"Out-of-control dogs are just as much a threat on private property as in public places, " said animal welfare minister Lord de Mauley.

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And Environment Minister Lord de Mauley is back before the Environmental Audit Committee (at 2.15pm) as it continues its long investigation into the effect of neonicitinoid pesticides on pollinating insects.

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Speaking on behalf of the government, minister Lord De Mauley said Lord Mackay's amendment would require the state "to try to arbitrate" on whether a parent had taken reasonable steps.

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Lord de Mauley, the government's work and pensions minister, opposed the move, arguing that there were already checks and balances in place to ensure the money was spent on the most vulnerable.

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Environment Minister Lord De Mauley told the meeting that he found the MP's arguments persuasive and he believed the government should hold relevant bodies' "feet to the fire" to pursue possible alternatives.

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This exhibition, which has, in addition, brought together objects from Dresden, Milan, Vienna and the Royal Armouries, also includes an array of richly illustrated and scientifically sophisticated fencing manuals on long-term loan from the library of Lord Howard de Walden.

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They are first mentioned in 1282 as having been awarded to Marcher Lord Reginald de Grey along with Ruthin Castle, in recognition of the part he played in subduing an uprising by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the last native prince of an independent Wales.

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Below, a lengthy Latin inscription serves as an epitaph for Don Gonzalo de Ruiz, the 14th-century Lord of Orgaz, whose remains are interred in the church.

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