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Kong Government for its costs in doing this work; any such reimbursement would presumably count as UK public expenditure and would have to be included in the financial statement on the implications of the Bill.

5. We are currently in discussion with the FCO about whether the cost of the UK team should fall to an FCO Vote or one of ours. The statement however indicates what the position will be if it falls to the Home Office, namely that a PES bid will probably have to be made. If Treasury is content with the statement we will include a summary of it in, the L Committee paper.

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the Bill is concerned we are working on the assumption that there should be an explanatory and financial memorandum, rather than just an explanatory one.

Timing

7. Our L Committee paper needs to go up to the Home Secretary in draft on Wednesday 28 March in time for circulation to L Committee members on Thursday 29 March. I am afraid therefore that, as discussed on the telephone, I must ask for a reply by Wednesday lunchtime (28 March) at the latest; if there are likely to be any problems I shall need to know as soon as possible.

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