parliamentary
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If the bill is not passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords by the end of the parliamentary session, expected in May, it will not become law.
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"If the government's positive changes are implemented efficiently and effectively, there is an opportunity to achieve 300,000 homes built in a year by the end of this parliamentary term," he said.
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Andy Burnham has said Labour's decision to block him from standing as the party's candidate in a forthcoming parliamentary by-election was "hard" to take.
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They said the visit by Egan - who is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel parliamentary group - had been rescheduled by the time the postponement was reported by news outlets.
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Typically bills brought by backbench MPs, called Private Members' Bills, fall unless they are passed by both the Commons and the Lords in one parliamentary session.
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