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One Minute Guide to London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Wednesday, 25 October 2006
Where is it?London 2012 Interactive Map
When is it? Olympic Games 25th August – 9th September 2012 Paralympic Games 27th July – 12th August 2012
How do I keep up-to-date? Official website: london 2012 Unofficial website: Inside the Games British Olympic Association: BOA websire International Olympic Committee: IOC website
Who’s who a) London Organising Committ…
Meg pledges to take ten steps to stop climate change
Friday, 13 October 2006
We need to reduce carbon emissions by delivering the Kyoto agreement, encouraging low carbon energy, investing in renewable energy and leading international efforts to reduce carbon use.
But the environment is an issue for all of us, not just politicians. After all, if each of us used just a little…
Meg backs campaign for BME bone marrow donors
Friday, 22 September 2006
Leukaemia patients from black and minority ethnic communities are being severely disadvantaged due to a scarcity of donors. Currently there are around 285,000 registered potential bone marrow donors in the UK. Only around 550 are black or mixed race.
Due to the fact that bone marrow contains racially specific characteristics,…
Meg speaks at Co-op party conference
Saturday, 9 September 2006
Meg Hillier today spoke about party unity at the Co-op party conference in Sheffield.
“When I stood for election it was as a Labour MP. I did not stand as an Independent and would not have been elected as an Independent. On Friday night I attended a stellar event organised…