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In light of the statement before the recess, it is important that the Parliament—either through the committee or preferably at a meeting of the whole Parliament—is updated this week, whatever the situation.
I have been advised that, although the standing orders provide that committees will not normally have formal meetings during the recess, it will be possible to deal with informal briefings through the recess.
The submissions should then be made available to members towards the end of the recess. Drawing on those submissions, we might arrange an informal meeting before the end of the recess—although very much in the latter part of the recess—at which we would hear from a number of o...
Many global companies laid off substantial numbers of employees or closed factories completely. The impact of the 2008/09 recession on manufacturing is much more obvious in real prices rather than current prices.