§ Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question —[18 December]—That Standing Order No. 99 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended, as follows:
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, item 1, leave out '9' and insert '11'.
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, item 3, leave out '9' and insert '11'
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, item 4, leave out '9' and insert '11'.
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, leave out item 9.
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, after item 11, leave out '9' and '11'.
- Paragraph 2, in the Table, after item 11, insert 'Trade and Industry/Department of Trade and Industry/11/3'.
§ Line 20, leave out 'Industry and Trade' and insert 'Trade and Industry'.
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Line 38, at end insert—
'(d) to communicate to any other such committee its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common interest, and
(e) to meet concurrently with any other such committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or considering draft reports.'—[Mr. Biffen.]
§ It being after half-past Two o'clock, and objection being taken to further proceeding, the debate stood adjourned.
§ Debate to be resumed on 12 December.