But the 787s have been under intense scrutiny lately after repeated technical malfunctions hit their marquee aircraft.

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Prenger repeated her lines, and his scrutiny was almost palpable.

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She repeated accusations that the government had set aside an inadequate amount of time for scrutiny of the bill.

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There was a "lack of clearly defined processes and timescales for scrutiny activity" meaning that "mistakes are more likely to be repeated and money more likely to be wasted", she said.

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This was not a triumph for the formal bill scrutiny process - where the imperative was, in the decorative whips phrase repeated by Tory GP turned MP Sarah Wollaston, to "repel borders" rather than to polish up the legislation.

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