Parents can make their own cases for special treatment but usually hire lawyers if they are going after a big-ticket item like private school tuition.

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Only the private owner of land or any item of property may decide the terms of its use or sale.

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Listeners to Today in Parliament may recall an item about backbench MPs sleeping overnight in a Commons office to get priority slots for their private members' bills.

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