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      <title>Public Accounts Committee releases report on Managing the Defence Inventory</title>
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      <description>Statement from Richard Bacon MP as Committee publishes its 32nd Report of this Session</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defence Committee calls for new Armed Forces Ombudsman</title>
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      <description>MPs say the Government should change the role of the Service Complaints Commissioner</description>
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      <title>MPs publish report looking at support for armed forces veterans in Wales</title>
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      <description>Welsh Affairs Committee says Government should be providing better support to veterans in Wales</description>
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      <title>MPs publish report on Defence Acquisition</title>
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      <description>Defence Committee accepts that there are deep-rooted problems with the present defence acquisition system.</description>
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      <title>Urgent Question on Mali deployment</title>
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      <description>John Baron MP asked urgent question in the Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords debates multilateral nuclear disarmament</title>
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      <description>What contribution can Britain make?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defence Committee takes evidence on securing the future of Afghanistan</title>
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      <description>MPs question Secretary of State Phillip Hammond</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Urgent question on armed forces redundancies</title>
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      <description>Shadow Defence Secretary asked question on redundancies in army</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Prime Minister makes further statement on Algeria</title>
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      <description>David Cameron updated the Commons on terrorist attack</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Separation will shut Scottish shipyards, says Scottish Affairs Committee</title>
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      <description>Politically motivated delay risks thousands of Scottish jobs</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement on Mali</title>
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      <description>Minister made statement on UK support to French military</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs publish report on Defence and Cyber Security</title>
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      <description>Government must boost efforts on cyber security says Defence Committee</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Committees on Arms Export Controls to question Vince Cable and William Hague</title>
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      <description>Members of four influential Select Committees to question Secretaries of State on Arms Export Control issues</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Quarterly statement on Afghanistan</title>
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      <description>Defence Secretary made statement to Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Westminster Hall debates: 11 December 2012</title>
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      <description>MPs debate unmanned aerial vehicle deployment and more</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords debates UK’s global role, emerging powers and new markets </title>
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      <description>How can the UK secure its place in the international landscape? </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Debate on defence personnel</title>
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      <description>Backbench Business Committee schedules debate in Commons Chamber </description>
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      <title>Defence Committee takes evidence for its inquiry into Future Army 2020</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>What steps will the UK take to encourage multilateral disarmament?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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