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  Angela Watkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angela Eileen Watkinson (born 18 November 1941, Leytonstone) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
She is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Upminster, and was first elected in 2001, beating Keith Darvill who had taken the seat from the Conservatives in 1997.
BBC News - Angela Watkinson profile 15 February, 2005
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angela_Watkinson   (125 words)

  
 Conservative Party - Profile
Angela enjoys family life, crosswords, reading, especially murder mysteries and Dickens, dining with friends, the English countryside, stately homes and gardens.
Angela has previously been a councillor for the London Borough of Havering and for Essex County Council.
She is a School Governor at Gaynes and Sacred Heart of Mary secondary schools, a former governor of Hilldene and James Oglethorpe primary schools.
www.conservatives.com /people/person.cfm?PersonID=4566   (208 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Davis, Angela Yvonne Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944-, African-American political activist, b.
She taught philosophy (1969-70) at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her membership in the Communist party and her advocacy of radical fl causes.
Son of the novelist Angela Thirkell, MacInnes was educated in Australia and served in the British intelligence corps during World War II.
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Angela+Watkinson   (146 words)

  
 Keith Darvill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darvill was educated at Norlington Secondary Modern, Leyton; University of Westminster College of Law; Central London Polytechnic; East Ham Technical College; and Thurrock College of Education.
Darvill was elected as Labour member of Parliament for Upminster at the 1997, taking it from the Conservatives, and was one of the few Labour MPs to lose their seat at the 2001 to the Conservatives, in the person of Angela Watkinson.
Darvill is stood once again in Upminster, Labour's sixth target, at the May 2005 general election, but lost again to Watkinson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keith_Darvill   (155 words)

  
 TeachNZ : Personal Stories : Secondary teachers : Angela Wilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Angela had finally found the challenge she needed, with a job that changes from day to day and year to year.
Angela also takes the student council, something which is more school-wide.
Angela has found that New Zealand teacher education is highly regarded worldwide.
www.teachnz.govt.nz /case_studies/secondary/angela_wilton.html   (381 words)

  
 BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
DIGNAN: Here in the London suburb of Upminster, the Conservative MP Angela Watkinson says that when she and her party members knock on doors, they find no evidence of a need to change their policies towards any social group.
Their MP Angela Watkinson believes the Conservatives have to respond to this demand and put tax cuts on the backburner.
WATKINSON: I think that's what's changed it is the mood of the electorate, they are very, very clear about what they want.
www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20020203_film_1.html   (1542 words)

  
 Angela Watkinson - rFind.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Inom kort kommer det att tillkännages att Angela Merkel blir Tysklands nästa förbundskansler.
STOCKHOLM (Direkt) Tysklands politiska opposition har enats om att utse Angela Merkel till att bli den som ska utmana Gerhard Schröder i valet som planeras till september, rapporterar Bloomberg News.
EU-kommissionen välkomnar Angela Merkel och den tyska koalitionen som "en stabil och stark regering".
www.rfind.net /info/Angela_Watkinson   (200 words)

  
 Gender Recognition Bill: Standing Committee A (second sitting)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con): My comments may not be entirely helpful to my hon.
Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson), I emphasise that gender dysphoria and its treatment is outside the Bill, which is concerned with establishing that the gender dysphoria and its permanence or durability is evidenced appropriately.
Angela Watkinson: I have listened carefully to the hon.
www.pfc.org.uk /gr-bill/grb-sc2.htm   (13528 words)

  
 Guardian | Whip warned over anti-EU pamphlet
As pro-Europeans clashed with Eurosceptics at the Tory conference in Bournemouth, the Tory whip Angela Watkinson was given a blunt warning not to step out of line on such a sensitive issue.
Mr Duncan Smith took action against the rightwing MP after she re-ignited Tory divisions on Europe by signing a pamphlet which breached party policy and blamed the "arrogance" of the EU for the rise of the far right.
She initially admitted she had endorsed the pamphlet and said she had not realised that her role as whip prevented her from speaking out.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4517267-103685,00.html   (539 words)

  
 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Standing Committee E
Angela Eagle: I shall take a small amount of time to reply to the debate on the motion before, as I suspect, we vote on it.
Angela Eagle: I hope that I will be able to fill in some details, although I will not be able to give the Committee every last detail of how we intend the powers in the clause to be used after we produce the language and citizenship tests.
Angela Eagle: I said that the test was not intended to exclude, but that knowledge must be demonstrated.
www.asylumsupport.info /law/firstcommitteeminutes.htm   (9074 words)

  
 UK women MPs visiting Iran
The British group is headed by Labor MP Phyllis Starkey, a parliamentary private secretary to the Foreign Office, the most junior rank in government.
Other members of the delegation include her Labor colleague, Julie Morgan, Conservative MP Angela Watkinson and Sandra Gidley of the Liberal Democrats.
Before being promoted last year, Starkey was chair of the all- party Britain-Palestine Group and a vociferous member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, where she campaigned to highlight the UK's continuing arms sales to Israel.
www.payvand.com /news/02/oct/1101.html   (169 words)

  
 Harold: MP's train terror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Harold MP Angela Watkinson suffered a 30-minute terror train journey ordeal when she was threatened and abused by two yobs and now she is raising questions on police response times.
The ordeal started for Mrs Watkinson, of London Road, a former county councillor for Billericay, when she boarded a train at Liverpool Street just before 9pm.
She is promising to pursue this to issues in a bid to make sure others in a similar predicament get a better response.
www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/2001/09/06/NEWS6.4ZM.html   (392 words)

  
 Harold Hill: MP tells of Pentagon attack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Terrified Harold MP Angela Watkinson spoke exclusively from her hotel room in Washington about the terrifying moment a terrorist attack demolished part of the Pentagon.
Mrs Watkinson of London Road, Wickford, was at Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning when fanatics flew a packed passenger plane into the famous landmark.
She was in a nearby building and escaped the full horror of the blast, which killed hundreds in just one of a wave of attacks which have rocked the world.
www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/2001/09/16/NEWS48.2ZM.html   (313 words)

  
 UK Women's Link with Afghan Women : Home: Advisory Board: Advisory Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She was formerly a Manager of Tower Hamlets Womens' Health Project and has special interests in education, health, children, local government, and equal opportunities.
Angela Watkinson MP – Angela is Conservative MP for Upminster.
She was elected in 2001 and is currently an Opposition Whip and a member of the Home Affairs and European Scrutiny Committees.
www.afghanwomenslink.org.uk /index.jsp?sectno=1&subno=3&pageno=0   (373 words)

  
 Christian Standard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was preceded in death by one sister, Dolores Richardson, and one granddaughter, Angela Fitzpatrick.
Watkinson and two other young men from the South Santa Ana church made a survey trip in Mexico, which began in Mr.
Watkinson a lifetime passion for reaching Mexican nationals with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
www.christianstandard.com /articledisplay.asp?id=47   (9716 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - Angela Watkinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Upminster’s MP, Angela Watkinson, has warned that the government’s forthcoming council tax revaluation will push many households up two or more council tax bands.
Angela said, “I am very concerned about the effect on Upminster where property prices are high.
Residents with limited disposable income will really feel the pinch as London and the South East are likely to be affected badly.
www.epolitix.com /EN/MPWebsites/Angela+Watkinson/98af1f84-e3b3-43b6-bf40-378d26b3e956.htm   (169 words)

  
 Cannabis downgrade is 'sign of the times' says Labour MP
Mr Baron said the government is "out of touch with the reality" of cannabis and evidence showing its harmful  effects on health.
And Tory MP for Upminster, Angela Watkinson called the government's £1M advertising campaign, designed to warn the public of the drug's illegality a 'damage limitation exercise'.
She told The Enquirer, "We should be preventing young people from using drugs.
www.ccguide.org.uk /essexenquirer290104.php   (364 words)

  
 International News :: Gowealthy.com
The British Government was forced to refute suggestions by Commons backbenchers this week that Gibraltar was used as a "bargaining chip" in order to woo the Spanish into the pro-war coalition.
Conservative member for Upminster Angela Watkinson was the most vocal critic of the government, slamming its "disgraceful mishandling" of negotiations with Spain in the weeks leading up to the war.
In her opinion, it was "iniquitous that the people should have to suffer any uncertainty about their future sovereignty," citing Article 73 of the United Nations Charter which stipulates the population of Gibraltar has the right to remain British for "as long as they so desire."
www.iofc.net /gowealthy/story.asp?storyname=11903   (291 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Aristotle | Watkinson, Angela
People > MPs > Conservative > Angela Watkinson > How they voted
MPs voted on a government proposal to extend the maximum period for police detention of a terrorist suspect without charge to 90 days.
Government motion proposing the removal of Gwyneth Dunwoody from the transport committee.
politics.guardian.co.uk /person/howtheyvoted/0,,-6154,00.html   (501 words)

  
 Draft
The PCT refused to answer any letters for two years until Angela Watkinson M.P. intervened.
However, ten days ago I received a letter saying they had revised their procedures and all hearings were cancelled.
My reply was explosive and I have sought Angela Watkinson's support.
www.gpss.co.uk /nhscare/conf05.htm   (2087 words)

  
 The Observer | Special reports | Heroin on the NHS for addicts
Sources have told The Observer that the committee, chaired by the highly respected Labour MP, Chris Mullin, was often split on the liberal tone of the report.
Angela Watkinson, a Conservative member of the committee, was so incensed by it that she has refused to sign the final version.
David Winnick, a Labour member, wanted to go further but his amendment on legalising cannabis was defeated.
www.observer.co.uk /drugs/story/0,11908,718402,00.html   (792 words)

  
 "Dangerous Drugs" - House of Commons debates reclassification 29/10/03
Angela Watkinson (Upminster): The Minister has been generous about giving way, but does she accept that downgrading cannabis from class B to class C will lead to an increase in use?
Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson), who has just put her hand up, voted for it?
If there is no logic in what the Home Secretary is doing, why is it that not all the Conservative Members on the Committee voted with the hon.
www.ukcia.org /library/hoc291003/debate.html   (12607 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
The reshuffle also sees Geoffrey Clifton-Brown move from the local and devolved government team to rejoin the whips' office and David Cameron leave his role as a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party to join the local and devolved government team.
Mark Field and Angela Watkinson will both leave the whips' office, with Mr Field joining the local government team as shadow minister for London and Ms Watkinson becoming a shadow minister in the health and education team.
David Ruffey will join the whips office, Andrew Rosindell will become vice chairman of the party and Desmond Swayne will move from the defence team to become number two to David Lidington, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/15/utory.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/03/15/ixportaltop.html   (313 words)

  
 DanceSafe: UK: Lottery Funds 'How to Hide Drugs' Charity
This weekend the fund said it would re-examine Lifeline's activities, although there is no suggestion the fund's money has been used for the leaflets that appear to endorse drugs.
Angela Watkinson, a Conservative member of the Commons home affairs select committee, said of Lifeline: "You have to wonder if they are in business to increase drug-taking, not to reduce it." Lifeline runs needle exchange services and treatment centres and distributes about 1m leaflets a year to schools, drug-counselling centres and nightclubs.
One leaflet, Getting Caught With Drugs, aimed at people aged 17 and under, tells them how to avoid detection by concerned parents.
www.mapinc.org /safe/v02/n1526/a12.html   (632 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - Angela Watkinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Angela Watkinson has welcomed the plans for a lottery fund dedicated to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games and has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to grant a gross profits tax regime.
The Sports Lottery Fund will provide £340 million and mainstream National Lottery games will provide up to £410 million.
The Treasury is already awash with our money and the Chancellor should forego taking his cut.”
www.epolitix.com /EN/MPWebsites/Angela+Watkinson/cc91605e-d993-4730-a2b5-8cd6bf2c86f6.htm   (124 words)

  
 Stephen Pollard • Yawn
I was at an NUT fringe meeting this afternoon, hoping to see some sparks on school choice between Tim Collins, the Shadow Education Secretary, and Steve Simnott, the new NUT General Secretary.
On the panel was a Tory MP of whom I had never previously heard called Angela Watkinson.
Her speech was - quite apart from being read out from a crib sheet - of such stunning inanity that it deserves a wider audience as an example of its type:
www.stephenpollard.net /001798.html   (1085 words)

  
 Monday Club - TheBestLinks.com - January 1, MI6, Race, 1970s, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Again, these "views" had been known by the Party for decades.
Three MPs Andrew Hunter, Andrew Rosindell and Angela Watkinson, were ordered to resign from the Monday Club.
At the time, a Conservative Central Office source said that the club would have to rewrite its constitution to remove any reference to race and immigration.
www.thebestlinks.com /Monday_Club.html   (856 words)

  
 New Statesman: II Duce's heirs: The Tory leader makes centrist noises, but he and his supporters betray some ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Iain Duncan Smith is eager for us to think that he is tough on the far-right elements within his own party.
He has forced the MPs Angela Watkinson, Andrew Hunter and Andrew Rosindell to quit the Monday Club.
The club is a far-right pressure group that supports the repatriation of immigrants (one 1995 leaflet depicted fl people being tipped out of a rubbish bin) and has links with white supremacist groups in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4567_130/ai_81146981   (1404 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Cameron again dodges drugs questions
With nominations closing yesterday, and the first ballot of MPs taking place on Tuesday, three more MPs last night publicly came out for Liam Fox, the most rightwing of the challengers.
They are Mark Francois, Angela Watkinson, Owen Paterson and Robert Goodwill.
On last night's Question Time, Mr Cameron, who has the declared support of fewer MPs than David Davis but has emerged as the favourite with bookmakers, was asked if he had ever used Class A drugs.
www.guardian.co.uk /Politics/toryleader/story/0,16473,1592330,00.html   (1102 words)

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