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      <title>&amp;#39;Building New Nuclear: the challenges ahead&amp;#39; report published </title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:28:00 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>
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      <title>Third evidence session on &amp;#39;A Severn Barrage?&amp;#39;</title>
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      <description>Energy and Climate Change Committee hears evidence on Thursday 28 February 2013</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on flood defence funding and related issues</title>
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      <description>Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee holds oral evidence session on Wednesday 13 February 2013</description>
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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>MPs take further oral evidence on insects and insecticides</title>
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      <description>Environmental Audit Committee takes evidence from European Food Safety Authority, agronomists and the UK Pesticides Campaign </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Liaison Committee questions the Deputy Prime Minister for the first time</title>
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      <description>Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP gives evidence to MPs</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords private members&amp;#39; bills</title>
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      <description>Catch up on debates on Antarctic Bill, Presumption of Death Bill and Mobile Homes Bill as well as Marine Navigation Bill scrutiny</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Accounts Committee publishes report on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: managing risk at Sellafield</title>
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      <description>Statement by the Chair of PAC on the publication of the Committee&amp;#39;s 24th report Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: managing risk at Sellafield</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs want more competition in water market but better protection for consumers</title>
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      <description>Government plans for more competition in water market receives qualified welcome from Committee</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Environmental Audit Committee takes further oral evidence on insects and insecticides </title>
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      <description>Bayer Cropscience back before MPs to give further evidence on pesticides that could be harmful to bees</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Second evidence session on A Severn Barrage?</title>
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      <description>Energy and Climate Change Committee hears evidence on Wednesday 30 January</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons Private Members&amp;#39; Bills: 25 January 2013</title>
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      <description>MPs debated the Offshore Gambling Bill on 25 January 2013</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on Department of Energy and Climate Change Annual Report and Accounts </title>
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      <description>Committee will hear evidence from the Secretary of State and the Interim Permanent Secretary</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons Private Members&amp;#39; Bills: 18 January 2013</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Government rejects Arctic drilling fears as MPs call Shell back following rig accident</description>
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      <description>Committee to hear evidence from 15 January</description>
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