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      <title>Treasury should undertake review to ensure multinationals pay their fair share</title>
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      <description>Lords Economic Affairs Committee reports on corporate taxation</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ofgem failing to improve transparency of the Big Six profits</title>
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      <title>MPs publish report on Equitable Life</title>
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      <title>Lords debates banking reform</title>
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      <description>Ring-fencing, competition in the industry and payday loans under discussion </description>
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      <title>Lords Committee investigate possible economic impact of shale gas and oil</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What is being done to tackle youth unemployment in euro area?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords debates economic prosperity</title>
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      <description>How can government help generate economic prosperity?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Committee to take evidence on quantitative easing</title>
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      <description>MPs question Paul fisher from the Bank of England and Robert Stheeman from the Debt Management Office</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords take evidence on inquiry Genuine Economic and Monetary Union </title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is new EU legislation on the rights of EU workers necessary?</title>
      <link>http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu---internal-market-sub-committee-b/news/free-movement-evidence-15-july-13/</link>
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      <description>EU Sub-Committee B scrutinises a new EU proposal to improve application of EU workers’ rights to free movement at 4.30pm</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons Private Members&amp;#39; Bills: 12 July 2013</title>
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      <description>MPs debated second reading of High Cost Credit Bill</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs publish Government Response to Budget 2013 report</title>
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      <description>Treasury Committee publishes Government and Office for Budget Responsibility responses</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spending Round 2013 hearings</title>
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      <description>Treasury Committee questions Danny Alexander and representatives from the IFS, CBI, TUC, and CEBR from 10am</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Remaining stages: Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill</title>
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      <description>MPs debated the remaining stages of Bill on 9 July</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons remaining stages: Finance Bill</title>
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      <description>MPS debated the remaining stages of Bill on 2 July</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>MPs debated House of Commons reform, faith communities and more </description>
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      <title>Lords take evidence on eurozone crisis from economic experts</title>
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      <description>Chief Secretary to the Treasury made statement to the Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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