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TODAY'S BUSINESS - Commons: Short backbench debates on facilities for the disabled in Wales; Channel Tunnel rail link voluntary purchase scheme; Treatment of asylum seekers in the UK; Child Support Agency; Impact of water bills on south-west England; Role of the Commonwealth; Benefits of Greenwich Mean Time; -Prevention of racism and anti-semitism; Ministerial accountability to Parliament. Lords: National Parks Bill, committee stage; Debate on merger of Countryside Commission and English Nature.
Both Houses rise today for the Easter break. The Commons returns on 12 April and the Lords on 11 April.
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