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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill begins report stage</title>
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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill committee stage day one</title>
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      <title>Support for the creative economy evidence session</title>
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      <title>Treasury Committee takes evidence on the latest inflation report</title>
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      <title>Urgent Question on economic policy and loss of UK&amp;#39;s AAA credit rating</title>
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      <description>Shadow Chancellor asked question in the Commons</description>
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      <title>Report examines performance of the Work Programme</title>
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      <description>Public Accounts Committee publishes its 33rd Report of this Session</description>
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      <title>Public Accounts Committee calls on HMRC to name and shame those who sell tax avoidance schemes</title>
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      <description>MPs urge action to curb billions lost to the revenue each year</description>
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      <title>Commission on Banking Standards to take evidence from RBS</title>
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      <title>Report on multilateral aid review published</title>
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      <description>Public Accounts Committee publishes its 26th Report of this Session</description>
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      <title>Treasury Committee takes evidence from Dr Mark Carney</title>
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      <description>MPs take evidence from the next Governor of the Bank of England at 9.45am on Thursday 7 February</description>
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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>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Financial Secretary made statement to Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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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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      <title>Westminster Hall debates: 5 February 2013</title>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill committee stage day four</title>
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      <description>One-stop shop planning permissions, compulsory purchase and highway tolls under the spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Accounts Committee publishes report on funding for public transport</title>
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      <description>statement by the PAC chair on funding for public transcport</description>
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      <description>Shadow Financial Secretary asked question on Government&amp;#39;s approach</description>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill committee stage day three</title>
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