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Ordered,
That Standing Order No. 130 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended
in line 3, by inserting after the word 'departments', the word 'as';
in line 6, by inserting at the end the words '(excluding the expenditure, administration and policy of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland).';
in the Table by leaving out the words—
| '10. Scottish Affairs | Scottish Office | 13 | 5' |
| and inserting the words— | |||
| '10. Scottish Affairs | Scottish Office; and administration and expenditure of the Lord Advocate's Departments, together with policy functions discharged by the Lord Advocate through the Scottish Courts Administration, but excluding consideration of individual cases and appointments, advice given within government by Scottish Law Officers, and the drafting of bills'; | 13 | 5 |
| by leaving out the words— | |||
| '14. Treasury and Civil Service | Treasury, Management and Personnel Office, Board of Inland Revenue, Board of Customs and Excise' | 11 | 3 |
| and inserting the words— | |||
| '14. Treasury and Civil Service | Treasury, Office of the Minister for the Civil Service (but excluding the drafting of bills by the Parliamentary Counsel Office), Board of Inland Revenue, Board of Customs and Excise'; | 11 | 3 |
§ in line 12, by inserting at the beginning the words 'The Education, Science and Arts Committee (in respect of matters relating to science and technology principally within the responsibilities of the Department of Education and Science or an associated public body)';
§ and by leaving out lines 15 to 20.—[Mr. MacGregor.]