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Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
… Regulations (Review) Bill [HL]. followed by Committee stage (day 3) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill. followed by Question for short debate on what steps they are taking to reduce regulatory burdens on British agriculture (Baroness Byford, Con). …

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Debate the death penalty – and then move on to the rule of law
The Guardian
These include agriculture, fisheries, the environment, justice, transport, energy, trade, and competition. You can see a full list of areas which the EU runs right here. This is an extremely knotty issue which highlights one of the fundamental tensions …

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The propaganda, facts and the grey areas on GM foods
Daily Nation
Naivasha MP John Mututho, the chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Agriculture, is Kenya's most energetic critic of GM foods. And now he has found an ally in Public Health minister Beth Mugo. In the coming week, Agriculture minister Dr Sally …

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Today in Politics – Thursday
Stuff.co.nz
Asked if he expected to win, Mr Parker said "never say never" – pointing to his surprise victory over National agriculture spokesman Gavin Herlihy in the Otago seat in 2002. "They are taking the voters of Epsom for granted and telling them how to vote …

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Reading the world In a loaf of bread
CBS News
To imagine that there's nothing else in bread, however, is to misunderstand modern global agriculture. Another key ingredient in our loaf — call it a “factor of production” — is petroleum. Yes, crude oil, which appears in our bread as fertilizer and …

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Reading The World In A Loaf Of Bread
Just International
To imagine that there's nothing else in bread, however, is to misunderstand modern global agriculture. Another key ingredient in our loaf — call it a “factor of production” — is petroleum. Yes, crude oil, which appears in our bread as fertilizer and …

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Muhammad Yunus banks on beating the enemies of microfinance
The Guardian
"Or why would I bother to create 50 other companies ranging from agriculture to telecommunications? Job creation is the solution to poverty. Loans should only be given to fund enterprises. They mustn't ever be used for 'consumption smoothing' or how …

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Chandigarh Confidential
Chandigarh Newsline
And leading the bunch of “media-savvy” mantris is Agriculture Minister Sucha Singh Langah, who has been promising subsidies to farmers on crops the every other day. With many Punjab farmers taking to cotton, sugarcane and maize over water-guzzling …

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Welsh Assembly debates Rural Communities
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Those payments, as we heard yesterday, contribute between 80 and 90 per cent of the business income of Welsh farms, and invest some £390 million per annum in the agriculture industry and rural communities. This is what ensures that we have a stable …

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Royal politicking comes under scrutiny
Financial Times
Prince Charles is well known for his fierce objections to modern architecture, support for traditional agriculture, and enthusiasm for nature conservation – but some fear he is now overstepping his proper role by attempting to interfere in government …

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