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In his weekly column, MP James Wild discusses the business of Parliament… After the intensity of the general election campaign, along with other MPs I re-elected the Speaker and then had to wait until this week for the King’s Speech and the government to set out its new legislative programme. That hasn’t stopped ministers making decisions in the first few days of the new administration though on planning, early release of prisoners, defence, water investment and other issues. Now Parliament can begin scrutinising those measures and ministers coming to the House of Commons to defend their actio…

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