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A decision on this application will be taken after the conclusion of the Public Local Inquiry. At present no date has been set for commencement of the inquiry.
The committee will reach stage 2 and deal with the amendment on 7 December. That is the likely date that we will have to vote on this particular issue.
In the course of the inquiry, our committee has heard many witnesses say that it is vital that the UK Government extends the transition period if we are not to face a double disaster of a Covid recession and a no-deal or a low-deal Brexit.
That issue was raised by Swedish academic Anders Wijkman when he gave evidence to our Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee before the Christmas recess. He said that there is a need for a Europe-wide discussion about support for communities that are reliant on the coal industry.