Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon told the committee the government would make one last attempt to re-insert minimum pricing in the bill during its finalvote in parliament.
With pressure mounting to keep wrestling, Olympic officials say the businessmen, doctors, politicians and career sports administrators who make up the IOC board are likely to select between two and four sports for a finalvote by the full, 100-member IOC in September.
The commission said the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, would make a final decision on whether the plan should go to the Church of England's general synod after the Blackburn vote.