The consultative paper produced by Jack Straw, the home secretary, comes out strongly for marriage.

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But the consultative paper published in March was a disappointment.

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If you add the mystery of Clapham Common to the legacy of back-to-basics, you begin to think that the government is tempting fate by sticking to its plans to publish a consultative paper on the family next week.

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At Mr Blair's insistence, an elected mayor for London will be included in the government's consultative green paper, to be published later this month.

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The government's consultative green paper on London, published on July 29th, meets the desire of most movers and shakers in the capital, as well as most of its inhabitants judging from opinion polls, for a new layer of London government both to represent the city at national level and to help resolve a growing transport crisis.

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