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      <title>Treasury should undertake review to ensure multinationals pay their fair share</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs publish report on migration statistics</title>
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      <description>Migration statistics &amp;quot;blunt instrument&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;not fit for purpose&amp;quot;, says Public Administration Select Committee</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords scrutinises local audit bill</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs call for five year review tied to fixed-term Parliaments</title>
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      <description>Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee publishes report on fixed-term Parliaments</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Give rural communities a fair deal, MPs urge Government</title>
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      <description>EFRA report says Government policy too often fails to take account of the challenges to providing services for people living in rural communities</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What is being done to tackle youth unemployment in euro area?</title>
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      <description>Treasury Minister Rt Hon Greg Clark questioned by Lords Eu Sub-Committee at 10am</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords question Immigration Minister about migrant workers&amp;#39; rights across Europe</title>
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      <description>Mark Harper MP, Minister of State for Immigration gives evidence to Lords EU Sub-Committee at 4.15pm</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Committee to take evidence on the Government’s lobbying bill</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement on Sir Bruce Keogh&amp;#39;s review into hospitals </title>
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      <description>Health Secretary made statement in Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence from the Home Secretary </title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords question Ed Davey MP on energy and climate change policy</title>
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      <description>EU Sub-Committee D takes evidence from DECC Secretary of State at 12noon</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Backlogs hit half a million at immigration service</title>
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      <description>Home Affairs Committee publish quarterly UKBA Report</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:01:00 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>MPs question DWP Ministers on progress with introducing Universal Credit</title>
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      <description>Work and Pensions Committee takes evidence from 9.30am</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs question the Government Minister responsible for Arctic issues</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Energy and Climate Change committee to take evidence from Secretary of State</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report published on engaging the public in National Strategy</title>
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      <description>Public Administration Select Committee calls on Government to use deliberative polling</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Work and Pensions Committee takes evidence on Wednesday 26 June at 9.45am</description>
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