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That will give the Parliament an opportunity to contribute by feeding in ideas between now and the summer recess and by scrutinising our plans after they are announced.
It has been suggested that when a committee meets twice a week to consider the same bill there should be one date by which to lodge amendments. At present, there are different lodging dates for each meeting.
The evidence that we have suggests that when we notify people of a hearing date—after the initial solicitor's letter has been sent—some 60 per cent of them come to a voluntary agreement.
I checked on Monday and found that, to date this year, the registrations team, which is made up of three individuals, has processed more than 18,000 transactions.