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Monday 1 June
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Attended a reception organised by Skillsmart
Retail on the theme of ‘Upskilling
for Recovery”
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Attended the Parliamentary launch of the
Friends of Off the
Streets and into Work
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Attended the launch of the All Party Group for
Paediatric Mobility
Vote on the Local Democracy, Economic
Development and Construction Bill
Tuesday 2 June
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Spoke at an Industry and Parliament Trust
seminar for civil servants from the Health and Safety Executive on
the role of Select Committees
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Meeting with representatives of the Royal Bank
of Scotland
Vote on the Borders, Citizenship and
Immigration Bill
Wednesday 3 June
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Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions
Select Committee taking evidence as part of our enquiry into
Tackling Pensioner Poverty
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Meeting with a journalist from the BBC’s
Politics Show
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Meeting with a representative of
Tescos
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Attended a reception organised by Lifetracks, a
consortium of voluntary organisations dedicated to supporting young
people
Monday 8 June
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Visited the Cardinal Hume Centre
near the House of Commons to see their innovative approaches to
helping young disadvantaged people get on in life
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Attended a drop-in session run by the
Princess Royal
Trust for Carers and Crossroads
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Meeting with a representative of Yorkshire
Bank to discuss their lending practices in Bradford in the
recession
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Attended the Federation of Small Businesses
summer reception
Vote on Health Bill
Tuesday 9 June
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Visit to the Stratford Olympic Site with
members of the Work and Pensions Select Committee in the context of
our work on Health and Safety
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Attended an
Aim Higher event at the QEII Conference
Centre
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Attended an event organised by the National
Deaf Childrens Society promoting their ‘Sounds
Good’ scheme
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Meeting with the managing director of Social
Homes
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Attended a briefing organised by UNITE on
current issues in the financial sector
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Attended the Health and Safety Executive
parliamentary reception
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Attended the SIGOMA (Special Interest
Group of Metropolitan Authorities) event, “Breaking the Cycle:
Ending Child Poverty)
Vote on Opposition motions on Knife Crime and
Government Housing Policy
Wednesday 10 June
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Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions
Select Committee – a one-off evidence session with the Chair of the
Health & Safety Executive
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Attended the Age Concern/Help the Aged lobby
of parliament
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Attended the Carers’ parliamentary
reception
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Met a representative of the Financial Services Authority to
discuss issues
surrounding debt management, financial advice,
etc.
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Attended the Citizens Advice Bureaux
annual parliamentary reception
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Attended a dinner hosted by Remploy and EDS
Vote on opposition motion (SNP & Plaid
Cymru) relating to the dissolution of parliament
Thursday 11 June
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Attended the Anne Frank Awards
event and presented an award to the Bradford Anne Frank Ambassadors
and the Rotherham Anti-Fascist Group
Monday 15 June
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Attended a reception organised by the
Association of Colleges ‘It can be you – celebrating
colleges’
Votes on opposition motions on ‘The impact of
the recession on rural communities’ and ‘The impact of business
rates’
Tuesday 16 June
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Visited the offices of the Pension Protection
Fund in Croydon and met members of staff from various
departments
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Attended the opening ceremony of the HSE’s exhibition in the
House of Commons
Wednesday 17 June
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Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions
Select Committee where we heard evidence from a number of ministers
on the subject of Child Poverty
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Meeting with the Chief Executive of Grandparents
Plus
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Attended an event organised jointly by
Progress and Justice for Columbia
Vote on the Business Rate Supplements
Bill
Monday 22 June
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Attended a reception organised by
Every Disabled Child Matters on ‘Disabled Children and
Health’
Voted in the election for a new Speaker of the
House of Commons
Tuesday 23 June
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Chaired a roundtable discussion organised by
Off the Streets and
into Work
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Met a delegation of Macedonian
parliamentarians with members of the Work and Pensions Select
Committee
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Attended a conference on ’30 Years of
Scrutiny’ looking at the work of Departmental Select
Committees
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Attended a briefing organised by the
Department for Work and Pensions on improving disability employment
and adviser services
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Attended a meeting of the All Party
Parliamentary Group on Mental Health to discuss the Equality
Bill
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Attended the inaugural meeting of the All
Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility
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Attended the regular meeting of the Yorkshire
Group of Labour MPs
Vote on the Marine and Coastal Access
Bill
Wednesday 24 June
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Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions
Select Committeewhere we heard evidence from ministers as part of
our enquiry into Fuel Poverty
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Meeting with representatives of the Charity
Commission Social Cohesion Unit to talk about their outreach
work with Mosques
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Attended a reception ‘Our Aging
Society’
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Attended a reception organised by Mencap
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Attended a dinner hosted by the Institution of Occupational
Safety and Health at which Dame Carol Black was the main
speaker
Vote on an opposition motion on the Iraq
Inquiry
Thursday 25 June
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Met representatives of the Big Lottery Fund to
talk about grants given to organisations in my
constituency
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Attended a lunch organised by the All Party
Group on Occupational Pensions with members of the Pension
Protection Fund
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Meeting with the Yvette Cooper, the newly
appointed Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions
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Attended a reception at No.10 Downing Street
to celebrate Veterans Day, accompanied by Tony Niland, an
ex-paratrooper from Bradford.
Monday 29 June
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Attended the Which annual parliamentary
reception
Vote on the Parliamentary Standards
Bill
Tuesday 30 June
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Attended a reception organised by the
Department for Work and Pensions on ‘Housing Associations and
Worklessness’
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Attended a meeting with the daughter of Che
Guevara who was visiting the UK parliament
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Attended a meeting of the All Party Group on
Muscular Dystrophy
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Attended the launch of the Friends of
Columbia
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Attended a dinner organised by the Association of British
Insurers looking at issues surrounding long-term
care.
Vote on the Parliamentary Standards
Bill
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June 2009 Westminster Diary
