That was the line Downing Street was briefing right up until prime minister's questions - right up until the prime minister himself intervened - and told the Commons there would in fact be a free vote.

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Quite separately, before the two MLAs let us know of their intention to form their own group, Ulster Unionist sources had been briefing me that they plan to take a more militant line on welfare reform.

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So the date for -- which the Admiral said earlier in the briefing -- is sort of midweek next week to bring the kill line to the Helix online that would take us what we believe to a capacity of around 50, 000 to 53, 000 barrels a day.

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Following a briefing from FBI Director Mueller, Attorney General Holder, Secretary Napolitano, and homeland security advisor Lisa Monaco, President Obama went to the Brady Press Briefing Room to update Americans on developments in Boston, following two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.

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