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      <title>Lords examines Welfare Benefits up-rating Bill committee stage day two</title>
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      <description>Impact of welfare benefits on child poverty under spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Lords report stage day 2</title>
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      <description>How can the impact of the Equality Act be assessed?</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Succession to the Crown Bill: Lords concludes committee stage</title>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill begins report stage</title>
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      <description>Planning application procedures and status of employee shareholders under spotlight </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New peers announced</title>
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      <description>Martha Lane Fox and Michael Berkeley to join the Lords</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords examines Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill</title>
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      <description>Green Investment Bank and Competition and Markets Authority under spotlight </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill committee stage day one</title>
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      <description>Welfare payments and housing benefits under spotlight </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defamation Bill: Lords third reading </title>
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      <description>Lord Puttnam&amp;#39;s amendment is considered further by House of Lords</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House of Lords back to business </title>
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      <description>The House of Lords returns from recess on Monday 25 February.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords holds second reading of Succession to the Crown Bill </title>
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      <description>Gender equality and religious discrimination under the spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords looks at welfare regulations</title>
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      <description>Universal credit and social security statutory instruments under the spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Service Pensions Bill completes report stage</title>
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      <description>Defence Fire and Rescue Service and Ministry of Defence Police pension age under Lords spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords second reading of Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill</title>
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      <description>What will be the effect of measures outlined in Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill? </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords debates Constitution Committee report on civil service accountability</title>
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      <description>How will government&amp;#39;s planned reforms affect civil service accountability? </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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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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      <title>By-election in the House of Lords</title>
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      <description>Viscount Ridley elected as Conservative hereditary Peer</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lords Defamation Bill report stage</title>
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      <description>Leveson recommendations and companies’ rights to sue under spotlight</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Growth and Infrastructure Bill committee stage day four</title>
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      <title>Lords debates prime minister&amp;#39;s speech on Europe</title>
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