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Committee Correspondence

The majority of Committee business can be settled through an exchange of letters. This chapter is designed to help you understand how this process works and includes advice on:

• how to draft a letter requesting clearance
• how to draft a letter responding to a request for clearance
• how to manage a ring round

There are sections on:

• The Correspondence Process
• Drafting a Request for Clearance
• Drafting a Response to a Request for Clearance
• Mini Exchanges within a Round of Correspondence
• Managing the Ring Round
• Securing Agreement, Advising the Chair and Issuing Clearance Letters
• Correspondence for Information
• Correspondence with Implications for Particular Policy Areas (European, Legislative, Regulatory and Inspection)