The Public Bill Committee will convene under the chairmanship of the Conservative Gary Streeter, and includes some of the prominent combatants from last Tuesday's second reading debate, David Burrows the Conservative backbencher who organised the vote against on the Tory benches, and former minister turned awkward squaddie Tim Loughton will be ranged against prominent supporters of the bill, like Labour's Chris Bryant.

BBC: Week ahead in committees

Against this block, probably, will be ranged the Democratic Left party and the party of former president Abdala Bucaram, deposed in February.

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