ELIZABETH FILKIN, the new Parliamentary Standards Commissioner should not necessarily be given the power to investigate ministers' financial affairs, Commons Leader Margaret Beckett said.
Schools must teach citizenship
A GREATER emphasis on citizenship lessons in schools will improve pupils' understanding of political issues when they come to vote in referendums, said the Education minister Charles Clarke.
Parliament visit `costs too much'
MPs JOINTLY condemned plans to charge visitors to the Houses of Parliament up to pounds 7 during the summer recess.
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