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| Dance |
Dance student
campaigns for better dance provision in schools. As Secretary
of the All Party Parliamentary Dance Group I met with a dance
student from Middlesex university, to discuss the lack of
provision for dance in schools.
Read more here...
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| World Aids Day
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I attended the event in
Westminster to pledge my support to bringing an end to AIDS
within a generation. See the photo over with my
colleagues Ann McKechin MP and Cathy Jamieson MP. |
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| Parliament caring for Henry
Moore Artwork |
A sculpture by Henry Moore
is to become the responsibility of the Parliamentary Art
Collection |
The sculpture 'Knife Edge' which currently stands on
Abingdon Green outside the Houses of Parliament, often appears
in the background of television Interviews. Frank Doran
MP, Chair of the Commons Works of Art Committee, said
"This public sculpture is a very important piece and we are very
pleased its future care will now be secure". See more
here... |
| Aberdeen: United Nations Youth
and Students Association (UNYSA) |
When UNYSA visited
Westminster for the first time in March 2011, we arranged a tour
and for the students to listen to the debates in the Chamber.
See the photo over. |
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| Aberdeen: University Law Mooting Society |
Aberdeen University Law Mooting Society
trip to Westminster has become an annual visit. I arranged for the students to be in the Chamber during Prime Minster Questions and for a 'Q&A' session with Anne Begg MP and myself. |
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| MPs Pay and Expenses |
Doing my job - Working hard for Aberdeen.
See my claims made and paid under the
new independent expenses regime introduced after the General
Election in 2010
here...
As they are available further details will be published
on the above Parliamentary Standards website. |
| Westminster Art |
The Corridors of Contemplation. In the first of a new series in which parliamentarians identify their personal favourites from the artworks on display in the House of Parliament in Westminster,
as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art, I chose 'The House of Commons in Session' by Peter Tillemans.
See the Parliamentary Works of Art collection
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| Subsea UK Reception |
I hosted a reception in Westminster for Subsea UK. The organisation, based in Aberdeen, is the champion for the UK subsea industry bringing together operators, contractors and suppliers.
See the photograph over with Malcolm Wicks MP and Bill Edgar, Chairman of Subsea UK. |
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| Energy Focus |
With a wealth of experience in the oil and gas industries. Aberdeen is now tooling up as the renewable energy capital of Europe, read my article from the House Magazine here (...more) |
