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- Time for a Bank Holiday re-think to help us all... 23 May 2008
FEELING overworked? A little stressed? Well at least it is May
so we have had two bank holidays - one at each end of the month -
making long weekends in which...
- Taking the right action on the obesity of young 09 May 2008
POLITICS has been very much in the news recently, with elections
and a great deal of focus on individuals and their character traits
on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet every day,...
- What St George means to me 25 April 2008
I have been aware of the British saints' days from a very early
age. I remember celebrating St George's Day as a Brownie Guide in
the 4th Victoria Dock Brownie pack in...
- 'Don't be fearful of our streets' 11 April 2008
DEPUTY Labour leader Harriet Harman got into grief with some in
the media last week for wearing a stab vest out on a police
patrol. Critics said it made her appear too...
- Emotive debate on vital issue... 28 March 2008
AFTER the Easter break we will be discussing the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It will be an emotive,
impassioned debate as we tackle the many different issues contained
within it. It will...
- Why we need to banish the bags 14 March 2008
SOME of you may remember my writing in this column about my
support of the Community Links campaign to get the numbers of
plastic bags reduced. These last few weeks we have...
- Illness we must all remember 29 February 2008
NOTHING is more important than our health, and in the 11 years
since they took office, the Labour Government has prioritised
getting primary care back on track. We have invested in the...
- Newham's overcrowded housing 15 February 2008
Over the past few weeks my time has been taken up working on the
new Housing and Regeneration Bill committee. It is a prolonged
process which started in early December and finished...
- Vital health issues 01 February 2008
AT the time Gordon Brown was announcing his New Year health
service initiatives, I was myself on the receiving end of NHS
treatment, having a mammogram at St Barts Hospital. I was...
- Lyn calls for help for dyslexia sufferers 18 January 2008
Having been back in Parliament for ten days, I have returned to
the hustle and bustle of my work as your MP. I am currently spending a lot of time sitting...
- Fostering a caring, community spirit 04 January 2008
Christmas has passed, it's now a distant but warm memory, and
yet again I have been touched by the numbers of Christmas cards
with kind and affectionate words I have received. It...
- MP Lyn looks back on a year full of highs and lows 21 December 2007
MP Lyn looks back on a year full of highs and lows 21 December 2007 WEST Ham MP Lyn Brown this week looks back at 2007, in...
- My work in Newham.... and a world-improving competition 07
December2007
Only someone living on Mars could not have noticed that it has
been a rather difficult couple of weeks for the Government. The only thing for a back-bench MP to do...
- Fancy hats and sharp elbows 23 November 2007
THE State Opening of Parliament is always a lavish and exciting occasion. Some MPs, though not any from the Labour side, wear hats to mark the uniqueness of the day....
- Burma on my mind 09 November 2007
09 November 2007 The plight of the Buddhist monks in Burma is the focus of West Ham
MP Lyn Brown's exclusive column for the Recorder this week. She writes: The...
- Don't miss 'jobs boat,' says MP Lyn 26 October 2007
When Parliament is not sitting, I get the chance to visit local
businesses and services and talk with them about what they are
doing. It is often highly enjoyable. A few weeks...
- Honouring our heroes 12 October 2007
This week I have launched my own appeal to the people of Newham
- to find the Best of Britain, the deserving volunteers who make
this borough a better place to live...
- MP Lyn's focus on alcohol 31 August 2007
SUMMER days sitting in the garden, supping a chilled glass of
wine or two with friends and family, are a real treat. The food is cooked by the men of the...
- Reading is not a sentence 03 August 2007
When I was a child growing up in Silvertown, my mum often took
me to the library. When I became a little older I practically lived
there, often visiting twice a day....
- MP Lyn turns spotlight on crime 18 July 2007
Last weekend I witnessed an incident in a local petrol station.
A young man wanted to purchase a can of petrol. The cashier refused
to sell it to him as he looked...
- MP Lyn's early years 11 July 2007
Growing up in Newham, in a flat with no garden, I appreciated at
an early age the parks in the borough. As soon as my mum thought me old enough, I...
- Fostering that important community spirit 06 July 2007
Residents often talk to me about "the community" - a term that
is frequently used to describe a group of people or a geographical
area. But I think there is agreement that...
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