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Cabinet Committees
Mt. Patrick Thompson: To ask the Prime Minister if she
will make a further statement on her practice in answering questions on the numbers and names of the Cabinet Committees anu Sub-Committees.
The Prime Minister: There continue to be four Standing Committees of the Cabinet: a Defence and Overseas Policy Committee and an Economic Strategy Committee under my chairmanship, and a Home and Social Affairs Committee and a Legislation Committee under the chairmanship of my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council. Attendance at these Committees will vary according to the subject under discussion. Sub- Committees of the Standing Committees will be continued or established as appropriate. Membership and terina of reference of the Standing Committees and their Sub- Committees will remain confidential.
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