Frontbenchers who had already agreed to repay money include George Osborne, Michael Gove and Alan Duncan.

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Shadow business secretary Alan Duncan said the measures amounted to a "small bandage on a massive wound".

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But Tory constitutional affairs spokesman Alan Duncan said a few simple changes would make all the difference.

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However, shadow business secretary Alan Duncan accused ministers of "raiding" the pension fund to "bail out government borrowing".

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True, Alan Duncan, his closest adviser, is to Peter Mandelson, Tony Blair's, as lumpfish roe is to caviare.

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International development minister Alan Duncan told MPs that "nobody is yet suggesting" that Afghanistan was a fully functional state.

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The Director General opened her visit with a meeting with Alan Duncan MP, UK Minister of State for International Development.

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Alan Duncan, long Mr Hague's close friend, is short and twitchy.

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Alan Duncan, la Secretaria de Estado de Desarrollo Internacional, Sra.

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David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson "has no case to answer" over continuing allegations about his involvement in the News of the World phone hacking scandal, according to government minister Alan Duncan.

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