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Parliamentary Debates and Santa!

Recently a debate was held in Parliament on the threat to Britain's inland waterways posed by Government funding cutbacks. I took part in the debate so that I could highlight the fantastic job that has been achieved by local volunteers in Chesterfield. They have turned Chesterfield Canal from a stagnant ditch in 1979 (when I first lived at Tapton), into the thriving canal of today with working narrow boat and well used by walkers, cyclists, fishermen and birdwatchers. A linear green lung as I described it in Parliament.

PHMP
2 Dec 2008
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Government must ensure AIDS eradication efforts properly supported - Moore

Speaking on World AIDS Day, Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Michael Moore said: "The AIDS pandemic is one of the most significant public health challenges of our time. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals of ensuring universal access to treatment by 2010, and reversing the spread of the disease by 2015, will require a sustained commitment on the part of the international community."

1 Dec 2008
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