Modernisers of the Party

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares Information: The Conservative Party's biggest mistake was to be hoodwinked into allowing a so called modernisation. From that time on it lost its backbone and became just another social democratic liberal shambles.


Parliamentary Yearbook Shares Information: As somebody who has voted Tory more than any other party down the years; it should come as a shock that when the next local let alone nation elections occur I will be voting Ukip. That is something I would never have considered doing before. To me that party is now the mainstream if polarized alternative to the Marxist dispensation ahead of us. The Tories have become an irrelevance. 




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Honours System

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares Information: There is a process for considering who "merits" an award.  Should there not be an official "devil's advocate" to scrutinize all those recommended for an award, especially when it comes to Knighthoods and peerages?

Another point, why does the "ultimate" award (a peerage) automatically lead the recipient into the legislature?  Should peerages not be in two classes, one involving elevation to the Lords and one simply being an award for services?

My own preference of course is to dump the whole shitty system, including gallantry awards.





Parliamentary Yearbook Shares Information: The honours system needs to be greatly reformed. The sheer number of honours doled out needs to reduced by about 90% and the decision as to who gets them needs to be removed from the hands of the most corrupt group of people in the country - politicians.

Oh and the right of recipients of certain honours to a life long seat in parliament certainly needs to be reformed.



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Health and Safety

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: Daft regulations are not the exclusive property of H&S or its followers. I would mention the electrical regulations which effectively make it illegal even for those with a lifetime of engineering to wire up their own house (unless of course they spend a few grand to get a bit of paper that says they can, or pay some lesser qualified jobsworth to sign off the work).


Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: Health and Safety Executive doesn't take a look at public travel conditions and overcrowding on the underground and commuter lines into London. They'd have a field day if they were really serious about H and S.


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Backbenchers

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: One of the main reasons Dave did not command a majority was smart politics from Brown. Brown, through the tax credits system and the bloated public sector, created a large chunk of society reliant on the state for all or part of their income. Once it was clear this was threatened they were never going to vote Tory.




Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: The key question is this: who is more in tune with the views of the majority of the people, Cameron or his backbenchers? I would unequivocally say that it is the backbenchers, so how can they, rather than Cameron, be the problem?

Cameron deserves everything he gets and the Tory Party will deserve its election defeat if it does not get rid of him before the next election.



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Popularity Increased

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: From Europe to immigration from  grammar schools to NHS to mention only four of UKIP's policies they represent the views of a large part of the British people many of whom once voted conservative. Though unlikely to form a major force in parliament after the next election they will likely inflict enough damage to ensure the Tories lose, leaving the country back in the hands of labour who caused a large part of our present problems last time  they were in power.For Cameron to stand any chance of winning he would be well advised to leave the ivory tower of Downing street and follow the UKIP line.


Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: I'm wondering if old Vincie boy will see sense and wonder why the electorate are turning away from his mamby pamby policies and getting their teeth into real issues:- lets get this country back on it's feet and put the GREAT back into Great Britain.




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Opinion on Pension Plan

Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: What is so " fiendishly complicated" about an earnings related pension. I paid in to SERPS for many years. The government knew how much I had paid in and now gives me an increased pension.

It sounds as though people who have not yet retired will lose what they have already paid in. An insurance company cannot do that, why should the government. It's downright theft.

Oh I forgot - it's all in the cause of "simplification"



Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: A worse injustice is being perpetrated on lower paid workers who have a  small pension pot and are due to retire before the changes take place. As the new pension will not be means tested, these savers will see people who have only 30 years contributions but not put one penny aside into a pension all their lives receive £140 . However, if their small pot only gives them an annuity of in the region  of £1,000 a year they will have paid in longer and saved to get less than someone retiring later. A huge injustice, far worse than hitting the rich.



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Parliamentary Yearbook Shares: I was delighted to receive this excellent publication which was well researched and a pleasure to read. It is particularly useful to have as a research tool as it offers a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date review of British industry and politics. LM (dip service)


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DNA Database

Parliamentary Information Diary: A fundamental question that isn't addressed is 'who owns your DNA ?'.

Forgive my cynicism but after the struggle I had to get the NHS to treat my cancer, any proposal that they might want my DNA to actively seek to treat my cancer, quite hilarious.

What safeguards would there be as to where my DNA fragments might go, and what would  I be told about how cloned fragments are used ?

You only have to see how DNA fragments are currently being used to realise that your DNA is a valuable resource, but one that could be put to some very strange uses.

Of course, if anything untoward happens, who does it trace back to ?

"I'm a genetic scientist - trust me", doesn't carry much weight any more.

Parliamentary Information Diary: A DNA database without details of illness and treatment is valueless. It cannot therefore be anonymised and, indeed, no scientist could resist mapping health progression against DNA.
It's the difference between science and recording car numbers (a common past time of children from my youth performed for no logical reason).The concept is faulty or more likely deceitful in essence. Your DNA alone tells scientists nothing and it is only by knowing other information that conclusions and assumptions can be drawn.It's pathetic to make a proposal that must, by deduction, be a lie.They should map the DNA of the person who made this statement in an attempt to discover the source of human idiocy. This could be of value.

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Parliamentary Yearbook Online: Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is one of 6 services that have been selected for inclusion within this year’s Parliamentary Yearbook that will include a feature on ‘Excellence in Fire and Rescue’. The

other services are Kent, Merseyside, London, West Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. This will help to enhance our growing reputation.

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Discussion Towards Employment Protections

Parliamentary Information Diary: some people have feelings,morals,sympathy and understanding of the ordinary guy on the street.Not every rich employer wants to shaft the hard working people,because guess what ?Most worked their way up.Not like your ilk who never did a days work in their life,nor tried to run our once glorious country with just a history degree, bought by daddy, to their name! Your a disgrace of a government,polls say your the worse ever chancellor and dodgy Dave the worst PM.How could a bunch of  ex Eton schoolboys run the country,run it into the ground more like!


Parliamentary Information Diary: So a proposal for a new entry on your CV to be 'Willing to work with no employment protection.' was rejected by HR employees? What a surprise.




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Discussion on General Election

Parliamentary Information Diary: when all that's necessary is the simple truth, maybe something in the
  political creed, never tell the truth when a lie will suffice.
  If Cameron had played a straight bat to kick off with by now he
  would have been halfway through a rocky but meaningful leadership and
  heading for another full term, he just could not keep under wraps
  his pro E.U feelings any longer, self inflicted wound, dishonorable
  discharge required.

Parliamentary Information Diary: Complete waste of time and money: these are precisely the policies most likely to alienate Tory voters. To get the northern C1s, the Tories need Thatcheresque policies; that is what got them that vote in the firs instance.


Osborne is the unacceptable face of the party, and putting him in charge of an election campaign is a recipe for disaster.

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Discussion About Coalition Plan

Parliamentary Diary: So, the energy industry gets a bit of a kicking for its pricing policy, and shortly after, the industry defends itself by claiming government policy will make matters worse.

Cue the predictable frothing at the mouth over "green agenda", "socialism" etc, etc. -but has anyone attempted to validate the claims made by the consultants who are of course paid for by the energy industry.

Get real people - this has got everything to do with businesses attempting to protect their profits.


Parliamentary Diary: 'More efficient boilers' are not to save the householder money. They are to Save The Planet!
My thirty year old boiler with an efficiency of 78%, works perfectly. I have been offered a new boiler with an estimated life of about ten years and an efficiency of 95%. Because the boiler has to be relocated, the estimated cost is £4000. My gas bill is £1500 per year so my saving will be   £225 per year. It will therefore take  over 17 years to pay off the cost of the replacement before I save one penny. By that time it will probably be worn out anyway.
People are being conned.



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News Updates Discussion

Parliamentary Diary: Look at the incompetent Pickles' changes to the Planning Regs !

He "threw away" (supposedly) 900 pages, but has secretly added back about 100, plus there have been massive quantities of web and e-mail text going around trying to clarify the issues, with legal challenges pending !

I am sure that at the end of the day the regs will be smaller, BUT the process has been a disaster and wasted huge amounts of time and effort, with many ( ? most ? ) planning consultants and planning lawyers predicting many more appeals and judicial reviews.

So Pickles has messed up, and what was predicted has come to pass AND YET Cameron and co wants to continue the farce !

IF one wants to reduce red tape then you have to go back to basics and re-write from the bottom up  -  this government is too incompetent to order that done.

Parliamentary Diary: Strong on words but light on action just about sums this coalition up and Milibands lots no better either.

Pickles is power light, Mays hands are bound by europe and Osbornes in thrall to the city and to top it all Camerons got his weather eye on EU Statesmanship further down the line by selling the UK  down the EU river at the first opportunity.

Most of those in westminster can only efficiently (illegally) fill out their own expences forms to fleece the public still further, so basically its bugger the public at every end and turn and they wonder why were not interested in their PCC policys, green agenda's and whatever other fleece the public scams they've got planned for us dreamed up by news international no doubt and communicated at the bilderberg secret meetings.

A plague on all their houses.

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Information on to Help Retailers

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All six measures are good recommendations, but not for retailers who are only going to sell, for the most part, imported goods with huge mark-ups

We probably have far too many retailers, so continuing the sort out is probably a good idea.

Those measures need to be implemented for exporters, only.






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Saluate to Our Warrior

parliamentary information office: British forces have no right to be in several places where they currently are. We kid ourselves if we think that British and US forces are a welcome presence. If the British remove themselves then the Armed forces can be dramatically reduced in size. Britain's place in the world is shrinking quickly and its citizens need to realise this.



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It is a VERY dangerous World.

Putin is rearming the Red Army. Putin is emotionally and mentally unstable.

Iran will have a nuclear capability soon and there is NO person of worth in the Western world to stand against the insanity of the mullahs.

Militant Islam is deeply rooted in European society and its hostile intentions are extremely dangerous. A West versus Islam war is already in progress.

A weak and leaderless USA, a socialist and vapid EU and a massively powerful China who has the EU in its pocket.

It is that awful mix of weakness and terrible strength which is the precursor of major conflict.

Cameron the UK needs a strong Defence capability. Yes your French chums have told you to "leave it to them." Yes they want to dominate EU Defence.

You - Cameron are just the idiot seeking a village that they need.




parliamentary information office: The state of our armed forces is fast becoming a national disgrace.  Our myopic, self seeking and incapable politicians fail to see the potential rising threat from the far east.  As we mortgage our future and lower our defences the Chinese are building a massive and increasingly technically capable maritime force.  When American or French aircraft carries ply the waters near our shores we take no notice, they are welcome, our friends.  Will we feel the same in a decade or so when Chinese battle groups are doing the same?  I think not.  By then it will be too late.  Military hardware and the research required to keep us ahead of the curve is not made in a year or two.  The Uk and Europe must be fully aware of the potential threat of a militaristic China, possibly working with Russia and prepare accordingly.  As much as I do not like the EU the pragmatist in me begins to think a common European military may be the only option.




parliamentary information office: We live in a world of diminishing resources and in which the population is rising out of control.

Very soon those without are going to come and try to take it from those who have it. Not because they are warmongers but because they have no alternatives.

As an island nation we need a strong navy and a lot of ships. As it stands we can't even patrol our own waters.

Most people who have not experienced one of the world wars believe that another is impossible. In real terms this is far from the truth. Since 1945 there has not been a world war but virtually every country has been involved with a war against another country. To believe that it is possible to exist with a feeble military is ignorance and sooner rather than later a country with a massive military will decide that life would be much better if it had a lot more land and resources.

For instance, what would we do if China went on the rampage. It already has a navy almost the size of the Americans? Start calling up the reserves I suppose and close all Chinese restaurants.

And as we started to call up our young for military service we would see those originating from foreign lands disappearing back to them in all haste.

Of all the luxuries we have ever had, a strong military has been one of them. Our presence in so many foreign countries ensured plenty of business for our industries and political power.

Today, the only way Cameron can get attention is by giving our money away and even then he never receives a thank you for it.

At the beginning of WWll we were not ready for it and desperately had to start training troops and airman, the latter of which went off to fight experienced German pilots often with less that 15 hours of flying experience. This is one of the reason our losses were so great.

Cuts in the military may be a good thing one day but certainly not in the times we live in.

But who can possibly argue with someone educated at Eton!


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Cameron and Merkel hold 'warm and friendly' EU budget talks

Cameron and Merkel hold 'warm and friendly' EU budget talks

David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel controversial EU budget "open, warm and friendly" talks about is held, Downing Street says.

The said number 10 hours-both teams at the end of the meeting were the same in the end of the long spectrum ".

Mr Cameron said that the EU budget should be frozen or cut, but Mrs Merkel said that will increase.

Officials said that discussions would continue on this point.

Two leaders of a lack of further talks, Mrs. Merkel said that Britain wanted to stay in the European Union.

He was the leader of UKIP Brussels and Britain an "amicable divorce" a call to Nigel Farage responded.

Germany that Britain's argument that the European Union is in need of sympathy to cut costs, but the long-term increase in the budget.

Speaking before a joint press conference with his conversation with Mrs Merkel, Mr Cameron said: "we both believers that European countries the European Union is to live within their means, and I know that we will be discussing that issue tonight.

The European Union's budget, he said: "at best it is a bite a constant."

Mr Cameron said: "I and our membership on the basis of which we will have our discussions tonight the European Union."
"Amazing island"

Before their meeting, Downing Street-spinach and mushroom tart, two leaders in a starter venison and pudding the traditional German cake was for, followed by.

Mrs Merkel said that the EU budget will be shared as the United Kingdom and Germany was "in discussions with European Union loom-net contributors ' interests and both as" Court of public opinion back home "to reach an agreement with other countries to stand in.

He said: "we will not speak tonight, but we in our interest and attention to the spirit of friendship."

To be removed "If the EU wants to leave to decide, this section moved to integration by the European Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski denied the UK just to Polish by.

But the European Parliament, Mrs Merkel before speaking-that "this wonderful island inhabitants"-British people a direct message was telling them: "you are in this world alone, so you won't be happy."

UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who is Mr Cameron's time in the UK as ' simple ' divorce was completely peaceful runs more and more EU integration promoted by the German leader to let the tide against being a speech feedback.

Mrs. Merkel hit back by saying: "I cannot imagine that the United Kingdom will not be part of Europe."

"I think that it is also to be in Europe is good for the u.k.," the German Chancellor said that, "all" as a good partner "in the UK it will add to the EU.

At least three week EU leaders that he plans to set up a next Brussels Summit will try to work out for a long time to collect.

Middle East Abu Dhabi during his three days in the speaking tour, Mr Cameron forced the European Commission to limit your budget to a system that is a "very strong and robust argument" can be said.

He said: "they totally 100 billion euro increase in the European budget to propose is odd.
' Better deal '

"I have a very difficult results to argue with 27 different people you 27 different opinions that I would never have high hopes for a November agreement table."

The EU budget in a Commons vote last week on this issue since his party was defeated by Conservative MPs, 53 defied.

A Tory amendment to pass words of labor calling for a revolution in 2014 and cost cuts to 2020 is associated with.

Revision was not binding on Ministers, but ahead of EU Summit Europe budget David Cameron's authority was seen as a shock.

A rebel MP Douglas Carswell, but story, BBC News Commons vote will hand the Prime Minister, saying: "we just may be able to get a better deal."

Later this month, EU leaders approve of the Commons to agree to any deal.

Mr Cameron said that any unacceptable, that a deal to move to veto would not be meant to be.

If there is no agreement to 2013 budget next year has reached the end of inflation 2% to take into account increases in 2014.

Tax Status

parliamentary information office: So several thousand will now move into permanent jobs with a very nice BBC pension scheme and complete with good redundancy and relocation packages if ever needed?

parliamentary information office: At the end of the day you can't blame the BBC staff for trying to pay less tax. Are they breaking the law?? No. I think the majority of people would do the same if they could. Some would argue that what they are doing is immoral but again no law is broken Blame must surely lie with the govenment who allowed for this in the first place. In short they did not do their homework when writing the law and regulations. As for BBC they are complicit in this and better clean house


parliamentary information office: Contractors often work through personal companies or under an 'Umbrella' company, moving tax liability from the employer to their self. Its normal for this arrangement to be required.

parliamentary information office: Yet again sloppy reporting and so much ignorance shown by many of those posting on this thread. There is no such entity in law as a "Personal Service Company". The contract will be between BBC and the limited company not the individual. As such the limited company will receive a fee for the services provided not a salary. The individual will be an employee of the company which they own from which they will draw their remuneration. The report quite correctly states that Corporation tax will be paid. What it implies ( and why let the facts get in the way of being able to stir up the envy of those who are ill-informed, which sells more papers) is that Corporation tax is the only tax paid. Corporation tax is paid by companies on profits which is what is left after relevant operating costs are taken out. Amongst these costs will be salary, pension contributions and various taxes including PAYE, NI (employer's and employee's), all of which are conveniently omitted from the report. Unless these companies are operated completely outside of the law, in which case they should be quite rightly pursued for tax evasion, they cannot avoid paying the same taxes and more than those who choose to be "permanent employees" (a misnomer when the main difference between a freelance and "permanent employees" is three weeks notice) pay. The legitimacy of the right to manage tax liability by legal means is enshrined in case law. Lord Clyde gave this famous quote (amongst taxation circles) in the case of Ayrshire Pullman Motor Services v Inland Revenue [1929] 14 Tax Case 754, at 763,764: "No man in the country is under the smallest obligation, moral or other, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or property as to enable the Inland Revenue to put the largest possible shovel in his stores. The Inland Revenue is not slow, and quite rightly, to take every advantage which is open to it under the Taxing Statutes for the purposes of depleting the taxpayer's pocket. And the taxpayer is in like manner entitled to be astute to prevent, so far as he honestly can, the depletion of his means by the Inland Revenue"


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David Cameron attacks 'ludicrous' EU budget increase

David Cameron attacks 'ludicrous' EU budget increase

David Cameron ' ludicrous ' talks in advance of the proposed increase in the budget of the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is under attack with.

Then discuss this issue to leaders at Downing Street.

Mr Cameron has indicated he wants a stable and he actually cut under pressure from his own party for the campaign.

It is sympathy for Britain's argument, but some growth, Germany has indicated.

At least three weeks between the two leaders at which he plans to set up a next Brussels Summit, EU Member States will try to work out the first time to long-term spending.
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"The initial bidding

I think I'm there the British taxpayers to fight European taxpayers. "

David Cameron
Hard results

Middle East Abu Dhabi during his three days in the speaking tour, Mr Cameron forced the European Commission to limit your budget to a system that is a "very strong and robust argument" can be said.

He said: "they totally 100 billion euro increase in the European budget to propose is odd.

"I have a very difficult results to argue with 27 different people you 27 different opinions that I would never have high hopes for a November agreement table."

The EU budget in a Commons vote last week on this issue since his party was defeated by Conservative MPs, 53 defied.

A Tory amendment to pass words of labor calling for a revolution in 2014 and cost cuts to 2020 is associated with.

Revision was not binding on Ministers, but ahead of EU Summit Europe budget David Cameron's authority was seen as a shock.
Symptoms of anger

Mr Cameron said: "I think I'm there to fight for British taxpayers to European taxpayers.

"We have a discount, we are keeping the discount, but I the above discount is also a good UK budget would like to see the results."

Berlin, Stephen Evans, BBC correspondent says many in the parliamentary party Angela Merkel they hardcore British show signs of anger as.

Later this month, EU leaders approve of the Commons to agree to any deal.

Mr Cameron said that any unacceptable, that a deal to move to veto would not be meant to be.

If there is no agreement to 2013 budget next year has reached the end of inflation 2% to take into account increases in 2014.

Wind Farm Noise News

parliamentary information office: Because of wind farms, Germany is going flat out to build 16 new coal-fired and 15 new gas-fired power stations by 2020.

Wind farms don't replace carbon sources of energy. If any country relied on wind farms for energy they'd collapse.

The UK just doesn't have the land available to plant the size of wind farms necessary, and if you don't plant them close to areas of consumption you get pylons added to the cost.

For the UK offshore is best but most countries are going off them due to problems and cost of connecting to the grid and maintenance and engineering difficulties. Salt water and metal don't mix well.





parliamentary information office: Why is it, that whenever you drive past a wind farm, half the turbines are not turning? same for small turbine installations you see on the landscape - a significant number arent even turning. If wind farms are so beneficial for the energy economy, why are they still?




parliamentary information office: A few years ago where I live in rural Lancashire, a farm applied for planning permission to have two huge wind turbines erected. The "entire valley" were up in arms about it, and it was rejected at the planning permission stage as it would be a blight on the landscape and reduce the value of the houses (farms bought out by rich townies).
Now, a few years on... most of these rural loving urbanite farm houses have sprouted their own "mini" turbines of 20m in height... funny how these are not a blot on the landscape, nor reduce the value of their homes!
So next time a large wind turbine application comes along... I hope it succeeds.





parliamentary information office: "Wind farm noise does harm sleep and health, say scientists" Which scientists? I recall a scientist at Rice University (Houston USA) that published 'independent research' pushing fracking. Opps the author had a number of grants from the industy and a vested, big money, interest in the process. So follow the money and then tell me who has what ax to sharpen in this publication? Recall you get what you inspect not what you expect

I have friends that have both 'grass hopper' oil pumps and wind generators on their land. Noise does not seem to bother them a bit.

When asked about the noise the responce was 'that's the sound of money in the bank son'. And no there is no perceptible increase in ambient noise level inside their home.

Texas had a cold snap a few years back. Some of the coal fired plants froze (yea makes no sense but bean counters do dump things). In any case wind power picked up the slack and the state made out ok.

We had, for over 20 years, a place in the Appalachian Mountains (E KY/ W NC USA) that was 100% off grid using alternative energy. Break even was ~ 5 years the other 15 years were free/gravy. Need I mention we sold for a premium due to the alternative energy options.

My kids inherited a partial interest in a wind farm. Since then they have paid, on average, $0 for electricity at their homes as the state has a net billing law.

So tell me again exactly how unreliable wind energy is?

BTW ~ 10% of the annual electrical energy use in Texas is generated by wind.

As to 'environmentally destructive' recall the spectacular damage of the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico? (which is still with us BTW). I ask you what is the sound of a wind energy rig when it craters? If over water ... splash. If over land ... thud. All with no down stream damage or environmental clean up needed.

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Survey on Antarctic

parliamentary information office: We're doomed.  We're on the verge of bunkruptcy, heading for £1.4 trillion in debt.  Someone comes along with a sensible idea for saving money.  Vested interests appear, saying how terrible it will be if this "cut" is made.  Government forced into U turn.



parliamentary information office: When, not if, when the scramble for Antarctica starts in earnest Britain will be glad of the Survey. And the Falklands. Perhaps the idiots in Westminster best start thinking about the Fleet again too....


parliamentary information office: "The Survey’s scientific research is vitally important in finding out how
climate change is affecting the huge Antarctic ice sheets which could raise
global sea levels by several 'metres' if they melt and become destabilised."  I thought the ice sheet in the Antarctic was getting thicker.


parliamentary information office: Cuts in funding for scientific research are almost always the result of a short-term outlook.



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Rail News

parliamentary information office: It is rather clear that this was a mess from the centre of government. Senior ministers with fingerprints all over it. Lets see if they stay in post.

The whole issue raises a deeper question. Is any public body actually capable of running a proper contracting process? Obviously most government bodies can deal with contracts, but can they really handle the complexities of large long term service contracts while keeping the interests of the poor tax payer and service users in focus. I don't think so.

My view is that public tendering for these kinds of deals should be always in the public domain. A kind of crowd sourcing.
This means that when public body X wants to get somebody to provide service Y for Z years, the request for services is made public. After the deadline for bids, all tenders are made fully public. All can then see what is being offered.
The selection criteria, that is publicly known, is applied and results are published. Anybody can raise issues with it, including the competitors.
Any negotiations that change the contract terms after the selection of the winner are to be made public before signing, to ensure that there are no sneaky deals, stupid contract clauses, or changes in prices that are not acceptable. It could also be that there are improvements in the contract texts during this process, that all could see.
In this way, large scale contracts can be more secure as many will have looked at them (not least the loosing competitors)

One additional thing with contracts for things like rail services. It does appear that the UK government is OK for a company that has a contract that is failing to create a new daughter company put the bad contract in that company and then push it out with all the debts, so the government needs to rescue it. The way to stop that is something called a parental guarantee. We may think that service companies are all bad, but it is also the stupidity of government bodies that allows failures in service contracts.






parliamentary information office: I'm pleased that the DfT has now been recognised for the incompetent dysfunctional department that it is. Time and time again, the DfT supplied erroneous information and answers to valid questions and that should have warned the ministers that there was something seriously wrong.

The InterCity Express Programme - new trains to replace the IC125s - have been designed by civil servants and despite a daming report, nothing has changed. Some of the information they supply suggests that thes trains will defy the laws of physics. They were designed to a departmental dogma such that they will be hugely more expensive than necessary (despite the huge electrification programme, many will have diesel engines and electrical power - whereas coupling to diesel locomotives where the wires finish would be much cheaper and quicker overall)

The DfT's rolling stock policy (if indeed there is one) is an utter shambles and should be torn up

The irony is that under privatisation, the UK railway system is actually more closely managed by Government than it ever was in BR days, and spends vastly more money. Franchisees have little or no ability to use their abilities and just get the blame for anything that goes wrong (obviously the credit for the few things that go right is purely due to the DfT).

Either let go and give the private sector long franchises and the responsibility to innovate and invest or take the whole lot back into the public sector and let them do the same, with Government just setting the broad framework for the national system and the local communities specifying what they want and working in partnership with the railways.Whatever they do, stop the clueless DfT micro-managing the railways.

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Public View on Reduce Debt

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This article refers first to reducing the debt, then later switches the subject to deficit reduction. The two are not the same. It's a small but important distinction.

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The ambiguous, ambivalent and double-barrelled results and
conflicting policy statements given by different party
representatives and appointees of the partnership in the
coalition government, which Peter Oborne showed in his
article, reflect the challenges the Tory side of the Coalition
Government face .

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"Agreement on the economy is vital if the Government is to make it through to 2015".

For one glorious moment, I thought you meant 8:15 tonight!

Reading the headline, I was going to make the point that it is not just the economy, but the article makes that abundantly clear.

At the outset, the Coalition was spun as what the country needed in an economic crisis. The longer it goes on, the more it seems to be about what its constituent parties need.

A plague on both their houses, and equally on Labour! UKIP is the only party to take the country forward.



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Let's have a snap General Election, destroy the treacherous LibDems once and for all, they are doing tremendous damage to the governance of this country, and let the chips fall where they may.


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"The first is the Conservative Party, which is close to ungovernable, as the Commons defeat for the Government showed yet again."

I object to any suggestion of a expectation that my MP should have more loyalty to their party than to their constituents.

I believe it's each MPs job to hold the executive to account on behalf of their constituents.

So I suggest the question should be why the executive could not offer a policy to Parliament on which consensus could be found ?

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parliamentary information office: And which are those? Cameras that lead to the highest number of fines are located where large numbers of motorists break the speed limit. If they catch large numbers of speed-merchants then they are doing their job. If you are a motorist you shouldnt be unwary, you should be watching the speed limit.

parliamentary information office: They need more money it is nothing to do with congestion or green taxes, we already pay a toll, it is fuel duty, when traffic is heavy we pay more because to drive in stop start treffic ineffiecent, extra tax for A and M roads will make rat runs of back streets and country lanes.

parliamentary information office: If he needs to raise more money at least give it a green tint, how about a 1% purchase tax for every 200kgs a car weighs over 1000kgs (heavier cars cause more damage in accidents and wear on roads), and a 1% purchase tax for every 10g of CO2 over 100 on the emission scale?

parliamentary information office: Why just nationwide? This is one field in which the EU could be really useful. If all EU countries could agree to reduce their vehicle tax and institute a system of tolls on motorways, and perhaps on some other roads, it would be really fair: regardless of your nationality, you would be paying into the exchequer of the country where you are using the facilities. The problem would be agreeing on rates. Whether they should be uniform EU-wide, or have national variation, as well as any other criteria according to which the rates might vary, would have to be thrashed out before the system could start to function. But: where there is a will there is a way!

parliamentary information office: Obviously the 2-tier road tax plan is ludicrous, but I just thought I'd point out what a bizarre article this is by Michael White. He spends most of his time attacking an (admittedly ridiculous) IEA proposal that has NOTHING to do with the Coalition government's plans, with only brief stops along the way to offer staunch support for Thatcherism and rail privatisation. WTF? Is this what the Guardian has come to? Columnists as paid-up Tory shills?

parliamentary information office: Why was it hard to disagree with? Aside from the fact that speed camera loactions are selected for risk not reward, the truth is that if you don't exceed the limit, you wont get caught. Its not a complex argument FFS.

parliamentary information office: Apart from this being another socially divisive proposal by the Tories, it's hard to see how it could work in practice in Scotland. Many of our A roads, especially North of Perth, are the only routes available. It would be a VERY long drive from Perth to Inverness without using the A9.

Universal Credit: Benefits claimants could be 'trapped in poverty'

Universal Credit: Benefits claimants could be 'trapped in poverty'

Benefit claimants themselves "trapped in poverty" a new single welfare payments when early next year, it is claimed.

While global credit "principle" in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said that its implementation could leave some people worse.

It if they work full time to part time jobs can be deleted at a financial profit warning.

Officials said that anyone struggling to get the help they need.

Generations in the welfare system's largest shake, a consolidated payment for new claimants from October 2013 diet will replace a host of benefits.

Ministers are called universal credit-income-based jobseeker allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, child tax credit, working tax credit and incentive for people to work and to make sure that the disproportionate employment and benefits between income poverty in view of low mileage will increase housing and gradually.

But Joseph Rowntree Foundation, University of Portsmouth and the inclusion of a new system for the administration of the Centre for social and economic analysis and possible consequences of serious concerns.
"Necklace

While some will see their financial reform, the report concludes, not everyone will benefit and some existing system under universal benefit could be worse.

Although it employs more people a week for at least 16 hours failed to shake it, that it's "time to go to work for the recipients," he said.

"Modest" increase costs related to childcare and work as a full time job is counteracted by income.

The Foundation was defeated and their hours and earnings to increase punishment for not inclined to caution.

"The principle of universal credit is sound, but the actual roll-out of poverty and hardship in people can inadvertently trap our research has found," Association Chief Executive Julia Unwin said.

"The Department of work and pensions to many serious concerns outlined in this report address credit reforms, breakneck pace to show the same urgency to come to universal."

At the national level the system after 2013 started in autumn, universal credit to current claimants will be transferred in stages until 2017.

This new it system to be set up payment methods, you will be able to worry about if stand-by to create an Ombudsman to deal with complaints of Ministers and system for more information about system crash reports.

The report also Council tax benefit and Social Fund crisis family any individual changes in more complex and more can not clear the system designed to help alert credit.
' Out of control '

Labor, shadow work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne to ask Ministers to listen to concerns.

"The silver bullet to end welfare dependency that should be had, but now control and policy organizations to respect the world spinning out-was it universal credit only purpose warnings do not fit to the chorus," he said.

"Iain Duncan Smith's universal credit problems which could not bring a sense of David Cameron are visible and is becoming."

Ministers said that universal credit is better than them at profit and help millions of people.

"Gain their level when they are on the global credit and £ 300 m more family support additional work will be spent on childcare in order to secure," a Department of work and pensions (DWP) spokesman said.

"We manage their money to low income, but we have always said, we are the people who are struggling, and they will receive the support they need to be flexible."

Pay your DWP it systems implementation in time for the new set of expressed confidence.

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MPs debate case for UK pulling out of European Union

MPs debate case for UK pulling out of European Union

Commons "shackled to a corpse being" Association in the UK Conservative MP as the debate on this case to become the European Union.

Douglas Carswell MPs that now a "mainstream" rather than "maverick" were reported.

His private members Bill in the former European Economic Community Act 1972 to allow repeal of the UK.

He admitted it had little chance of becoming law, but said that issue could be ignored by the ruling elite.

However on Friday, Mr. Carswell Bill due to scheduling MPs debate-Parliament lasted only about half an hour of it a moment of welcome as a symbol and a claimed that those present "to discuss the issue of making history" were.

Mr Carswell also said that MPs debate after it was the subject of crowd sourced "Guido Fawkes blog was chosen by readers was to Commons for the first time in history.

David Cameron a "in-out" under pressure to promise a referendum on the European Union.

The Prime Minister opposes any such move, but promising "European Union fresh consensus with the rest of the UK's relationship as the British people in the eurozone that" demand has said that idea.

But many story MP Prime Minister and next a year ago 81 Conservative MPs to vote for the referendum, rebelled against the party line to pass a law to force the Government to hold a referendum on Britain's relationship with the European Union as well.

Mr. Carswell European Communities Act (1972) the UK-see the join the European Union or the European economic community to cancel as it was called, but it's pretty thin.

Private members bills, of a kind rarely chose a topic that your Government to make laws in support of this proposed legislation on MPS.

View increasingly shared among the public after the debate, Mr Carswell now European Union "rejects as unthinkable" – can be avoided.

"It is no longer a fringe view is limited to the mavericks," he said. "it is starting to go mainstream is a valid point."
' Europe United States of America

Mr Carswell said that in Britain, the European Union to pay for all this, but and "shackled to a corpse being membership a year later to hold back, he said that the European Union contributes to the UK for the last three years, 70% was reached.

He said that he hopes that the debate on this Bill to kickstart "mechanics. but will be approved

"The EU is going to be easy, but it's easy to be haiyah, but those of us who want to give some serious thought it out of need."

Conservative colleague Philip Hollobone said that in 1975 when the UK entry in an economic and political Union voters supported "and he feared a" Europe United States of America is just around the corner "morphed" promises to the common market.

European Union to Britain's multi-billion pound contributions better immigration control as well as truly 27 member Union can be tough on the outside, while teachers, nurses and doctors, he added, could be spent on rent.

Thirty minutes during the debate the MP Edward Leigh story and Steve Baker also spoke in favor of the withdrawal, but labour's John Spellar asked why no mention of a referendum, Mr Carswell Bill.
' Special '

After the introduction of the euro the conservative crisis Europe increasingly harsh party.

Foreign Secretary William Hague recently warned that Britain's public disenchantment with the EU "the deepest it has ever been" and Education Secretary Michael Gove reportedly said that "we will walk out or give us back our sovereignty that" tell it to the European Union.

Earlier this week, Mr Cameron eurozone countries move closer to the Union, and if a top Brussels the next EU budget insists on a veto to ensure inflation increased as the threat of Britain's interests.

Europe David Lidington to Minister of Government, that the EU has flaws and drawbacks, but Britain's national interest had continued membership.

"Our membership and a typical calculation and practical due to conservative party leaders have been maintained by successive Governments, including the decision to", he said.

"Subscribe to this British national benefits to attract foreign direct investment in the market and to improve security policies and foreign and diplomatic leverage to more people, in terms of our business through"

Labor is also likely in the future referendum, but Mr Cameron has picked up some form of the way, or a direct vote to quit party leadership opposes.

Lib Dems say referendum for Europe seismic challenges will be a distraction at a time and

Afghanistan warning from MPs on international development committee

Afghanistan warning from MPs on international development committee

Creating a viable State in Afghanistan found that the UK, is an impressive group of MPs has said.

Commons International Development Committee says that the UK and his ambition in support of the goals of the more traditional Afghan Government institutions should reconsider.

These include in particular the MPS said that would improve the lives of Afghan women.

The Government has said that it is a great help for women in Afghanistan to.
"A better future"

MPS report of abject poverty and Afghan women three times is far worse than men and were far more likely to be illiterate.

But the report said that Afghanistan-especially the ones so far, do not leave the nation's women was vitally important.

Committee Chairman Sir Malcolm Bruce said: "many British soldiers were killed or give a better future to Afghanistan, were injured in the attempt.

"The Afghan people want their country to be successful, and UK forces them to leave the country since a major aid budget should continue to support.

"DFID [Department of international development] is the ability to create a viable State, but we do it should be capable of providing effective aggressive growth."
' Litmus test '

The Committee says that "practical action" did not talk about women's rights.

Soldiers ' litmus test ' left or UK report said that Afghan, to improve the lives of women.

Women's cross-party Committee said, after the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were dethroned, but they made heavy losses was profit continued to face.

Woman on a recent fact-finding visit to Parliament's philosophy "in 2007, after his last trip in some cases worse than" position.

They promote the rights of women by DFID and to help run the help program a sufficient proof.

Support MP and women's shelters and legal services to combat violence against women through "the Government urged.

DFID also women and girls ' education is a major focus, he said, was to ensure continued.

Sir Malcolm said: "this post with practical action UK Government in Afghanistan, but it talked about women's rights in a lot.

"The litmus test is whether we are to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans over the past 10 years in 2014 to get out to the troops has been in Afghanistan."
' Big difference '

A DFID spokesman said: "we agree that the heart of our work in women's rights in Afghanistan.

"The UK funds already 2.2 million made a huge difference to a girls ' school and £ 19. m Tawanmandi civil society program Afghan women's organizations to over half the funding.

"But we agree that Afghan women due to the huge challenges and new Foreign Minister promised to ensure that his own life to take that opportunity.

Now Afghanistan school girls and charity Oxfam International aid means a record number of boys.

But it said: "extreme poverty, corruption and huge challenges for the status of women.

"Hard won gains of recent years and the most vulnerable targets, status of women and to support the Afghan authorities need help to account for local initiatives to hold."

George Osborne in 'first class ticket row'

Chancellor George Osborne for an upgrade to a first-class rail car with a standard class ticket paid later.

Initial reports suggested a colleague Mr Osborne initiated a supplement refused to pay but Virgin Trains said that no dispute.

ITV reporter Rachel Townsend, which the Chancellor as a train event about tweeted.

When he arrived at Euston station VC comments.

Mr Osborne's spokesman said: "a change in their individual diary constituency meetings after a series of train the Chancellor plan.

"The new train, which had a seat reservation on the crowd as it decided to upgrade-and of course the purpose and was happy to pay.

"An accessory rail managers sought out and ticket payment," the spokesman added.

Initial reports suggested an upgrade fee £ 160, but Virgin trains is the real figure £ 189.50 and Chancellor and to cover the cost of an upgrade to a helper.
"Amicably"

A Virgin Trains spokesman Wilmslow train station as the train Manager of Manchester "status and found that said that system Chancellor, left to pay for an upgrade to add to.

He said: "it would be in the first class and £ 189.50 Mr Osborne of the Chancellor and his Palestinian Authority employees to cover the upgrades was paid for by the agreed

"With the situation amicably railway Manager and George Osborne was introduced between affiliates.

"Any time a disagreement or upgrade and not only there to pay for the railway Manager is prohibited and any discussions between Mr. Osborne."

Story ITV reporter Rachel Townsend, who reports in the North-West of England to Granada a series of tweets by works was broken through.

He said: Chancellor George Euston train travel is only interesting to a standard ticket with Wilmslow, he sat in first class, and Osborne. "...

"The partner States that the ticket collector he possibly can and not taking standard class with the likes of us sit down and request that the first category is allowed to stay in.

"The ticket collector refuses to ... I'm a car away from the action but the ticket inspector said that if anyone was going to chance "

"£ 160. first class does not support upgrading would say! ...

"Breaking news: to pay George Osborne £ 160 in the first class!"

Mr Osborne Virgin Trains staff-not any direct communication was understood and a metropolitan police officer, but the Manager was escorting in advance with Mr Osborne does not have the correct ticket information.
"Out of touch"

Journalists and photographers who in the event of a rush of Euston on the story about Twitter following, Chancellor quizzing naked gathered.

Labour say Michael Dugher, quick to seize executive with shadow Cabinet Minister: "another day, another show how out of touch Government.

"Just Andrew Mitchell, George Osborne, of course it and another individual to sit the same rule thinks so deeply that the plebs. So much for ' we are all together. "

On his website, Mr Osborne says that London and Wilmslow Cheshire, which he uses to commute to Tatton constituency, between direct train service to save.

On their website, they board the train without a ticket or first class an additional or penal rent without trying to get to one of the standard first class ticket will be charged if the Virgin Trains warned passengers.

If you have a valid ticket "you absolutely refused to go on, or before you visit a train or asked to leave the station is completed, can not produce.

Tory conference: Boris Johnson pledges loyalty to Cameron

London Mayor Boris Johnson to the Prime Minister his loyalty "David Cameron promises to show her appreciation should not doubt.

As the Mayor made his first appearance in the London Conference story a standing ovation greeted with.

He hailed the London Olympics and claim that the Prime Minister is out of weeks to get better at.

He later announced that members of the armed forces in uniform London underground travel free.

Conservative Home fringe meeting entitled "-Mayor Boris 2012: Re-elected and entitled" Olympotastic "— a promotional mission Imborrisible", among other things, the Mayor of London East London Olympic event footage on a zip wire, stuck in before.
"Hard things"

When Jamie Oliver was pelted with pork pies critique told reporters after a speech at the Conference show about fun and "cyborg by Austria" Arnold Schwarzenegger is a video, that London's successful Olympic Games spoke of his pride at hosting mocked connecting with self-packed.

But he's also saying that when they return to Parliament was considering a leadership bid in 2005 conservative Mr Cameron of David Cameron, making a point of admiration.

Heathrow, "there is no reason to be suspicious of David Cameron for his compliments to" harder, banging the table for Mr. Johnson, despite his occasional criticism of Government policy, said.

He said that "a good job Mr Cameron in difficult situations" and "clean up the mess left labour exactly what needs to be done.

The answer is that their support "selective" education and grammar school to help the audience voiced property ladder for middle-income people can afford and more action.

When "conservative elected Governments to build enough homes to people," he told the meeting.

Another fringe meeting at members of the armed forces uniforms free tube travel in London during the Olympics as a thank you to Mr. Johnson in his role.

On Tuesday Mr Johnson to his supervisor who delivers a keynote address on 21 net 30 rating of voters was excited by a poll of the Conference platform.

Surround the media before "Boris! As the onlookers with Birmingham New Street station battled through the ranks of the Boris photographers arrived! "As he.

He asked David Cameron to challenge said: "I'm here to support the party."

Mr. Johnson then speculation senior Cabinet Minister Ken Clarke to prepare the ground for use by this week's challenge Birmingham led a Tory in the future.

Mr. Clark is a Channel 4 fringe said meeting: "if he's really serious and not just the picture more often in letters to the Prime Minister really wants to be a show for the settlers and he really can deliver on some complicated issues."

But on Sunday he made a better Prime Minister than he was, telling BBC Radio 5Live, will be Mr. Cameron's question to say "unverifiable" Pienaar politics. However, he said that the Prime Minister "a fantastic job".

Parliamentary Year Book - Labour will call parliamentary vote demanding u-turn on school regulations to protect outdoor space - Twigg

Parliamentary Year Book - Labour will call parliamentary vote demanding u-turn on school regulations to protect outdoor space - Twigg

Stephen Twigg MP, labour's Shadow Secretary Education, announced today that labour will call a parliamentary vote demanding the Government restores the minimum requirement of space for outdoor space in schools.

Labour called on the Government to make a u-turn on their decision to a settlement of the school that protect the water areas. Work, will table a motion when the legislature returns in September, allowing the members to discuss the changes, the Government has attempted to of stealthily across during the parliamentary summer break-holiday.

Stephen Twigg said:

"Michael Gove is desperately out of contact on this issue." How he believes that the priority should be to weaken the standards on the playgrounds and outdoor space just a few days before the Olympics?

"We have already had the demolition of the target for a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week, the decision to reduce the abolition of student School Sports partnerships and school sport 69 per cent budget." Many parents will wonder how seriously the Government to take the legacy to inspire the next generation.

"Michael Gove has tried to introduce these changes while the Parliament is paused, the members do not have the chance to discuss." However, work will make a motion when Parliament returns so that these changes can be reviewed by elected representatives.

"It is not too late for the Government to change its mind and restore the minimum requirement of space for outdoor space and the school grounds." We must ensure that it has not played not slices of salami of the school fields.

"Work is a year 10 cross plan of the Party on school sport - something detailed, thought and developed by experts, not the kind of knee jerk reaction, we had the Prime Minister with his comments on the Indian-inspired dance."

Source By : http://www.labour.org.uk/school-regulations-to-protect-outdoor-space,2012-08-15

Parliamentary Year Book - Parliamentary committee wants govt to review Piracy Bill

Parliamentary Year Book - Parliamentary committee wants govt to review Piracy Bill

A parliamentary Committee has recommended that the Government should review a clause in the Act of piracy that seeks to provide for the award of the penalty of death to the sea - bandits.

In his report on the draft law of piracy, 2012, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by the BJP MP Ananth Kumar, noted that the clause of the sentence of death in the proposed legislation must be controlled to avoid hassles to get the foreign pirates extradited to the India.

The Government introduced the Bill of piracy in Lok Sabha, on April 24, to establish a legal framework to prosecute pirates caught by the coast guard, whatever their nationality or of the Indian Navy.

""Article 3 of the piracy Bill said that anyone who commits an act of piracy “is liable to a penalty of life imprisonment, except when the accused caused the death in the perpetration of the Act of hacking or attempt thereof in this case, it can be punished by death".

The Committee recommended that the Government should review the clause. "There is an apparent commitment to the issue of the extradition of captured pirates in foreign countries in most of the cases," he noted in his report.

"The Committee is of the opinion that the provision for the death penalty may be examined in light of international crime nature and the participation of international actors and the previous experience of the Government of the India being faced with refusals to extradite the accused and criminals, given the existence of the"death penalty “clause in Indian law”. the Commission stated in its report to the Lok Sabha.

Source By : http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271978/parliamentary-committee-wants-govt-review.html

Parliamentary Year Book - Edinburgh International Culture Summit starts today

Parliamentary Year Book - Edinburgh International Culture Summit starts today

Edinburgh meeting of the international culture Summit of the world today-the Scottish Parliament in a historic debate on how culture can combine the closer to the Nations at the bottom.

To the West of the Summit is the culture of the Government, the United Kingdom Government, the British Council and the Scottish Parliament Edinburgh International Festival hosted in. It is a unique opportunity to collect visible, artists, thinkers, and responsible for culture in formulating and implementing cultural policy with other bodies, Ministers discuss how the arts enrich the life of the people and Nations around the world to contribute to welfare.

Some of the world, including Brazil, Japan, Russia and the USA – the two-day Summit, if the property can be expected to have the power of the Internet, as well as to the väittelevät of the Parliament plenary sessions on significant economic powerhouses to live in policy discussions of the Chamber between the countries.

They have joined in developing countries, including Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Bangladesh to the delegations. Culture is the bridge that will promote dialogue, inter alia, to the other nations of the nuclear question, regardless of whether the concept of external events of the Summit.

In countries where, in the light of the experience of the current or recent conflict, including Iraq and Northern Ireland to take part in discussions of how culture can help to bridge a reconciliation between the divided communities, and help.

The European Commission's delegations have also expect, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey, Jordan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Uganda, and Wales.


The Summit Opens in the afternoon, the Scottish Parliament MSP Tricia Marwick, the Chairman of the officer, which the Secretary Fiona Hyslop MSP will remain in this culture and the Culture Minister Ed Vaizey MP, the comments of the UK.

Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the culture: one "in Scotland, we would have to satisfy the Creative culture around the world welcome the first International Summit in Edinburgh the world's biggest and best arts festival, the Ministers of the Government of the year. At the same time, when so many Nations peaceful existence and their citizens for the protection of human rights, one can use these ideas to transform the culture of common language, which refers to the social differences.

"Culture and how these ideals, which, in principle, ruokkivan Scotland show that cherishes and human values are the US Constitution in the heart of the journey to the Summit of the Nations. Culture and the arts, long-term relationships, and Nations rely on powerful tools. This Summit celebrates the powers granted to the following worldwide, and improves.

"For this reason, I am glad that so many of the Cultural Ministers of the artists, thinkers and policy makers has become Edinburgh, discuss and review how to Convert art and enrich people's lives around the world, and to promote peace and the well-being of the Nations."

UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said: London 2012 Olympics "of the celebrations was fantastic, the Festival is showing the importance of culture and the Arts may be in the UK.

"I am delighted that so many Nations is represented at this first ever international culture, and I look forward to the discussions that will follow the Summit."

Martin Davidson, the British Council, the Executive Director said:-"the international language of the Edinburgh Summit is a historical and an unprecedented event. Delegation for relations with the countries of the United Kingdom, the British Council to understand the culture, the culture of the two Nations and political obstacles to the use of the bridge, which crosses the edge of the page, we will share a common global humanity to other users.

"The British Council is the Summit partner, the honour to use our Global network to maximize the opportunities from the 110 offices in intercultural dialogue".

Edinburgh International Festival Director Jonathan Mills said:-"it is a great indication of the power and the role of culture and country success that so many Nations sent Ministers and delegations to be present and participate in the culture of the first Edinburgh Derby, the International Summit of the identity.

"We have already begun to enter the time in the history of a particular culture, which is to the nation, religion or politics is all pervasive and dominant. Now we live in the world, while at the same time, if information in a different, different technology, ethical, philosophical, and above all the cultural sources and locations.

"By focusing on the cultural and human values of the mutual interests of the Summit is a quick and appropriate shared, and I look forward to keskusteluih

Sorce By : http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2012/08/edinburgh-international-culture-summit-starts-today/