One local resident, Robert Rogers, said he believed the council had failed to listen to local people on the issue and had seriously underestimated the strength of opposition.

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And the two high priests of Parliament, Sir Robert Rogers, the Clerk of the Commons, and his Lords opposite number, David Beamish, Clerk of the Parliaments, stage a joint appearance before the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege.

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Associated Press writers John Rogers, Andrew Dalton, Christopher Weber and Robert Jablon contributed to this story from Los Angeles.

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Sir Robert Fry is executive chairman of McKinney Rogers, a global consultancy.

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Such chums of Mr Blair's as Robert Ayling of British Airways and Sir Richard Rogers, an architect, were involved in the project.

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