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The Committee

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Initial release 1968
Directors Peter Sykes
Screenplay Peter Sykes
Languages English Language
Composers Pink Floyd
Arthur Brown
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About The Committee


The Committee is a 1968 British independent black-and-white film noir film. It featured original music by Pink Floyd as well as Arthur Brown's song "Nightmare".

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Coronavirus: Patel turns down Committee appearance four times

Nov 24,2023 1:31 pm

Home Secretary Priti Patel has repeatedly refused to appear to discuss before a Committee of Corona-Virus outbreak.

Ms Patel has to appear on four invitations to the Home Affairs Committee since January private briefing instead of offers.

In a letter to Ms Patel, would "at The End of the month".

In an interview with talk radio on Thursday, the interior Minister said that there is "power posturing goes".

She Said : "It is a bit disappointing, in The Time of crisis, when I already offered an appointment as good, that it's posturing a little bit of power. I think it is just the policy in General. "

BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw described it as "fierce".

Ms Patel was the appointment of Boris Johnson as Minister of the interior In July 2019, But only appeared before The Committee in October.

On Wednesday, a Home Office spokesman said the Minister "has offered to update to appear before The Committee at The First mutually acceptable time, to keep you informed of their work, the country safe during this unprecedented time. "

Ms Patel "is currently the leading Home-Office-and-answer during this national crisis, to add works tirelessly to keep The British public safe," the speaker is.

Ms Cooper, the interior Minister wrote on 3. April.

She Said Mrs Patel, The Committee had set a date to hear from 15 April to say the evidence of your, "there is no reason for further delay".

But four days later, the Minister of the interior replied, as he wrote: “I'm disappointed, the increasingly adversarial tone of our exchange. "

Ms Patel instead said she would just appear, "The End of the month".

Ms Cooper has now written back to, say, other secretaries of state have appeared regularly in front of the other committees - But she has yet to receive a response.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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