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Events attended include:

10/10 – World Mental Health day, Hackney Community College 19/10 – Democracy Week Q&A, Hackney Town Hall 20/10 – Hackney Bangladeshi Cultural Association Mela, Frampton Park 25/10 – Hackney South UNISON reception, parliament 29/10 – Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, reading scheme 29/10 – Cardinal Pole school: visit to Parliament and discussion 29/10 – Hackney…

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October 2007

1. Parliamentary Business

The Queen’s Speech The Queen’s speech on 6 November unveiled the new bills that will be presented to…

Wednesday 31 October saw the official launch of the Bridge Academy with London schools minister Lord Adonis.

The Academy, which is sponsored by City bank UBS, opened its doors to pupils at its temporary building this September, which I visited. Both pupils and teachers are keen to get started in…

MPs’ offices are entitled to money to pay for staff and office running costs. These are rather confusingly called expenses but they do not go into the pocket of MPs and can only be spent on actual costs. Some expenses are taxable.

Below is a detailed breakdown of my parliamentary…

I joined the Mayor of Hackney, Jules Pipe and Hackney’s borough police commander Steve Dann on Friday 19 October for a democracy week question and answer session at the Town Hall.

I was quizzed by pupils from Hackney Free and Parochial, Stoke Newington, Skinners Girls, Clapton Girls and Our Lady’s…