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We are aiming to lay the Orders on Thursday 1 April because we are certain that Parliament will still be sitting that week. We cannot be sure thereafter because the Easter recess will

the Easter

be looming. We then need six weeks to allow for reference to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and for the Whips to make the necessary arrangements for a Parliamentary slot.

B4 Division

7 January 1993

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CJ KELLY