31.   The social affairs committee earlier threatened to vote against the government if the unemployment cuts came into force.

32.   To repeal it, it must first be judged unconstitutional by the parliamentary constitutional affairs committee, a move due later Tuesday.

33.   James Hill, chairman of the Tory backbench constitutional affairs committee, insisted the book made no difference to the succession.

34.   Suh is previous head of the National Assembly home affairs committee.

35.   The constitutional affairs committee of the Senate will Monday begin its examination of the report, while the government will prepare its own draft law based on the text.

36.   The full council is to vote on the recommendation, by its political affairs committee, at an emergency session on Wednesday.

37.   The government gave the green light to a bill presented in August by the judicial affairs committee of the federal assembly.

38.   The parliamentary business affairs advisory committee unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to set the motion of no-confidence for Thursday, parliamentary officials said.

39.   The parliamentary rural affairs committee has demanded a seven-year transitional period on land sales to foreigners but the proposal did not come up for a vote.

40.   The portly and well-dressed Shaath is also president of the political affairs committee within the Palestinian National Council, the PLO parliament-in-exile.