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><channel><title>Blogminster</title> <atom:link href="http://blogminster.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blogminster.com</link> <description>Blogging for Westminster</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:18:09 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>6</sy:updateFrequency> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://blogminster.superfeedr.com/"/> <item><title>'No painless way to cut science funding &#8211; McFadden' --  Party News (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/no-painless-way-to-cut-science-funding-mcfadden/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/no-painless-way-to-cut-science-funding-mcfadden/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:18:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www2.labour.org.uk/no-painless-way-to-cut-science-funding---mcfadden,2010-09-08]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Shadow Business Secretary, Pat McFadden MP commenting on Vince Cable&#8217;s speech on science and research today said:]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/no-painless-way-to-cut-science-funding-mcfadden/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The final stretch – please help us to win' --  Ed Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-final-stretch-%e2%80%93-please-help-us-to-win/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-final-stretch-%e2%80%93-please-help-us-to-win/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:13:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://edmiliband.org/?p=459]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Four months ago, we began this campaign to change Labour &#8212; to turn the page for our party ideologically, electorally and organisationally so we can win again, because our country is always better of with a Labour government.
Over those past few months, as I have been visiting communities and workplaces around the country, I have become more and more convinced about the level and type of the change we&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-final-stretch-%e2%80%93-please-help-us-to-win/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Andy demands answers on the future of NHS Direct' --  Andy Burnham (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/andy-demands-answers-on-the-future-of-nhs-direct/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/andy-demands-answers-on-the-future-of-nhs-direct/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:10:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leigh]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://andy4leader.com/?p=1237]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Andy Burnham today wrote a letter to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, following the claim that the replacing of NHS Direct with 111 was simply implementing one of Andy&#8217;s plans.  In it, Andy demands answers on the future of NHS Direct as 15,000 signatories to a petition to save the service have shown it to be a matter of public concern.
To sign the petition you can click HERE.  The&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/andy-demands-answers-on-the-future-of-nhs-direct/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'My five point plan for greater gender equality' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/my-five-point-plan-for-greater-gender-equality/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/my-five-point-plan-for-greater-gender-equality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.davidmiliband.net/?p=2694]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking forward to attending the Fabian Women&#8217;s Network hustings tonight. It’s important that we change the way we work if we are going to attract the best men and women into politics.
Critically, we need to do more to promote talented women in the Labour  party. We have some truly outstanding women in the new intake of MPs who  are the future of the party and I want to&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/my-five-point-plan-for-greater-gender-equality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Ed&#8217;s answers to LGBT Labour&#8217;s Q&amp;A' --  Ed Balls (Lab &#38; Co-op)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/eds-answers-to-lgbt-labours-qa/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/eds-answers-to-lgbt-labours-qa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Morley and Outwood]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.edballs4labour.org/blog/?p=1048]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[1.      Labour had a strong record in government on LGBT equality, but is there any area of policy or approach in which you think Labour should have done more, and if so what will you do about it?We can all be proud of the great steps forward that were made by the last Labour Government but I was disappointed that we were unable to secure Incitement to Homophobic Hatred&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/eds-answers-to-lgbt-labours-qa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Salmond puts forward vision for Scotland&#8217;s future' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/salmond-puts-forward-vision-for-scotlands-future/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/salmond-puts-forward-vision-for-scotlands-future/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:54:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[17283 at http://www.snp.org]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[A radical vision for Scotland's future tapping into our natural resources and meeting the economic challenges ahead has been presented by First Minister Alex Salmond in the Scottish Government's programme for Government.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/salmond-puts-forward-vision-for-scotlands-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'OFT launches online hub to help retailers comply with the Sale of Goods Act' --  Office of Fair Trading</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/oft-launches-online-hub-to-help-retailers-comply-with-the-sale-of-goods-act/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/oft-launches-online-hub-to-help-retailers-comply-with-the-sale-of-goods-act/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:29:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.oft.gov.uk?itemId=742362]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The OFT has launched a new online resource to help sales staff comply with the law when customers buy or return goods.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/oft-launches-online-hub-to-help-retailers-comply-with-the-sale-of-goods-act/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Have your say on the Government&#8217;s Superannuation Bill' --  Parliamentary news</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/have-your-say-on-the-governments-superannuation-bill/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/have-your-say-on-the-governments-superannuation-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[5917fd56-267d-464c-8adb-1613fa6ea6b2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Public Bill Committee invites written evidence from the public]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/have-your-say-on-the-governments-superannuation-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MP demands answers over HMRC disaster' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mp-demands-answers-over-hmrc-disaster/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mp-demands-answers-over-hmrc-disaster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:56:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[17282 at http://www.snp.org]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The SNP have demanded answers over the HMRC tax debacle after it emerged millions had been given the wrong codes under Labour and hit with huge bills by the Tories.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mp-demands-answers-over-hmrc-disaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The banks versus the State' --  Michael Meacher (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-banks-versus-the-state/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-banks-versus-the-state/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:52:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oldham West and Royton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/?p=1331]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Having been bailed out after their unprecedented greed and recklessness by the State at a cost so far of some £850bn (59% of Britain&#8217;s entire GDP), the banks are now sending the most provocative signal they can that they don&#8217;t care a fig about government, society or public opinion &#8211; they&#8217;re going to carry on on an even bigger scale than before the culture of gigantic bonuses and the structure&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-banks-versus-the-state/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Want an &quot;in / out&quot; EU referendum?  Sign up here' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/want-an-in-out-eu-referendum-sign-up-here/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/want-an-in-out-eu-referendum-sign-up-here/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harwich and Clacton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1569]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[I've signed the pledge demanding an "in / out" referendum on the EU.
Why don't you sign up now, too?&#160;
For decades politicians and diplomats have managed our relations with the Brussels.&#160; I think it is time that we allow the people to pass&#160;judgement on&#160;the results with an "in / out" vote.&#160;
Once you've signed, why not also write to your&#160;MP and ask them if they'll&#160;sign up as well?&#160;&#160;
Sign&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/want-an-in-out-eu-referendum-sign-up-here/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Caroline Lucas to speak at public meeting on Afghanistan' --  Party news (Greens)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/caroline-lucas-to-speak-at-public-meeting-on-afghanistan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/caroline-lucas-to-speak-at-public-meeting-on-afghanistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.greenparty.org.uk/News/08-09-2010-afghanistan-meeting-parliament.html]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[At 7pm this evening (committee room 10, House of Commons), a public meeting will take place called &#34;Afghanistan - Time To Go.&#34;Caroline Lucas MP will speak at the meeting, along with Jeremy Corbyn MP, Paul Flynn MP, and Joan Humphries (who lost her grandson in the Afghan conflict).The meeting comes on the same day as the first meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on troops out of Afghanistan&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/caroline-lucas-to-speak-at-public-meeting-on-afghanistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Response to ONS stats which shows that manufacturing output is up 0.3% on the month' --  BIS</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/response-to-ons-stats-which-shows-that-manufacturing-output-is-up-0-3-on-the-month/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/response-to-ons-stats-which-shows-that-manufacturing-output-is-up-0-3-on-the-month/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=415359&NewsAreaID=2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Business Minister Mark Prisk said: "The manufacturing sector will be vital to stimulating the economy so I welcome the ONS statistics published today which shows a 0.3% rise in output."We need to be cautious as manufacturing activity may slow over the coming months but I am most encouraged that the sector continues to be more productive."]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/response-to-ons-stats-which-shows-that-manufacturing-output-is-up-0-3-on-the-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Swales backs Theresa Cave&#8217;s call for the removal of Voodoo Knife Set' --  Ian Swales (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/swales-backs-theresa-caves-call-for-the-removal-of-voodoo-knife-set/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/swales-backs-theresa-caves-call-for-the-removal-of-voodoo-knife-set/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:ianswales.com://602ed23bd64bf4e07da9bb0c4ebe53fb]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Ian Swales MP for Redcar, supports Mrs Cave's campaign to have the 'Voodoo Knife Set', which depicts a man being repeatedly stabbed, removed from shops around the country. Ian believes that the set's design promotes violent behaviour and sends worrying messages to impressionable youngsters.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/swales-backs-theresa-caves-call-for-the-removal-of-voodoo-knife-set/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'PMQs' --  Kerry McCarthy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/pmqs-3/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/pmqs-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:57:31 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bristol East]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Women MPs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://kerrymccarthy.wordpress.com/?p=2342]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Quick update &#8211; Clegg will be doing PMQs today because Cameron&#8217;s father has had a serious stroke and he&#8217;s had to rush off to the South of France to see him. Which probably means the Coulson issue won&#8217;t dominate PMQs in quite the way we expected. There&#8217;s an urgent question straight afterwards, on the HMRC overpayments/ underpayments debacle, which means that Chris Bryant&#8217;s controversial Ten Minute Rule Bill on Sex&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/pmqs-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmagenda/parlstar.gif" length="" type="" /> <enclosure url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/df5c9f649aff08bf5cdd57b9fb29f2ce?s=96&amp;amp;d=monsterid&amp;amp;r=G" length="" type="" /> </item> <item><title>'Army Foundation College prepares future force' --  MOD</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/army-foundation-college-prepares-future-force/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/army-foundation-college-prepares-future-force/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:31:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[{CD68890D-BFDD-4708-901F-1D0C16619668}]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The Army Foundation College at Harrogate is building on its success to help train the leaders of the future. Report by Joe Clapson.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/army-foundation-college-prepares-future-force/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Silencing the BBC in Burma would be a gift to military junta' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/silencing-the-bbc-in-burma-would-be-a-gift-to-military-junta/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/silencing-the-bbc-in-burma-would-be-a-gift-to-military-junta/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:14:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.davidmiliband.net/?p=2691]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Commenting on reports suggesting the Government is planning to cut BBC World Service broadcasts to Burma, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: “The World Service is an independent, credible voice in parts of the world where the only other messages blend threats and propaganda.
“In September 2007, monks marching in Rangoon applauded as they passed by the British embassy. That is the sort of reputation British diplomacy should have. If&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/silencing-the-bbc-in-burma-would-be-a-gift-to-military-junta/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Westminster Hall debate on the death of PC Yvonne Fletcher' --  Parliamentary news</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/westminster-hall-debate-on-the-death-of-pc-yvonne-fletcher/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/westminster-hall-debate-on-the-death-of-pc-yvonne-fletcher/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[7b913f06-7829-4271-9123-7a248e59f7f8]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[MPs debate Foreign Office support for an investigation]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/westminster-hall-debate-on-the-death-of-pc-yvonne-fletcher/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Government of the sofa, by the sofa' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/government-of-the-sofa-by-the-sofa/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/government-of-the-sofa-by-the-sofa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harwich and Clacton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1568]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Another unelected expert has been brought in to government.&#160; This time HSBC chairman, Stephen Green, has been made trade minister.
I've no doubt Mr Green is a brilliant corporate captain - and if the UK government actually had its own trade policy, he could well be perfect for the role.&#160;
But has this appointment been approved by those we elected to the Commons?&#160;After all, executive appointments were one of the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/government-of-the-sofa-by-the-sofa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Thurrock Borough Council to take charge of local regeneration' --  CLG</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/thurrock-borough-council-to-take-charge-of-local-regeneration/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/thurrock-borough-council-to-take-charge-of-local-regeneration/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:52:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.communities.gov.uk://6051310c9f3936dba4efc78aed9395f2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[New plans to put the future of Thurrock regeneration back into local hands were announced by Thames Gateway Minister Bob Neill today. (continues...)]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/thurrock-borough-council-to-take-charge-of-local-regeneration/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Vince Cable &#8211; Science, Research and Innovation Speech' --  BIS</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/vince-cable-science-research-and-innovation-speech/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/vince-cable-science-research-and-innovation-speech/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=415357&NewsAreaID=2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Check against delivery]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/vince-cable-science-research-and-innovation-speech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Lycatel commits to provide clearer international calling card terms' --  Ofcom</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/lycatel-commits-to-provide-clearer-international-calling-card-terms/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/lycatel-commits-to-provide-clearer-international-calling-card-terms/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:42:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quangos]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://media.webstage.intra.ofcom.local/?p=1534]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Ofcom has accepted a written  undertaking from Lycatel in respect of its advertisements and terms and  conditions for Lycatel international calling cards.
Ofcom has accepted a written  undertaking from Lycatel in respect of its advertisements and terms and  conditions for Lycatel international calling cards. This is with a view to  ensuring its customers have accurate information when purchasing Lycatel  international calling cards.
Ofcom’s investigation found that  Lycatel’s advertisement of its&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/lycatel-commits-to-provide-clearer-international-calling-card-terms/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Ministers tell Beith A1 status announcement &quot;imminent&quot;' --  Alan Beith (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/ministers-tell-beith-a1-status-announcement-imminent/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/ministers-tell-beith-a1-status-announcement-imminent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.alanbeith.org.uk://61bf3e6c077ab383680c9b8341a124df]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Transport ministers have told Sir Alan Beith that an announcement on the status of the road will be made very soon.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/ministers-tell-beith-a1-status-announcement-imminent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Southeastern told to look again at Crayford Station access issues' --  David Evennett (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/southeastern-told-to-look-again-at-crayford-station-access-issues/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/southeastern-told-to-look-again-at-crayford-station-access-issues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:26:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bexleyheath and Crayford]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.selftitleduk.com/davidevennett/?p=738]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, used an Adjournment debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday (7 September) to criticise Southeastern Railway for cancelling plans to provide step-free access to Crayford Station’s Platform 2.The proposed scheme would have seen an existing gate on Platform 2 opened to an existing footpath that runs along the Platform and out to Station Road.
He said “Southeastern was presented with a&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/southeastern-told-to-look-again-at-crayford-station-access-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Keep the Royal Mail public' --  Kevin Brennan (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/keep-the-royal-mail-public/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/keep-the-royal-mail-public/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cardiff West]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279827197760757502.post-4677524069839409027]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[ED Balls MP recently visited Cardiff to join forces with Kevin Brennan MP to campaign against the privatisation of the Royal Mail amid fears the Government is seeking to sell off the public service.The demonstration, &#160;in conjunction with the Communications Workers Union (CWU), took place near the main Post Office outside the Queens Arcade.Speaking after the demonstration the Cardiff West MP, Kevin Brennan, demanded the Government come clean over their&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/keep-the-royal-mail-public/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="" length="" type="" /> </item> <item><title>'Compensation consultation &#8216;not good enough&#8217;' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/compensation-consultation-not-good-enough/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/compensation-consultation-not-good-enough/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:20:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[17281 at http://www.snp.org]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[SNP MP and Member of the Treasury Select Committee Stewart Hosie has expressed grave concern at the UK Government’s plans which will make it easier to make public sector workers redundant.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/compensation-consultation-not-good-enough/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'&#8216;Sports England board appointments&#8217;' --  DCMS</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sports-england-board-appointments/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sports-england-board-appointments/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:18:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[4642509950554455988351C626824208]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Hugh Robertson has appointed six new members.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sports-england-board-appointments/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'RAF Leuchars welcomes the Typhoon' --  MOD</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/raf-leuchars-welcomes-the-typhoon/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/raf-leuchars-welcomes-the-typhoon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[{C914A171-3CEE-443D-B91A-F6B67BBADC3E}]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Number 6 Squadron, the first Typhoon fighter squadron in Scotland, officially stood up at Royal Air Force Leuchars this week.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/raf-leuchars-welcomes-the-typhoon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'&#8216;New Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan&#8217;' --  FCO</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/new-special-representative-on-afghanistan-and-pakistan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/new-special-representative-on-afghanistan-and-pakistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/latest-news/?view=News&id=22824001]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Karen Pierce, Foreign Office Director of South Asia and Afghanistan takes on the role of Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan with effect from today.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/new-special-representative-on-afghanistan-and-pakistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'£50m renewal begins for successful colleges' --  BIS</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/50m-renewal-begins-for-successful-colleges/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/50m-renewal-begins-for-successful-colleges/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=415352&NewsAreaID=2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced the 149 colleges across England that will benefit from funding of £50 million from the Government to invest in new buildings and renovate existing ones.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/50m-renewal-begins-for-successful-colleges/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MPs hold follow-up session on university climate research' --  Parliamentary news</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mps-hold-follow-up-session-on-university-climate-research/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mps-hold-follow-up-session-on-university-climate-research/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[f7c1ac68-1385-4ee4-93ed-2bf0c6fbcbbb]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Lord Oxburgh to give evidence to Commons Science and Technology Committee]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/mps-hold-follow-up-session-on-university-climate-research/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Charlotte&#8217;s surgery dates and pub politics sessions' --  Charlotte Leslie (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-surgery-dates-and-pub-politics-sessions/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-surgery-dates-and-pub-politics-sessions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:59:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://charlotteleslie.com/?p=1510]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[As your Member of Parliament, Charlotte is keen to find out any issues that affect you in the Bristol North West constituency. One of the best ways to talk to Charlotte is at her regular surgeries or pub politics sessions.
To make an apppointment at a surgery, please telephone 0117 962 9427. Pub politics sessions are more informal. Just turn up for a chat.
September 24 &#8211; Pub Politics – Mill&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-surgery-dates-and-pub-politics-sessions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Commons vote on Afghanistan' --  Mark Lazarowicz (Lab &#38; Co-op)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/commons-vote-on-afghanistan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/commons-vote-on-afghanistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:57:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Edinburgh North & Leith]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32706777.post-1805025633434225548]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[In a major first, the new House of Commons committee which aims to give back bench MPs more of a say in Parliamentary business has scheduled a debate this Thursday (9 September) on the subject of British military involvement in Afghanistan - and there will be a 'free vote' for MPs at the end of the debate. I'll be attending for the debate and vote - and I'd be very&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/commons-vote-on-afghanistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'&#8216;Foreign Secretary’s Rosh Hashanah message&#8217;' --  FCO</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/foreign-secretary%e2%80%99s-rosh-hashanah-message/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/foreign-secretary%e2%80%99s-rosh-hashanah-message/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:50:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/latest-news/?view=News&id=22823841]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Foreign Secretary William Hague says Jewish New Year is time to look forward as it opens with direct peace talks]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/foreign-secretary%e2%80%99s-rosh-hashanah-message/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Charlotte&#8217;s concerns at “impenetrable” forms' --  Charlotte Leslie (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-concerns-at-%e2%80%9cimpenetrable%e2%80%9d-forms/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-concerns-at-%e2%80%9cimpenetrable%e2%80%9d-forms/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:49:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://charlotteleslie.com/?p=1505]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie has expressed serious concerns that some Bristol residents are unable to respond to council consultations because online forms are so complex and impenetrable that they are in effect not fit for purpose.
Charlotte is particularly concerned that people living in her constituency could be put off from responding to Bristol City Council’s current consultation looking into the future of green spaces across the city.
Charlotte has written&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/charlottes-concerns-at-%e2%80%9cimpenetrable%e2%80%9d-forms/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Sharon co-sponsors Sex Education Bill' --  Sharon Hodgson (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sharon-co-sponsors-sex-education-bill/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sharon-co-sponsors-sex-education-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:45:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[sharon-co-sponsors-sex-education-bill]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Sharon was in Parliament to see Chris Bryant's Sex and Relationships Education Bill, which she is co-sponsoring, pass it's First Reading. The Bill aims to improve the provision of SRE in schools down to primary level, in an effort to help reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases....]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/sharon-co-sponsors-sex-education-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Press releases &#8211; September 2010' --  Department of Health</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/press-releases-september-2010/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/press-releases-september-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_119088
]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Press releases published in September 2010]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/press-releases-september-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity Data month ending July 2010' --  Department of Health</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/diagnostic-waiting-times-and-activity-data-month-ending-july-2010/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/diagnostic-waiting-times-and-activity-data-month-ending-july-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_119242
]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for fifteen key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/diagnostic-waiting-times-and-activity-data-month-ending-july-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The alternative vote and the Lib Dems' --  John Redwood (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-alternative-vote-and-the-lib-dems/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-alternative-vote-and-the-lib-dems/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:20:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wokingham]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=6917]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[This week Westminster has been preoccupied by possible changes in the voting system.
The bill to give the people a referendum vote on whether to move to the Alternative Vote system or not was granted a second reading on Monday.
The history of this measure is complex. It failed to get a Parliamentary majority in the 1920s when a previous Coalition looked at it. In the 2010 General Election the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-alternative-vote-and-the-lib-dems/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'A Breath of Fresh Air' --  Charity Commission</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/a-breath-of-fresh-air/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/a-breath-of-fresh-air/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Quangos]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_rs23.aspx]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The Charity Commission's latest research on young people as charity trustees has been published.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/a-breath-of-fresh-air/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The BBC – a great institution' --  Jim Murphy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-bbc-%e2%80%93-a-great-institution/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-bbc-%e2%80%93-a-great-institution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[East Renfrewshire]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.jimmurphymp.com://050f27dcb16c9205659342b00c09cd1d]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The threat to the BBC is a worry at home and abroad. We should protect out national institution and the role it plays in supporting democracy around the world.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/the-bbc-%e2%80%93-a-great-institution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Record numbers of salmon and sea trout in English rivers' --  Environment Agency</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/record-numbers-of-salmon-and-sea-trout-in-english-rivers/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/record-numbers-of-salmon-and-sea-trout-in-english-rivers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Quangos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.environment-agency.gov.uk://1d6ebe34d9eb0f82c5485597292b9fa2]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Record numbers of salmon and sea trout were found in English rivers during 2009, according to figures released today.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/record-numbers-of-salmon-and-sea-trout-in-english-rivers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Battle of Britain remembered at St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral' --  MOD</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/battle-of-britain-remembered-at-st-pauls-cathedral/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/battle-of-britain-remembered-at-st-pauls-cathedral/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[{8B9B41DE-F519-408C-B539-7CEAFA9BF8C2}]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[The bravery and fortitude of those who endured the Blitz and fought against the air power of Nazi Germany to win the Battle of Britain were remembered at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday, Tuesday 7 September 2010.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/battle-of-britain-remembered-at-st-pauls-cathedral/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'08 September 2010 &#8211; Almost one in five households across the UK is workless' --  DWP</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/08-september-2010-almost-one-in-five-households-across-the-uk-is-workless/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/08-september-2010-almost-one-in-five-households-across-the-uk-is-workless/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.dwp.gov.uk/newsroom/press-releases/2010/sep-2010/dwp117-10-080910.shtml]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[No one works in  almost one out of five households across the UK, according to new figures  published by the Office for National Statistics today.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/08-september-2010-almost-one-in-five-households-across-the-uk-is-workless/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'He fills his head with culture…' --  Kerry McCarthy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/he-fills-his-head-with-culture%e2%80%a6/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/he-fills-his-head-with-culture%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bristol East]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Women MPs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://kerrymccarthy.wordpress.com/?p=2336]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[At one point during the election campaign I found myself in Boston Tea Party for Sunday brunch with a rather hungover @BenMosley, @BevaniteEllie, @BenCooper86 and @Conorpope, to give them their Twitter names. We started playing fantasy Cabinet 2020 (ie on my insistence they all have glittering careers ahead of them). Ben&#8217;s dream role was Defence (he grew up on army bases), Ellie wanted to follow in the footsteps of her&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/he-fills-his-head-with-culture%e2%80%a6/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/df5c9f649aff08bf5cdd57b9fb29f2ce?s=96&amp;amp;d=monsterid&amp;amp;r=G" length="" type="" /> </item> <item><title>'Plans for more trains still on track &#8211; Beith' --  Alan Beith (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/plans-for-more-trains-still-on-track-beith/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/plans-for-more-trains-still-on-track-beith/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.alanbeith.org.uk://a879c929079251b6eb61b49c4d2301f6]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Sir Alan Beith, Liberal Democrat MP for Berwick upon Tweed, had a meeting yesterday with the Minister for Transport, Theresa Villiers, to discuss the new East Coast train timetable which will begin in 2011.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/plans-for-more-trains-still-on-track-beith/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Liberal Democrats support strategic economic partnership for the North East' --  Alan Beith (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/liberal-democrats-support-strategic-economic-partnership-for-the-north-east/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/liberal-democrats-support-strategic-economic-partnership-for-the-north-east/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.alanbeith.org.uk://10f037da518793ccf9d9a7459b0f453f]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Senior Liberal Democrats in the region have spoken out in support of the proposed North East Economic Partnership.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/08/liberal-democrats-support-strategic-economic-partnership-for-the-north-east/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Small Businesses Debate' --  Anne Marie Morris (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/small-businesses-debate/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/small-businesses-debate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newton Abbot]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[200 at http://www.annemariemorris.co.uk]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[During a Parliamentary debate on the financing of small businesses, Anne Marie Morris highlights the difficulties faced by people wishing to start up a business.
read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/small-businesses-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.annemariemorris.co.uk/image/view/199/preview" length="15299" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'Superannuation Bill' --  Harriett Baldwin (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/superannuation-bill/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/superannuation-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Worcestershire]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[1769 at http://www.harriettbaldwin.com]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[During a debate on the Bill which will cap civil service redundancy pay at one year's salary or 15 months for voluntary redundancies, Harriett Baldwin expresses her preference for a negotiated settlement if possible. However, she supports the view that the current Civil Service Compensation Scheme - where some long serving civil servants are entitled to up to six years salary - is inappropriate when the average private sector redundancy&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/superannuation-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.harriettbaldwin.com/image/view/1725/preview" length="8953" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'Health Questions: Cancer Drugs Fund' --  Anne Marie Morris (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/health-questions-cancer-drugs-fund/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/health-questions-cancer-drugs-fund/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newton Abbot]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[198 at http://www.annemariemorris.co.uk]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Anne Marie Morris calls on the Secretary of State for Health to give his backing to the bowel cancer drug Avastin.
read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/health-questions-cancer-drugs-fund/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.annemariemorris.co.uk/image/view/154/preview" length="10417" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'Audit Commission' --  Margot James (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/audit-commission/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/audit-commission/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stourbridge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[583 at http://www.margotjames.com]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Following the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government's statement on the future of the Audit Commission, Margot James asks him what is being done to end the practice of Government agencies using public money to lobby other public bodies. &#160;read&#160;more&#160;&#187;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/audit-commission/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.margotjames.com/image/view/536/preview" length="53713" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'Harlow Magistrates Court' --  Robert Halfon (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/harlow-magistrates-court/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/harlow-magistrates-court/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478095745331212154.post-4780247316043650375]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[As has been reported in the Harlow Star, Harlow Magistrates Court and the County Court are under threat from closure, following the Justice Department's review of the courts around the country.  I oppose these closures and believe that Harlow needs a County Court and Magistrates Court. I also believe the move would impinge on local policing.  For this reason, today, I have sent a submission to the Justice Ministry.The MoJ's&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/harlow-magistrates-court/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Super furry animals' --  Kerry McCarthy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/super-furry-animals-2/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/super-furry-animals-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:38:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bristol East]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Women MPs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://kerrymccarthy.wordpress.com/?p=2332]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Quick plug for this march in London on Saturday October 2nd http://www.farmedanimals.org.uk/ 
Doubt if I can make it. I won&#8217;t get back from Manchester/ Labour conference till Friday, and I&#8217;m speaking at a gig/ rally against the cuts in Bristol on the Saturday night (although it&#8217;s a friend&#8217;s birthday and he wants me to join him for a curry in Luton but I&#8217;m trying to make him change it to Sunday&#8230;&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/super-furry-animals-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/df5c9f649aff08bf5cdd57b9fb29f2ce?s=96&amp;amp;d=monsterid&amp;amp;r=G" length="" type="" /> </item> <item><title>'Wasn&#8217;t born to follow.' --  Paul Flynn (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/wasnt-born-to-follow/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/wasnt-born-to-follow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:33:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newport West]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8346d963f69e2013487135930970c]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Hugh Richard's funeral service was in&#160; Hereford Crematorium today.&#160; The tributes were touching and inspiring. It was wonderful to see again friends from the Nuclear Free Wales campaign of 1980-81. So many are still engaged in the environmental movement. Some have massively contributed to the widening understanding of the perilous condition of our planet.
Hugh and his devoted wife Mag have designed and built a splendid eco-perfect home in the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/wasnt-born-to-follow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Cocaine found in machinery' --  Home Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/cocaine-found-in-machinery/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/cocaine-found-in-machinery/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:12:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogminster.com://85d2cc0a112db13796b2aa095f3576fc]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[UK Border Agency officers find drugs with a street value of £8.25m hidden inside industrial digger machinery.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/cocaine-found-in-machinery/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'My response to Danny Alexander&#8217;s letter' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/my-response-to-danny-alexanders-letter/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/my-response-to-danny-alexanders-letter/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:54:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.davidmiliband.net/?p=2688]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[By David Miliband
The Tory-Lib Dem Government’s claim to have delivered a ‘progressive budget’ was harpooned by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies last month. It is pathetic that the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, rather than working on policies to correct this unfairness, has nothing better to do than write a letter asking for Labour’s cuts.
The truth is the Tory-Lib Dem Government is playing fast and&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/my-response-to-danny-alexanders-letter/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'A listening campaign' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/a-listening-campaign/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/a-listening-campaign/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.davidmiliband.net/?p=2686]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[When I launched my campaign in May I said that I would run a listening campaign. Robin Cook said Labour went from dissent to discipline in the 1980s and 1990s but missed out dialogue and debate. I said that I wanted to change this in my campaign.
In the last four months, I have sought to engage as many members of the public and party as possible and my team&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/a-listening-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MP sets out concerns to Defence Secretary' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mp-sets-out-concerns-to-defence-secretary/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mp-sets-out-concerns-to-defence-secretary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:21:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[17280 at http://www.snp.org]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[SNP Westminster leader and Defence spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has met with the Defence Secretary Liam Fox to raise concerns over potential defence cuts in Scotland as part of the ongoing Strategic Defence and Security Review.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mp-sets-out-concerns-to-defence-secretary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Mitchell thanks public for Pakistan flood support' --  Party News (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mitchell-thanks-public-for-pakistan-flood-support/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mitchell-thanks-public-for-pakistan-flood-support/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.conservatives.com://cb4218d93bff82963671d85f3d32fcdc]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Over £47 million has now been raised by the British public to help the victims.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/mitchell-thanks-public-for-pakistan-flood-support/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Rosh Hashanah greetings' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/rosh-hashanah-greetings-2/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/rosh-hashanah-greetings-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.davidmiliband.net/?p=2683]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[By David Miliband
At the time of Rosh Hashanah I wish the Jewish community in Britain, in Israel and around the world a happy, healthy and sweet new year of peace and prosperity.
Rosh Hashanah is an opportunity to look forward to the coming year, and also a period of reflection and soul searching.
The Jewish New Year is a good time for us all to focus on the peace&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/rosh-hashanah-greetings-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'AV vote restores faith in everything' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/av-vote-restores-faith-in-everything/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/av-vote-restores-faith-in-everything/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harwich and Clacton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1567]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Holding a referendum on changing the voting system is set to restore public faith in everything, official data shows.&#160; News comes the day after the House of Commons voted to allow a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system for Parliamentary elections.
&#8220;Until folk knew that they&#8217;d be able to vote on electoral reform next May, they sometimes doubted the integrity and judgement of politicians.&#160; But all those decades of&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/av-vote-restores-faith-in-everything/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Behind all this phone-hacking scandal lurks the corrupting presence of Murdoch' --  Michael Meacher (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/behind-all-this-phone-hacking-scandal-lurks-the-corrupting-presence-of-murdoch/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/behind-all-this-phone-hacking-scandal-lurks-the-corrupting-presence-of-murdoch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:32:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oldham West and Royton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/?p=1326]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Whenever such a cat&#8217;s skein of evasion, misleadingness, distortions and downright lies unravels, there is always a serious and dangerous abuse of power at the root of it.   And that applies here, big time, for all the participants &#8211; the police, the Home Office and Home Secretary, the News of the World, Coulson himself, and at the back of it all&#8230;..still unquestioned, Murdoch.   Consider the evidence in each&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/behind-all-this-phone-hacking-scandal-lurks-the-corrupting-presence-of-murdoch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Floods in Pakistan' --  DFID</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/floods-in-pakistan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/floods-in-pakistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:www.dfid.gov.uk://11d8363e368aa121de307e43b8f8dff5]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Latest update on how DFID is helping those affected by the monsoon floods. Donate money to the DEC appeal.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/floods-in-pakistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Trying to give my two pennies worth' --  Andy Love (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/trying-to-give-my-two-pennies-worth/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/trying-to-give-my-two-pennies-worth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089085922121872753.post-8873507223790122079]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[So, yesterday Parliament returned after the summer recess and we were straight in the chamber to discuss and vote on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill. This is a hugely hot topic, as you can read in my article in the Enfield Advertiser tomorrow, so lots of MPs wanted to have a say on it. Like many others, I bobbed up and down trying to get to ask questions&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/trying-to-give-my-two-pennies-worth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Evidence for immigration policy change set out' --  Home Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/evidence-for-immigration-policy-change-set-out/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/evidence-for-immigration-policy-change-set-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:49:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Departments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[tag:blogminster.com://88301f839fd31b26c0603aa719ea0fd0]]></guid> <description><![CDATA[Damian Green says the coalition government will make sure that Britain maximises from the benefits of immigration.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/09/07/evidence-for-immigration-policy-change-set-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item><link rel="hub"  href="http://blogminster.superfeedr.com/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" /><link rel="self" href="http://blogminster.com/feed/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" /></channel> </rss>