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Parliament: Biffen minute to MT ("Procedure Committee Report on Public Bill Procedure") ["(MT) very much agrees with [Biffen]... that the Committee's proposal for a Legislative Business Committee to control time on Government Bills in Committee should be rejected... however, she shares Mr. Jopling's reservations about the Lord Privy Seal's proposals for bringing forward to 50 hours the normal guillotine point in the Standing Committee proceedings. She believes that 50 hours might well look high-handed..."] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1879 f149
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 12pp
Themes: Parliament, Labour Party & socialism