International Development Committee Report (Afghanistan) Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

International Development Committee Report (Afghanistan)

John Bercow Excerpts
Thursday 25th October 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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We now come to the main business. I would like to remind the House that the first piece of business under the auspices of the Backbench Business Committee relates to the publication of a Select Committee report. This is not a debate; it takes the form of a statement by the right hon. Member for Gordon (Sir Malcolm Bruce), who chairs the Select Committee. There will an opportunity to intervene on him, but we also have a very heavily subscribed debate to follow. I know that Members, including the right hon. Gentleman, will wish to take account of that important fact in tailoring their contributions.