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The coalition government suffered an embarrassing parliamentary defeat in its attempt to undermine the British constitution yesterday, even though a leading defender of human rights was forced to vote against his own amendment.There were extraordinary scenes in the House of Lords as peers debated the public bodies bill, which will allow ministers to modify, merge or abolish a huge range of quangos. Individual peers have been attempting to protect individual public bodies. But what
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