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4. I should point out that these are still educated guesses until

the precise dates of the committee stage are determined. We should

have a clearer view once the Selection Committee have decided on the

composition of the Standing Committee for the Bill, and timetable

decisions have been taken. According to the Home Office

Parliamentary Clerk, Sir Marcus Fox, Chairman of the Selection

Committee has indicated that the Committee are likely to agree to

the Government Whips' recommendations on the size of the Bill

Committee and the membership of the Government team. (The Whips

have proposed an 18 member committee with 1l conservative, 6 Labour

and 1 other member.) I attach a list of the proposed Government

team.

5. The Selection Committee is meeting on 25 April to agree the membership. After that the business managers will arrange for the

committee stage to begin on 1 May and will also decide when the

Committee will meet, (ie. possibly on Tuesday and Thursday

afternoons and on Wednesdays, as well as on Tuesday and Thursday mornings).

ستملاك

J C Morris

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