We now come to the main business, and I inform the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister. Also, to accommodate the nationalist parties, I have decided that...
[Relevant document: First Special Report from the Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill, Session 2005-06, on the Crossrail Bill: Woolwich Station, HC 1597.]
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Order [ 26 October], That it be a further Instruction to the Select Committee to which the Crossrail Bill is committed in the next...
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