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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill: Lords third reading</title>
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      <title>Final evidence session on the Work Programme</title>
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      <description>MPs hear evidence from Mark Hoban MP, the DWP Minister for Employment, at 4.30pm on Wednesday 20 March </description>
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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill completes Lords report stage</title>
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      <description>Peers examine the cap on benefit rises and potental impact on child poverty </description>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on the Work Programme in Wales</title>
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      <description>Welsh Affairs Committee evidence session held on Tuesday 19 March at 9.30am</description>
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      <title>Impact of changes to housing benefit in Wales</title>
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      <description>MPs hold evidence session on Monday 11 March at 2.15pm</description>
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      <title>Urgent question on Romanian and Bulgarian benefits</title>
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      <description>Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, asked question in the Commons</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:15:00 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>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>Lords looks at welfare regulations</title>
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      <description>Universal credit and social security statutory instruments under the spotlight</description>
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      <title>Public Accounts Committee comments on tax credits error and fraud report</title>
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      <description>Statement from Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee, on NAO report</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Reading of the Children and Families Bill</title>
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      <description>Members of the public can now comment on the Children and Families Bill online</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:29:00 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>Report on the Department for Work and Pensions: Contract management of medical services</title>
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      <description>Public Accounts Committee publishes its twenty-third report of session 2012-13</description>
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      <title>Westminster Hall debates: 5 February 2013</title>
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      <title>MPs question housing and benefits ministers on implementation of welfare reform</title>
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      <description>Communities and Local Government Committee to take evidence from Mark Prisk MP and Lord Freud</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on Personal Independence Payment</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on role of local authorities on health issues and welfare reform</title>
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      <description>Communities and Local Government Committee takes evidence</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement on the Personal Independence Payment</title>
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      <description>Statement made by Esther McVey in the Commons</description>
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      <title>Universal Credit: Government must ensure plans protect most vulnerable, say MPs</title>
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      <description>Work and Pensions Committee publishes report</description>
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