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[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Business Before Questions
Account of the Contingencies Fund 2018-19
Ordered,
That there be laid before this House an Account of the Contingencies Fund 2018-19, showing—
(1) A statement of Financial Position;
(2) A statement of Cash Flows, and
(3) Notes of the Accounts; together with the Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon.—(Iain Stewart.)
Mr Speaker
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