But some MPs voiced reservations at the plans, including Conservative backbencher Philip Davis.

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His lawyers include Philip Davis, a member of parliament for the governing party and former legal partner of the prime minister.

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With John Hurt and Philip Davis.

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The other major performers in "Doubt" -- Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis -- also were nominated in supporting categories.

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Philip Martin, a professor at UC Davis, says the hiring practices of farms can paradoxically create localized labor shortages and surpluses at the same time.

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Mechanisation has come about in a number of ways, according to a report by Philip Martin of the University of California, Davis.

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Philip L. Martin of the University of California, Davis, said overall U.S. production of fruits and vegetables has remained stable in recent years.

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"Nobody knows the future, but if the past is any guide, the farmworkers who get legalized, many of them will leave agriculture pretty quickly, " said Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics at University of California, Davis.

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