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  Tracing the Ancestors and Descendants of John Begg of Eday and Pharay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ann Ewart SIDEY was born on 31 Mar 1833 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.
Begg had been ailing for several months and her death was caused by a general breaking up of the system due to old age.
Hannah Ann BEGG was born on 29 Nov 1866.
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 Anne Begg MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anne Begg today expressed how sad she was to lose David Blunkett as the Minister for Work and Pensions.
Miss Begg is a member of the Work and Pensions committee and was supposed to questioning him at the committee session on Wednesday.
Miss Begg said, “Last years competition was great, I had more than 400 children send in their designs.
www.annebegg.info   (302 words)

  
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Ann picks up the story, “I was in London because I was nominated for an Excellence in Engineering Award, and Anne Begg came to see me. I explained my research to her and she was very friendly and invited me to her office after the poster presentations and showed me round the Houses of Parliament.
It was very kind of Anne to find time out of her busy schedule to show me around, so I thought the School of Engineering could return the favour.” Anne Begg will hear presentation from the School’s leading researchers, describing world-renowned research into robotics, power cells, water purification and new technologies to assist the deaf.
Anne Begg, the researchers and staff will be available for interviews and photographs from 2.45pm on Friday 21st February 2003 in room C221 (Clarke Building) at the University’s Schoolhill campus.
www.rgu.ac.uk /pressrel/annebeggengineering02-03.doc   (337 words)

  
 Search: in Written Answers spoken by Anne Begg (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Anne Begg: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what IT errors have led to tax credits overpayments, broken down by type of overpayment; whether the overpayments were discovered in-year; and whether in-year recovery of overpayments has been made.
Anne Begg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses working in the NHS have been recruited from overseas; how many have dependent children; and how many earn less than a gross annual income of (a) £20,000, (b) £15,000, (c) £13,480 and (d) £5,060 from their employment with the national health service.
Anne Begg: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance is issued to Inland Revenue decision-makers on how to interpret the tests for non-recovery in Code of Practice 26 cases; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance.
www.theyworkforyou.com /search?pid=10032&maj=wrans   (574 words)

  
 Disabled Persons in Positions of Governance: an analysis
In sharp contrast, Anne Begg initially saw her role quite differently: "When I was elected first, I was actually quite keen not to be seen as the disabled MP and if anything, I probably shied away from even talking about disability issues.
Anne Begg's colleagues actually did the most intelligent thing to try to accommodate her when they learned it was likely that she would be elected to a seat in Parliament - they simply asked her what she needed.
Begg describes being approached by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in 1997 and being asked if it looked likely that she would win.
www.disabilityworld.org /12-02_05/gov/pwdingov.shtml   (11676 words)

  
 Disability Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Disability groups have defended MP Anne Begg's £20,000 rise in allowances, as they say it highlights the need for disabled people to have extra resources.
Ms Begg, who is a wheelchair user, can now claim a third more than the normal office cost allowance of £47,569 a year and a third more than the additional costs allowance of £12,287 for a London home.
But Begg says the rise is in line with Government policy because it helps her do her job.
www.disabilitynow.org.uk /search/98_05_My/pg4begg.shtml   (170 words)

  
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BEGG Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Katharine BUDGE Eliza.
BEGG Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Catharine MANSON Elizabeth BEGG (F)....................
BEGG Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Catharine MANSON Margaret BEGG (F).....................
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M: 25 Dec 1835 Spouse: William CAMPBELL Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Ann BEGG (F)..........................
M: 1 Jan 1836 Spouse: William CAMPBELL Bower, Caithness, Scotland Ann BEGG (F)..........................
M: 4 Jun 1853 Spouse: Ann GUNN Watten, Caithness, Scotland William BEGG (M)......................
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 Search: spoken by Anne Begg (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Anne Begg: Any debate about future energy policy must be concerned about balance and not get caught up in the all the noise and discussion about the nuclear industry, important though that may be.
Anne Begg: I will address most of my remarks to the issue of ensuring that disabled people have full access to the democratic process, but before doing so, I want to point out that there are a number of things about the Bill that I welcome.
Anne Begg: Some of my constituents relocated from Glasgow to Aberdeen and have settled down there with their families.
www.theyworkforyou.com /search?pid=10032&maj=wrans   (889 words)

  
 OILC
In the House of Commons yesterday, March 2nd, Aberdeen South Labour MP Anne Begg tabled a Bill on the enforcement of the four week paid holiday entitlement for all workers.
During the course of her speech, Ms Begg made specific and extensive reference to the situation faced by offshore workers.
Nevertheless, offshore workers will be encouraged by Ms Begg’s words and will no doubt lift their hard hats in acknowledgement of her effort to raise the profile of the issue.
www.oilc.org /viewnews.cfm?newsid=19   (825 words)

  
 Disability Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In October, the Labour Club invited the wheelchair-using MP, Anne Begg, to talk about women in politics, but were shocked and angry when they could not find an accessible venue for her.
Anne Begg was also appalled by the incident and said the inaccessibility at Edinburgh University was criminal.
Anne Begg has been a great help because her high profile has made more people sit up and listen, explain, and demand change.
www.disabilitynow.org.uk /search/98_12_De/p14union.shtml   (342 words)

  
 Her Name Is Anne
Anne and Carlen were among the 137 new recruits which started training in how to collect rubbish and their hiring caused controversy amongst the 8,000 dustmen already employed.
At the heart of the controversy was a newly-designed physical fitness test which the dustmen say was deliberately rigged to make it possible for women to qualify and their union challenged the new test in court.
Her recording of it sold more than million copies and it became her signature tune although the words had to be changed from the original German lyric which was about a prostitute and it was seen as unfitting for Anne, at her young age, to sing about such things.
web.ukonline.co.uk /m.gratton/Names/Anne.htm   (1566 words)

  
 Anne's Story: Gauchers Sufferer to Fight Next General Election as Labour Candidate
Confined to a wheelchair due to severe multiple fractures in her legs and hips, Anne Begg was nominated as Labour Candidate for Aberdeen South last November.
Her courage and determination must be an example to all Gauchers sufferers and to disabled men, women and children everywhere.
Anne was elected a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1997.
www.gaucher.org.uk /begg.htm   (1575 words)

  
 TV Review
In fact, Begg is the first MP to be allowed to sit on the floor of the House in her wheelchair.
It was a programme which demonstrated that Anne Begg, like many of her new colleagues, is a very able and articulate woman.
It was a programme which illustrated what, by and large, it was meant to illustrate, that having Anne Begg and all the other new women members in the Commons is indeed an advance, just as the election of ethnic minority MPs has been.
www.worldsocialism.org /spgb/feb98/tv.html   (784 words)

  
 Burness Genealogy and Family History - Person Page 97
     Bryan Begg is the son of Harold William Begg and Myra Barr.
     Trevor Begg is the son of Harold William Begg and Myra Barr.
     Murray Begg is the son of Harold William Begg and Myra Barr.
www.burness.ca /p97.htm   (2029 words)

  
 Tactical voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This means that if one votes for a candidate who one does not believe is the best, then one is lying.
British Labour Party politician Anne Begg considers tactical voting dangerous: [1]
Tactical voting is fine in theory and as an intellectual discussion in the drawing room or living rooms around the country, but when you actually get to polling day and you have to vote against your principles, then it is much harder to do.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strategic_Voting   (1588 words)

  
 Hearth Stone Land & Homes of Traverse City, Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anne Begg recently joined the company as a licensed personal assistant.
Anne and her husband have three grown children.
Anne has served as a board member of the Friends of the Traverse Area District Library and has been active in the Grand Traverse Chorale at Northwestern Michigan College.
www.hearth-stone.com /anne.html   (112 words)

  
 MP and GMB bid to make sure workers get paid holiday
The GMB raised the problem with Anne Begg and she agreed to try and get the law changed.
Anne Begg is doing the low-paid a great service by raising their right to paid holiday up the political agenda.
Anne Begg added, "This will take the pressure off individual employees who may be frightened to take out a complaint against their employer for fear of losing their job.
www.gmb.org.uk /Templates/PressItems.asp?NodeID=91484   (630 words)

  
 House of Commons Reception for New Book on Gauchers Disease   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anne Begg MP hosted a Reception at the House of Commons to celebrate the publication of the most up to date medical text book on Gauchers disease.
Professor Ari Zimran, who edited the new book 'Gaucher's Disease', which is part of Bailliere's Clinical Haematology series, was welcomed by Anne Begg who, in her address, made it clear she does not like to be referred to as a sufferer: 'I hate the word.
Anne praised the new book as being a major contributor to raising the profile and understanding of the disease, and she welcomed to the reception experts from Britain, Israel, Holland and the United States who had contributed to new knowledge of and treatment for Gauchers disease.
www.gaucher.org.uk /housecom.htm   (345 words)

  
 Aberdeen South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the event, the winner was Labour's Anne Begg who obtained a handsome 3,365 majority over Liberal Democrat Nichol Stephen, with previous Tory MP Raymond Robertson trailing 555 votes behind.
Anne Begg had won Aberdeen South in 1997 with 35.3 % of the votes compared to 27.6 % for the Liberal Democrats and 26.4 % for the Tories.
Anne Begg has made very little impact in the four years which she has spent at Westminster and seems resigned to losing her seat.
www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/n03.html   (1122 words)

  
 Aberdeen South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1997, the winner was Labour's Anne Begg who obtained a handsome 3,365 majority over Liberal Democrat Nichol Stephen, with previous Tory MP Raymond Robertson trailing 555 votes behind in third place.
By the 2001 Westminster election, Anne Begg had made very little impact in the four years which she spent at Westminster and seemed, by many, to be resigned to losing her seat.
At the 2001 Wstminster election, Anne Begg was returned to Westminster with 39.8 % of the vote and a 4,388 majority of the Lib Dem's Cll Ian Yuill with 27.9 %.
www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/n03.html   (1739 words)

  
 News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
They've enlisted the support of Aberdeen South MP Anne Begg, who met with school catering staff this morning.
But the dispute took another twist when it was revealed four hundred equal pay claims were to be lodged by staff among them were claims by school catering staff.
This morning Labour MP Anne Begg met with some of the women involved.
northtonight.grampiantv.co.uk /content?page=s1_1_1&newsid=7701   (159 words)

  
 honey2
As an M.T.B Naval Lieutenant just after the war, he was sent to New Guinea to bring home an M.T.B, but was killed when the aircraft crashed in Rabaul on 20 Nov 1945 and is buried in Bitapaka War Cemetery, Rabaul.
Richard Alexander BEGG divorced in 1972 and remarried 1978 Adelaide, SA.
The direct descendents of Richard Honey and Mary Ann (Reynolds) now (in 1980) number over 198, and are spread throughout the World.
members.iinet.net.au /~kjstew/HONEY2.htm   (683 words)

  
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Anne Begg is the MP for Aberdeen South.
Anne Begg MP Nicol Stephen MSP begga@parliament.uk nicol.stephen.msp@scottish.parliament.co.uk 173 Crown Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6JA.
You could also write a letter to your local councillor or visit them at their surgery to let them know your concerns.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /aberdeenfoe/guest-documents/infopack.doc   (1230 words)

  
 The World Today Archive - Britain approves embryo cloning for research
His Labor colleague, Anne Begg, who suffers from a genetic brittle bone condition, told other MPs they had a duty to pass the change.
ANNE BEGG: It's very important for people who have degenerate disease that this research is allowed to go on because it can revolutionise your life if a treatment that comes along that you're not expecting and when you have such a degenerative disease, that many people describe as being like a living hell.
REBECCA BARRETT: Under the legislation embryos up to fourteen days old will be allowed to be used for a range of research projects.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s226182.htm   (554 words)

  
 HighlandExchange.net - The Highlands of Scotland official tourism trade website - News
The new guide, launched with the help of disability rights campaigner Anne Begg MP and VisitScotland Chief Executive, Philip Riddle, marks the first time nearly 1000 of the best visitor attractions and accommodation providers for people with mobility impairment, will be displayed in one brochure.
To make it as easy as possible for people to decide where to stay or what visitor attractions to visit, there will be three categories to determine the level of accessibility, these will include: unassisted and assisted wheelchair access and access for residents with mobility difficulties.
Reporters and photographers are invited to attend the Maritime Museum for the launch of the brochure at 2:15pm.
www.scotexchange.net /highland_news_item.htm?newsID=27354   (615 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | MP's fury at rail 'cattle truck'
A Scottish Labour MP who uses a wheelchair has said she was forced to travel in "little better than a cattle truck" during a railway journey.
Anne Begg, who represents Aberdeen North, had to travel in the guard's van on a Southern Railways slam-door train from London to Dorking last Tuesday.
Ms Begg, who suffers from a genetic condition called Gaucher's disease, had intended to travel from London Bridge to Dorking.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3756554.stm   (402 words)

  
 Interview with Anne Begg, Member of Parliament, U.K.
Interview with Anne Begg, Member of Parliament, U.K. A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views • Issue no.
Interview with Anne Begg, Member of Parliament, U.K. Interviewed June 16, 2004 by Ilene Zeitzer.
It's up to those of us who are in politics to encourage others with disabilities and it's up to the political parties not to discriminate against them in their selection process.
www.disabilityworld.org /12-02_05/gov/begginterview.shtml   (3611 words)

  
 Anne Begg MP, Aberdeen South (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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Anne Begg MP Labour MP for Aberdeen South
Email me whenever Anne Begg speaks (no more than once per day)
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