LORD TEBBIT, the Tory former cabinet minister injured in the IRA's 1984 Brighton bombing and whose wife, Margaret, was paralysed, attacked plans to free paramilitary prisoners. He said, during a Lords debate on the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill: "This Bill reeks and stinks of injustice."
Cash concern
THE cross-party Public Accounts Committee expressed concern over the reserves amassed by firm contracted by a government-backed charity to insulate the homes of people on benefits, the disabled and pensioners. Eaga has amassed reserves of pounds 3m.
Today in Parliament
Commons
Health Questions
Ten-minute debate on unsolicited fax messages
Progress on remaining stages of Finance Bill
Adjournment debate on future of RAF Northolt
Lords
Pesticides Bill, third reading
School Standards and Framework Bill
Debate on promotion of the Council of Europe
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