidence session concluded
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PubCos: Follow-up
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Report in preparation
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The Work of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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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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Early Years Funding Formula
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Report in preparation
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Learning outside the classroom
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One- off oral evidence session
Evidence session 3 March
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NEETS
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Oral evidence in progress
Next evidence session on 24 February
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Ofsted inspection of Children's Services
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Oral evidence in progress
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Sure Start Children's Centres
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Report in preparation
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Teacher Training
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Report published 9 February
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Teaching of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
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Oral evidence session concluded
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The Gifted and Talented programme
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One-off Oral evidence session 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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Report in preparation
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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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Oral evidence session concluded
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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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Report in preparation
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Work of the Government Equalities Office
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One off oral evidence concluded
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Culture, Media & Sport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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London 2012 Games and Paralympic Games
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Continuing scrutiny
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Olympics Legacy
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Inquiry announced
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Press Standards, Privacy and Libel
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Report to be published on 24 February
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The Future for Local and Regional Media
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Report in preparation
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Defence
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Afghanistan
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One off oral evidence concluded
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Defence Equipment
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Report in preparation
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Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09
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Report to be published on 24 February
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The Comprehensive Approach
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Report in preparation
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The contribution of ISTAR to operations
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Report in preparation
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The Green Paper and the readiness and recuperation of the Armed Forces
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Report published 10 February
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Energy and Climate Change
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Fuel Poverty
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Inquiry announced
Oral evidence session 3 March
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Low carbon technologies in a green economy
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Report in preparation
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Project Discovery; and the prospect for domestic prices
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One-off oral evidence session 24 February
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Proposals for National Policy Statements on Energy
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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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The future of Britain's Electricity Networks
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Report to be published on 23 February
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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 concluded
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Air Quality
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 23 February
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The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
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Report published 8 February
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UK Financial Investments
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Written evidence invited.
Deadline for submissions 26 February
One-off oral evidence session 9 March
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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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Oral evidence concluded
Report in preparation
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DEFRA Departmental Report 2009
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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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The National Forest
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Report in preparation
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European Scrutiny
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Scrutiny related issues and meeting of the European Union
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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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Report published on 5 February
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British Council
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Report published on 4 February
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Developments in the European Union
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Oral evidence in progress
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FCO Annual report 2008-09
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Report in preparation
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Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
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One-off oral evidence session
Evidence session on 24 February
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Global Security: UK/US Relations
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Report in preparation
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Health
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Commissioning
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Report in Preparation
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Public expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009
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Oral evidence concluded
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Social Care
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Report in preparation
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The Responsibilities of Minister of State for Health
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One-off oral evidence announced
Evidence session 25 February
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Home Affairs
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Counter-Terrorism Measures in British Airports
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Report in preparation
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Police Service Strength
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Report in preparation
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The Cocaine Trade
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Report in preparation
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The Government's Approach to Crime Prevention
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Oral evidence in progress
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The Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks
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Report published on 2 February
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The National DNA Database
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Report in preparation
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Shoot to Kill Policy
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One-off oral session announced
Evidence session 2 March
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The work of the Independent Police Complaints Commission
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One-off oral session announced
Evidence session 23 February
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The work of the UK Border Agency
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One-off oral session announced
Evidence session 2 March
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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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Report in preparation
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DFID's Assistance to Zimbabwe
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 23 February
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DFID's Programme in Bangladesh
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Report in preparation
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DFID's Programme in Nepal
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Oral evidence in progress
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Draft International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 24 February
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Joint Committee on Human Rights
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Counter-terrorism policy and human rights
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Report in preparation
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Equality and Human Rights Commission
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Report in preparation
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Human Rights Judgments: Monitoring the Governments Response to Human Rights Judgments, Annual Report 2009
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Report in preparation
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Legislative Scrutiny
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Report on Digital Economy Bill to be published on 19 February
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Justice
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Constitutional implications of electoral outcomes
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One-off evidence announced
Evidence session 23 February
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Constitutional Reform and Renewal
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Report in preparation
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Crown Dependencies
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Oral evidence in progress
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Electoral Commission
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One-off evidence announced
Evidence session 23 February
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Justice Issues in Europe
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Oral evidence in progress
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Pre-appointment hearing: HM Inspector CPS
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Report published on 1 February
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Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Civil Law Reform Bill
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session 23 February
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The work of the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
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Oral evidence concluded
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The Work of the Ministry of Justice
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Report in preparation
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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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Oral evidence from the Prime Minister
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Uncorrected oral evidence available on website.
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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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Report in preparation
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Omagh: a decade after the bombing
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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 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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2012 Olympics and Paralympics
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One-off oral evidence session on 8 March
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Accident and Emergency admissions - major traumas
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One-off oral evidence session on 22 March
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Bank Recapitalisation and Liquidity
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Report in preparation
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BBC Major Events
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Report in preparation
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Dealing with the tax obligations of older people
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Report to be published 25 February
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Defence Medical Services
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One-off oral evidence session on 3 March
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Dementia follow-up
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Report in preparation
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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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Enforcement of Regulating Heavy Goods Vehicles
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Report in preparation
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Equality and Human Rights Commission Accounts
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Report in preparation
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Maintaining Financial stability across the United Kingdom's Banking System
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Report published 9 February
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Estate
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One-off oral evidence session on 1 March
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Helping over-indebted consumers
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One-off oral evidence session on 15 March
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HMRC Standard Report
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Report in preparation
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HM Revenue and Customs estate private finance deal eight years on
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Report in preparation
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HM Revenue and Customs: Telephone enquiries
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One-off oral evidence session on 22 February
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Major Projects Report 2009
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Report in preparation
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National Chlamydia Screening
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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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Problem Drug Use
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One-off oral evidence session announced
Evidence session on 8 March
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Regenerating the English coalfields
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Report in preparation
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Renewal of the BBC Estate
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One-off oral evidence session on 17 March
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Report to be published 23 February
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Stroke follow-up
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One-off oral evidence session on 24 February
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The Decent Homes Programme
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Report in preparation
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The management of short-term prison sentences
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One-off oral evidence session on 24 March
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The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission
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Report published 2 February
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The Sale of the Government's interest in British Energy
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Report in preparation
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Venture capital support to small businesses
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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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Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament
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Report in preparation
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Outside appointments in the Senior Civil Service
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Report published on 2 February
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Public Administration and the Fiscal Squeeze
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 25 February
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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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Report in preparation
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Regional Committee: London
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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London's population and the 2011 census
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 22 February
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Regional Committee: North East
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The steel industry
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Oral evidence in progress
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Regional Committee: North West
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The Future of the Nuclear Industry in the North West
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session 23 February
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Regional Committee: South East
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Housing in the South East
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 23 February
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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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Report in preparation
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Prospect of South West economy
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 23 February
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Regional Committee: West Midlands
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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The effects of the economic downturn on the people of the West Midlands
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Report in preparation
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Planning the Future: Housing and Economic Development in the West Midlands
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Written evidence invited
Evidence session on 1 March
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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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Report in preparation
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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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Oral evidence concluded
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Evidence Check: Homeopathy
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Report to be published 22 February
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Evidence Check: Literacy Interventions
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Report in preparation
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Impact of spending cuts on SET and scientific research
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 24 February
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Principles applying to the treatment of independent scientific advice provided to government
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Oral evidence session announced
Evidence session on 24 February
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Regulation of Geoengineering
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Oral evidence concluded
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The disclosure of climate data from the climate research unit at the University of East Anglia
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Inquiry announced
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The Work of the UK Research Councils
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Evidence published on 4 February
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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 concluded
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Scotland and the UK: co-operation and communication between Governments
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Oral evidence in progress
Uncorrected transcript available on website
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Scotland Office Annual Report
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One off oral evidence session concluded
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Transport
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Mobility Scooters
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 3 March
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National Policy Statement on Ports
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Report in preparation
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Performance of the Department for Transport
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Report in preparation
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Priorities for Investment in the Railways
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Report to be published 15 February
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The impact of flooding on bridges and other transport infrastructure in Cumbria
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 10 March
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The major road network
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Report in preparation
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The new European Motorcycle test
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Report in preparation
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Transport questions with the Secretary of State
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 24 February
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Update on the London Underground and the public-private partnership (PPP) agreements
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Report in preparation
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Treasury
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INQUIRY
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STAGE & NOTES
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Audit and Accounting
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One-off oral evidence concluded
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Financial Institutions - too important to fail
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Oral evidence in progress
Evidence session on 9 February
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The failure of the Presbyterian Mutual Society
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Report to be published on 18 February
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Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, Lloyds Banking Group
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Inquiry announced
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Women in the City
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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 concluded
Report in preparation
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Management of the Crown estate
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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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Report in progress
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Digital Inclusion follow-up
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One-off evidence session announced
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Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Education) Order 2010
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Report published 9 February
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Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010
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Report published 3 February
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Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Transport) Order 2010
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Report to be published on 15 February
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Wales and Whitehall
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Oral evidence concluded
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Welsh prisoners in the prison estate: follow-up
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Report in preparation
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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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Report published 9 February
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Local Housing Allowance
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Report in preparation
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Management and administration of contracted employment programmes
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Report in preparation
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