Since the advent of the Backbench Business Committee, it has become much better organised, with a relay of ministers answering groups of speeches related to the work of their particular departments.

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Life may not be much better, but at least it has become a lot calmer.

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Have wines actually gotten that much better, or has grade inflation become as common among wine critics as it has among high-school personnel?

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