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Parliament: Biffen letter to Terence Higgins MP (Government reply to the First Report from the Liaison Committee (Session 1984-85) on the Select Committee system) ["... the new Departmentally-related select committees set up in 1979 have now established themselves as a major, successful Parliamentary reform"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1879 f168
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 14pp
Themes: Executive, Parliament, Union of UK nations, Conservative Party (organization)