P149 CEJFAX 149 Thu 4 Nov 21:11/29 1/3 PARLIAMENT IN BRIEF SOLDIERS The Govjrnmjnt has turned down calls from peers for soldiers executed for cowardice during the First World War to bj pardoned. WHISKY Peers have made an eleventh hour plea to the Chancellor to reconsider the duty and tax on Scotch whisky in his budget later this month. SATELLITE The National Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke has told satellite TV companies, who rely (5 heavily on imported Australain and US material, to screen more European programmjs. -upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Direct from Westminster Flash Politics Main News TopTravelP149 CEEFAX 149 Thu 4 Nov 21:14/09 2/3 PARLIAMENT IN BRIEF CHILDREN The Child Support Agency is expected to cut the national benefits bill by £530 million this year. the Social Security Minister Alistair Burt has said. RUSSIA The UU plans to send up to 20 observers to monitor the Russian parliamentary elections on 12 December, Ovjrsjas Development Minister Baroness Chalkjr has said. FALKLANDS The police investigation into alleged war crimes by British troops during the Falklands war has cost £98,000 so far, Home Office Minister Charles Wardle has said. Direct from Westminster Summary 102 Dispatch 190 Index 199 Flash Politics Main News TopTravelP149 CJEFAX 149 Thu 4 Nov 21:11/21 3/3 PARLIAMENT IN BRIEF GAS The Govjrnmjnt has provided a £100,000 for "clean fuel" trials using natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas on buses Hampshire, Berkshire, Avon and Warwickshire. VAT The imposition of VAT on books, maga:ines and newspapers would mean the loss of 20,000, the Chancellor has been warned by Labour Treasury spokesman Nick Brown. FUEL Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has said even after the imposition of VAT fuel bills will still bj lower than they were 10 years ago. Direct from Westminster Summary 102 Dispatch 190 Index 199 Flash Politics Main News TopTravel