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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 5th June 2008
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| It's been a busy week already in Westminster but my mainconcerns are with events in Lewisham.As you may have read in the 'Out and About' section, Iwas at the Town Hall last week to encourage local peopleto claim all the benefits they are entitled to and to secure someadvice on saving energy and money in the home. ... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 7th April 2008
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 The NHS turns 60 this year and it remains one of our most cherished public services. A lot has changed in 60 years, but the NHS remains as vital today as it was in 1948. Like many of you, I'm proud of our hospital and I'll do my very best to save services. By now, most of you will have heard about the clinician-led pr... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 8th February
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| Reading has always been one of my private pleasures and I've always felt it important to encourage excitement about reading in young people. Last week, I was lucky enough to visit Sandhurst School and congratulate them on their success in the Summer Reading Challenge. I donated a few books to their excellent library as well... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 18th January
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| After the excitement of Christmas and the New Year, January can be a hard month for some. For me, it's been great to come back refreshed and get back to work. Our Christmas card competition has gone from strength to strength and I'm sure we'll soon have every primary school in Lewisham East taking part. My New Year message ... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 26th November 2007
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 If there was a theme running through my activities this week then I would say that it was a concern for the most vulnerable people in our community. On Saturday I attended an Amnesty exhibition at Lewisham library. One of the particular topics I talked to attendees about was the awful practice of people traffi... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 9th November 2007
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| This week the Kaleidoscope Centre for Children & Young people enjoyed an official opening with Michael Richardson - the Chief Executive of the PCT - and Sir Steve Bullock both present. The formal opening marked Kaleidoscope’s first anniversary of providing services for Lewisham children and young people. The centr... |
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Welcome to my regular column for constituents: 17th October 2007
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 With Parliament returned, my work on the Legal Services Bill has become very intense and it makes returning to Lewisham all the more welcome after the end of a long day. Last week I attended a special Question Time event held by Lewisham Mencap, which I found extremely interesting and informative. I think the eve... |
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Welcome to my regular column for constituents: September 26th 2007
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| I'm currently away in Bournemouth at the Labour Party conference and will be back in Lewisham tomorrow morning. All the talk here is of the fine job Gordon Brown is doing as our new Prime Minister and, in particular, the speech he made introducing himself to the nation. Putting health and education centre-stage, he promised... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 5th September 2007
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| This week has been an exciting and eventful one in Lewisham. I and dozens of volunteers have been working hard to elect Skip Amrani to Lewisham Council in the Whitefoot by-election. Skip is the local candidate - the only candidate of the major parties to actually live in the ward - and his local knowledge would be a huge ad... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 9th August 2007
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| The past few days have certainly been eventful for those keen on good service and value for money in local government. Both The Mercury and The Newsshopper have run large stories focussing on the announcement of a by-election in Whitefoot. The background is that an ex-Liberal Democrat Councillor, after facing ser... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 16th July 2007
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| It’s been a very busy and exciting time over the last few weeks, and at times like this I’m reminded why this new website is such a useful and easy way to communicate with you all. On 28th June I received a call from our new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, asking if I would be happy to continue my work at the Minis... |
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A special letter to my constituents: 27th June 2007
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 Today I'm writing a special letter to my constituents to mark the final day in office of our Prime Minister, Tony Blair. &n... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: June 15th 2007
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| As a Member of Parliament I can think of nothing that continues to give me more satisfactiion than visiting the schools in my constituency, meeting the staff and talking to the children. I was a teacher before entering politics - something which always startles the schoolchildren that I meet - and I cannot stress t... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 4th June 2007
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| It’s not very often that you can honestly say that you’ve been in the presence of a living legend but, as many of you will know, Archbishop Desmond Tutu returned to Lewisham last week to open the amazing new Riverside Wing at Lewisham Hospital. His example of peaceful protest and quiet dignity will be remembered always, ... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: 18 May 2007
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 This week has been a momentous one for a number of reasons. First, Tony Blair came together with Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness to oversee a historic display of unity at Stormont. Not only did this mark a symbolic end to the Troubles that have stained British and Irish public life, it also demonstrates the value ... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: April 27th 2007
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| Few could disagree that public transport has improved immeasurably under Labour. Now, alongside the Freedom Pass, Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that under-11s will be able to travel free all day, every day on the tube and DLR when accompanied by an adult. It’s great news for all families, especially t... |
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Welcome to my regular column for my constituents: April 13th 2007
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| I hope everyone had a pleasant Easter and made the most of some of the good weather we’ve been enjoying. I’ve been making some changes to my website and I’ve removed some of my old poll questions. I can tell you that most people would prefer my advice surgeries to work on an appointment system (55%) and that you... |
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March 30th 2007
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 Welcome to my regular column for my constituents. It's easy to take for granted everything that Lewisham has to offer and miss what is right under our noses. This week I was lucky enough to visit the Blackheath Conservatoire and meet their director. The Conservatoire is an attractive cultural centre with a fu... |
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March 2nd 2007
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| This is my regular column for my constituents. Since my last Letter From Lewisham I’m delighted to say that the website has really taken off. We’ve had very positive feedback and a marked rise in the readership. I’d like to thank everyone who is passing through, but most of all I’d like you to keep telling me how I c... |
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February 2007
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| A decade ago Bill Clinton remarked that when he first took office only high energy physicists new about what we then called The World Wide Web. It was only a few years later when he noted that even his cat now had its own webpage. My cats still haven’t reached those heights (although you may see them popping up... |
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