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      <title>&amp;#39;Building New Nuclear: the challenges ahead&amp;#39; report published </title>
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      <description>Energy and Climate Change Committee publishes findings</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill begins report stage</title>
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      <description>Planning application procedures and status of employee shareholders under spotlight </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords examines Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill</title>
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      <description>Green Investment Bank and Competition and Markets Authority under spotlight </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Remaining Commons stages of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill</title>
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      <description>MPs debate report stage and third reading of Bill on 26 February</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Support for the creative economy evidence session</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on Ofgem Annual Report and Accounts</title>
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      <description>Energy and Climate Change Committee takes evidence on Tuesday 26 February at 9.30am</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs publish report on the West Coast franchise competition</title>
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      <description>Department for Transport&amp;#39;s lack of common sense costs the taxpayer &amp;#163;50 million</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs call for more testing of food safety and composition across the food industry</title>
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      <description>Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee concludes FSA needs clear powers and responsibilities so that it can respond more effectively to any future food adulteration scandal</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Business, Innovation and Skills Committee question Lord Heseltine</title>
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      <description>MPs take further evidence on recently published Report</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Westminster Hall debates: 12 February 2013</title>
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      <description>MPs debated manufacturing in East Midlands and more</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Accounts Committee comments on NAO&amp;#39;s UK cyber security strategy report</title>
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      <description>Statement from Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Committee takes further evidence on Aviation Strategy</title>
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      <description>MPs question Environment Agency, London Mayor and Transport Secretary</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on Building Regulations and Private Rented Sector</title>
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      <description>Communities and Local Government Committee takes evidence from Rt Hon Don Foster MP and Sir Andrew Montague</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lift NEST restrictions now, says Work and Pensions Committee</title>
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      <description>MPs urge the Government to introduce the necessary amending legislation as a matter of urgency</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Education reforms could damage engineering warn MPs</title>
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      <description>Science and Technology Committee publish report on educating tomorrow’s engineers </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Debate on subsidies for new nuclear</title>
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      <description>Backbench Business Committee schedules debate in Commons Chamber</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill Lords committee stage day five</title>
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      <description>Employee shareholder scheme and local authority proposals for business improvement districts under spotlight</description>
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      <description>Lords Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy EU Sub-Committee will question the National Grid and Ofgem on Wednesday 6 February</description>
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      <title>Under-resourcing risks undermining stakeholder confidence in Insolvency Service, says Committee</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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