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Douglas Alexander's letter on DfID Support to Pakistan
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22/07/08 - Prime Minister’s House of Commons statement on Iraq
Check Against Delivery Mr Speaker, with permission and following my visit last weekend to Baghdad and Basra I would like to update the House on the latest developments...

17/07/08 - Andy Burnham’s Written Ministerial Statement on Free Swimming
Following the announcement the Secretary of State for Health and I made on 6 June 2008, I am today setting out further details of the Government’s free swimming scheme in partnership with local...

10/07/08 - Prime Minister’s House of Commons statement on the G8 Summit
Check Against Delivery With your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the G8 Summit, which took place under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Fukuda, between 7 and...

04/07/08 - Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, article for Tribune on National Challenge
Labour’s progressive mission is, and has always been, to end cycles of disadvantage so that poverty does not pass from one generation to the next. Instead of preserving opportunity and excellence for...

03/07/08 - Ed Balls’ Guardian Education article: Strengthening children’s trusts and supporting the 21st century school
Every headteacher I meet wants the very best for the pupils at their school, but they all tell me they can't do it alone. They know parents are the most important influence...

07/07/08 - Speech by Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the University of South Africa: “Freedom and Responsibility: New Challenges in Africa”
Check Against Delivery This is my first visit to South Africa as Foreign Secretary and I’m delighted to be here at the University of South Africa. The purpose of my visit...

03/07/08 - Hazel Blears speech to the Local GovernmentAssociationConference: Local Democracy in the Twenty-first Century
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30/06/08 - Speech by Kitty Ussher, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, at the launch of APPG on Credit Unions
Check against delivery Thank you, Kerry for that introduction, and for the invitation to be here. And it really is an absolute pleasure to be at the launch of this new All Party Parliamentary...

02/07/08 - Speech by Foreign Secretary David Miliband to Progress
Check Against Delivery A fortnight ago, travelling back from a meeting with fellow European Ministers, I have to admit I felt uneasy. The Irish referendum had shaken the confidence of European...

26/06/08 - Harriet Harman’s House of Commons statement on the Equality Bill
With permission, Mr Speaker I’d like to set out to the House today how the government proposes to make further progress towards the fair and equal society which we want to see. I...

26/06/08 - Jack Straw’s House of Commons statement on the anonymity of witnesses
With permission Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement following the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords, issued Wednesday last, in the case of Davis As the...

26/06/08 - Prime Minister’s speech at the Low Carbon Economy Summit
Ladies and gentlemen can I start by thanking Sir Tom McKillop and the Royal Bank of Scotland for co-hosting this event and congratulate him for the excellent work which RBS is doing to...

23/06/08 - Prime Minister's speech on social mobility to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust,
I am delighted to join you at this event, and to address you today, because I believe the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust is a real success story - and the most dynamic...

23/06/08 - Foreign Secretary, David Miliband’s, House of Commons statement on Zimbabwe
Mr Speaker, with your permission I will make a statement on the situation in Zimbabwe. I am sure this whole House will unite in its condemnation of the depravity of the Mugabe...

23/06/08 - Prime Minister’s House of Commons statement on the European Council
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18/06/08 - Alan Johnson's Speech to the NHS Confederation Annual Conference
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health, speech to the NHS Confederation Annual Conference, in Manchester 18 June 2008 Check Against Delivery I’m delighted to be able to address NHS Confederation’s Annual...

19/06/08 - Ed Balls’ speech to the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) Annual Conference
Check against delivery It’s a real privilege to be here today in Birmingham and to have the chance to speak to so many education leaders – with many more I know watching over...

18/06/08 - Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, to Mansion House
Check Against Delivery My Lord Mayor, Mr Governor, my Lords, Ministers, Aldermen, Mr Recorder, Sheriffs, ladies and gentlemen. It is a privilege to be asked to address you this evening. It must also be...

08/06/08 - Ed Miliband’s speech to Compass Annual Conference - Idealism of the mainstream
Check Against Delivery I’d like to thank Compass, and Gavin Hayes and Neal Lawson, for all the work they do. Let me start by saying some people will have come to the Compass conference...

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