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16/01/2014

Sean Curran and the 大象传媒 parliamentary team report as MPs ask whether severe weather and climate change are linked, and peers face new penalties for breaches of the rules.

MPs question the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, over the possibility of links between recent severe weather and climate change.

Mr Davey backs the Prime Minister who has said he suspects the increase in "abnormal weather events" is linked to climate change.

Peers raise concerns over changes to the way the civil service operates.

The House of Lords agrees new penalties for peers found to have broken the rules.

The Commons debates the political situation in Bangladesh and the growing problem of nuisance telephone calls.

And ministers come under renewed pressure to release papers relating to the trial of Stephen Ward, a key figure in the Profumo scandal.

Sean Curran and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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