The daughters of those rotifers which had been fed as much as they could eat lived for 9.5 days if treated likewise (not significantly different from their mothers) and 14.4 if put on short commons.

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Mr Speaker, these measures will be included in a short selfstanding bill - on the conduct of members in the Commons - which will be introduced and be debated before the summer adjournment.

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His announcement in the House of Commons stopped short of arming the rebels, but he told the BBC on Sunday that the UK would not rule out doing so in future.

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During exchanges in the Commons, Mr Hague's attack on Labour's record on police numbers received short shrift from the prime minister.

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