Governor George Pataki got the charter schools bill through the New York legislature by tying it to a big pay increase that state lawmakers badly wanted.

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For instance, as important as the health care debate is for our nation, I haven't been able to get any work done on my charter school bill over the past few weeks.

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The debate will be a chance to consider the many responses to Leveson: the Letwin Royal Charter idea, the Lestor bill, the Labour proposals - and Labour peer Lord Lipsey, who'll be opening proceedings, has arranged for briefings from the Media Standards Trust and others.

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Or, if you're Bill Gates, perhaps you can charter a flight.

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Meanwhile, a clause in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which will mean that the charter cannot be amended without a two-thirds majority in Parliament, was approved in the Lords on Tuesday evening.

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Campaigners have previously accused the government of creating a developers' charter in rural areas ahead of its Growth and Infrastructure Bill being debated in the Commons.

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The bill - which was backed unanimously - also provides for a charter of patients' rights and responsibilities within six months of the legislation coming into force.

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"The mayor can't cut out a third of this office's budget and still claim to be respecting its Charter-mandated role as a citywide watchdog, " said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate.

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But Prime Minister David Cameron said he did not believe a bill was necessary to set up the new regime and, instead, the Conservatives say a royal charter is the right way to provide legal backing for any new press regulator.

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