The axis of Phillips, Stephen Jones and Hook will be of particular interest to Jenkins who has been dealt a blow with injuries to Thomas and Sonny Parker.

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But Tory MP Stephen Phillips, a QC, intervened on the minister to tell him that he believed the government's legal advice was "wrong".

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They were followed by Lady McMillan, who quit as chairman of the council's dance panel, and this week Stephen Phillips left the touring panel.

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