Trevor Lunn, the ad hoc committee chairman, said the matter justified contacting the OFMDFM for explanation.

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The Social Development Committee had been scrutinising the bill, and the ad hoc committee was established with the aim of maximising its scrutiny and its compliance with human rights legislation.

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But the ad hoc committee on the draft Local Audit Bill, comprising MPs with expertise in the field, is worried that the actual savings will turn out to be much lower.

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Sheila Mawhinney, the clerk of the ad hoc committee, said she had sent a reminder to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister's (OFMDFM) equality unit but had received no word back.

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The ad hoc committee heard from Lord Heseltine, the former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, who has been watching with interest as members of his own party dismantle a part of his legacy that took a decade to build.

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And the matter is likely to be finally decided at an ad-hoc committee meeting on 16 July.

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Tory peer Lord Howe said many "flaws" could be dealt with by the "ad hoc" committee being established to look at how a new regime could be established.

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The compensation proposal is examined by the committee and its ad hoc outside advisers, in this case Towers Perrin, a consultancy.

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Membership of most Public Bill Committees and ad hoc committees of this kind is normally decided by an outfit called the Committee of Selection, which is essentially a clearing house for lists drawn up by the various whips offices.

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"It all felt a bit ad hoc in terms of how it gets to Holac" (The House of Lords appointments committee).

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