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      <title>Children and Families Bill Committee announce evidence programme</title>
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      <description>Committee to begin hearing oral evidence on Tuesday 5 March</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Have your say on the Children and Families Bill</title>
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      <description>Public Bill Committee now able to receive written evidence from those with relevant expertise</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on child sexual exploitation in gangs and groups</title>
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      <description>Education Committee questions the Deputy Children&amp;#39;s Commissioner and Under Secretary of State for Children and Families  </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons second reading of Children and Families Bill</title>
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      <description>MPs debated second reading of Bill on Monday 25 February</description>
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      <title>Public Reading of the Children and Families Bill</title>
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      <description>Members of the public can now comment on the Children and Families Bill online</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lord debates impact on families of changes to tax and benefits</title>
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      <description>Lords discusses one-earner families, universal credit and social security </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adoption clauses don&amp;#39;t fulfil their aims, say Lords</title>
      <link>http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/adoption-legislation-committee/news/adoption-pre-legislative-scrutiny-report---publication-19-december-2012/</link>
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      <description>Lords Adoption Committee publishes report</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Justice Committee publishes report on pre-legislative scrutiny of Children and Families Bill</title>
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      <description>MPs &amp;#39;broadly welcome proposed changes to Family Justice&amp;#39; </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joint Committee takes evidence on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people</title>
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      <description>Joint Committee questions Children’s Commissioners</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Urgent question on same-sex marriage in churches</title>
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      <description>Edward Leigh asked question in the Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top judges questioned on adoption process</title>
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      <description>Lords Select Committee on Adoption Legislation hears evidence from senior members of the judiciary</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Home Affairs Committee hear further evidence on localised grooming</title>
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      <description>Committee hear from Lancashire and Manchester Police as well as further witnesses from Rochdale Council</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adoption experts appear before Lords committee</title>
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      <description>Lords Committee on Adoption Legislation takes further evidence</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ex-Children&amp;#39;s Minister Tim Loughton questioned by Peers on adoption process</title>
      <link>http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/adoption-legislation-committee/news/evidence-session-with-tim-loughton-mp-and-basw-and-tcsw-6-november-2012/</link>
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      <description>Lords Select Committee on Adoption Legislation take evidence</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Childrens Services Experts Appear Before Lords</title>
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      <description>Lords Select Committee on Adoption Legislation takes evidence</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords debates child development and its bearing on national wellbeing in the UK</title>
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      <description>Peers debate child development in the UK, and its bearing on national wellbeing</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords question child protection expert</title>
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      <description>Lords Select Committee on Adoption Legislation hear from Professor Eileen Munro</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Schools get a jump start into the Lords with new animations</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Education Committee to examine the support for home education</title>
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      <description>Committee takes evidence from home educators</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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