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The Professions Reference Group publishes communiqués after each of its meetings.
2024
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 16 April 2024
(223 KB,PDF),
Word version
(108 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 13 March 2024
(203 KB,PDF),
Word version
(110 KB,DOCX)
2023
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 8 November 2023
(237 KB,PDF),
Word version
(406 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 13 September 2023
(241 KB,PDF),
Word version
(405 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 26 July 2023
(273 KB,PDF),
Word version
(405 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 14 June 2023
(243 KB,PDF),
Word version
(407 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 19 April 2023
(214 KB,PDF),
Word version
(404 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 8 March 2023
(209 KB,PDF),
Word version
(260 KB,DOCX)
2022
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 8 November 2022
(234 KB,PDF),
Word version
(401 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 14 September 2022
(236 KB,PDF),
Word version
(403 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 27 July 2022
(228 KB,PDF),
Word version
(399 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group -15 June 2022
(222 KB,PDF),
Word version
(400 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 20 April 2022
(209 KB,PDF),
Word version
(398 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 9 March 2022
(204 KB,PDF),
Word version
(394 KB,DOCX)
2021
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 8 September 2021
(86.6 KB,PDF)
Word version
(61.9 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 29 July 2021
(110 KB,PDF),
Word version
(62.3 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 9 June 2021
(27.6 KB,PDF),
Word version
(10.7 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 21 April 2021
(114 KB,PDF),
Word version
(62.9 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 10 March 2021
(85.2 KB,PDF),
Word version
(58.1 KB,DOCX)
2020
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 19 November 2020
(108 KB,PDF),
Word version
(61.2 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 1 October 2020
(91.5 KB,PDF),
Word version
(61.9 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 20 August 2020
(108 KB,PDF),
Word version
(240 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 16 July 2020
(94.8 KB,PDF),
Word version
(58.5 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 4 June 2020
(97.6 KB,PDF),
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(59.0 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 14 May 2020
(87 KB,PDF),
Word version
(53 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 23 April 2020
(78 KB,PDF),
Word version
(48 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 9 April 2020
(95.9 KB,PDF),
Word version
(49.7 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 26 March 2020
(100 KB,PDF),
Word version
(49.9 KB,DOCX)
2019
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 28 November 2019
(94.9 KB,PDF),
Word version
(49.8 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 21 August 2019
(132 KB,PDF),
Word version
(57.6 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 22 May 2019
(109 KB,PDF),
Word version
(57.9 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 20 March 2019
(81.5 KB,PDF),
Word version
(57.3 KB,DOCX)
2018
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 21 November 2018
(78.6 KB,PDF),
Word version
(52.7 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 15 August 2018
(28.7 KB,PDF),
Word version
(48.1 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 31 May 2018
(26.3 KB,PDF),
Word version
(48.1 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 28 February 2018
(32.7 KB,PDF),
Word version
(50.9 KB,DOCX)
2017
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 30 November 2017
(83.4 KB,PDF),
Word version
(45.0 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 30 August 2017
(23.8 KB,PDF),
Word version
(43.4 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 16 May 2017
(20.6 KB,PDF),
Word version
(41.9 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 28 February 2017
(20.8 KB,PDF),
Word version
(43.5 KB,DOCX)
2016
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 5 December 2016
(19.6 KB,PDF),
Word version
(43.1 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 30 August 2016
(81.1 KB,PDF),
Word version
(42.1 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 15 June 2016
(77.5 KB,PDF),
Word version
(41.5 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 20 April 2016
(20.2 KB,PDF),
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(41.7 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 29 February 2016
(20.0 KB,PDF),
Word version
(40.9 KB,DOCX)
2015
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 13 August 2015
(20.0 KB,PDF),
Word version
(40.6 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 15 April 2015
(21.4 KB,PDF),
Word version
(40.5 KB,DOCX)
2014
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 15 May 2014
(60.7 KB,PDF),
Word version
(20.7 KB,DOCX)
2013
Meeting of the Professions Reference Group - 27 November 2013
(61.1 KB,PDF),
Word version
(26.6 KB,DOCX)
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