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Ministerial statements to media not the Commons

Ministers have made statements to the media that in the past would have been made first to the House of Commons.

Claim made by Peter Luff, Conservative MP for Mid-Worcesteshire, during the proceedings of the Commons Liaison Committee on 18th June 2007.
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