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  Banbury - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Banbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
There was a castle in Banbury from 1125, although the structure was destroyed during the English Civil War.
In the English Civil War, Banbury surrendered to Charles I in 1642, and was besieged by the Parliamentarians, led by John Fiennes, in 1643, 1644, and in 1646, when the garrison finally surrendered.
The 19th-century Banbury Cross was erected to celebrate the marriage of the Princess Royal to the Prince of Prussia, although it was completed 18 months after the wedding.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Banbury   (509 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | BBC Parliament | Prime Minister's Questions
He was interested to know about Labour members in the European Parliament voting in favour of it - for temporary workers - in spite of the PM's guidance on the matter.
The prime minister said he was satisfied the terms of the directive satisfied British interests and expanded upon the increase of British jobs in the light of the UK's acceptence of the Social Chapter.
Tony Baldry (Banbury, Conservative) proposed a new commission to address the fissures between the West and the world of Islam.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/programmes/bbc_parliament/3749729.stm   (1237 words)

  
 New Clause 8 — Compensation...: 11 Jun 2002: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Friend knows, in my constituency, where there is a foot and mouth disease burial site 300 yd from the proposed site of an accommodation centre for asylum centres, every one of the small number of houses affected is completely unsaleable.
Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) spoke three times at length on the same issue—he does not want an accommodation centre in his constituency—which regrettably means that we have not reached the next group of amendments on which many Members wished to speak.
Member for Banbury that new clause 8 is unacceptable not only because it cuts across part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 and is unworkable but because it challenges some of the most fundamental principles of planning law.
www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2002-06-11.769.3   (3805 words)

  
 Witney (uk Parliament Constituency)
Witney is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, at the next general election the constituency boundaries will be changed to match those of West Oxfordshire exactly, and the parts of Cherwell district will be covered by the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
The constituency was created in 1983, from parts of the Banbury and Oxon, Mid constituencies.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Witney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (382 words)

  
 Banbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banbury was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835.
Banbury remained without a cross for another 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriage of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter to Prince Frederick of Prussia.
Banbury Golf Club is situated five miles south of Banbury on the B4100 at Adderbury and under 15 minutes from Junction 10 of the M40.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Banbury   (2454 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | BBC Parliament | Prime Minister's Questions
He explained it would be impossible to renegotiate the treaty without withdrawing from the European project altogether, but that the UK did retain some form of veto.
He highlighted the importance of the UK leading Europe and the World in promoting a comprehensive green policy, including reducing air travel.
John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative) spoke of a talented Thalidomide victim in his constituency and asked for all payments from the Thalidomide Trust to be tax free.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/programmes/bbc_parliament/3812005.stm   (1093 words)

  
 Banbury Uk | newportbase.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Banbury hotels, Banbury guest houses, Banbury bed and breakfasts, Banbury self catering accommodation - hotels in Banbury UK, bed and breakfasts in Banbury...
A local regional weekly newspaper covering Banbury and the towns and villages which surround it in Oxfordshire, South Northamptonshire and South...
Ruscote Avenue in Banbury to be repaired by Oxfordshire Highways...
newportbase.org /banburyuk.html   (143 words)

  
 Statement on India/Pakistan by Secretary of State Rt. Hon Jack Straw MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Last week, the Secretary of State for Defence did not explicitly rule out UK troops being part of an international force to patrol the disputed line of control, the aim being to reassure India that serious attempts are being made to bring to an end guerrilla infiltration.
The UK Government were signatories to the United Nations resolutions of 1948 and 1950 which, inter alia, called for Kashmiri opinion to be tested.
That is why we in the international community-including the UK Government, myself not least-have been working so hard to encourage the parties to the dispute to reach their own solution to the dispute.
www.hvk.org /articles/0602/93.html   (9081 words)

  
 MPs' responses: arranged alphabetically
In Parliament, I am also in contact with a business in my constituency which manufactures energy saving roof implants for factories and warehouses, and have met with the owners and a Treasury minister to discuss fiscal incentives for the building industry to introduce energy saving measures.
The government has already admitted that the UK is going to miss the target of a 20% reduction in carbon emissions by 2010 and figures show that emissions of CO2 have actually been rising year on year.
In my constituency, I have been a strong supporter of a campaign to source foods locally, supporting an initiative to use produce from within a radius of a few miles.
www.roughguides.com /mps/fullreplies.htm   (6465 words)

  
 Banbury (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Oxfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations (transfer of the Cherwell district wards of Otmoor and Kirtlington to Henley) to the existing arrangement as a result of a population increase within previous boundaries.
Twenty-three wards from the district of Cherwell - Adderbury, Ambrosden and Chesterton, Banbury Calthorpe, Banbury Easington, Banbury Grimsbury and Castle, Banbury Hardwick, Banbury Neithrop, Banbury Ruscote, Bicester East, Bicester North, Bicester South, Bicester Town, Bicester West, Bloxham and Bodicote, Caversfield, Cropredy, Deddington, Fringford, Hook Norton, Launton, Sibford, The Astons and Heyfords, and Wroxton.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Banbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)   (228 words)

  
 Somaliland.Org
Whether the UK decides to recognise Somaliland at some time in the future, we should realise that action must be taken now to help those in great need.
Problems may arise from recognition of Somaliland, such as the UK being accused of reverting to colonial days, and the hope must be that an African nation leads the way so that others might follow.
Colman) was talking about the extensive links between his own constituency and Somaliland, I thought for one moment he was going to suggest that UK Government recognition should be extended to parts of his constituency in view of the very large diaspora.
www.somaliland.org /arcns.asp?ID=04020503   (11979 words)

  
 Parliament
In fact a boy of sixteen was recruited in my Constituency and his father and mother went to the headquarters of the Sherwood Foresters and tried to get him back but the authorities refused to allow him to go back, although he is only sixteen years of age.
As Ernest Thurtle vigorously campaigned in the parliament of the 1920s for the abolition of the military death penalty, so Andrew Mackinley, Labour MP for Thurrock, began a similar campaign in the 1990s for the granting of a blanket pardon for those executed.
The point is that now, 80 years after the events and on the basis of the evidence, we cannot distinguish between those who deliberately let down their country and their comrades in arms and those who were not guilty of desertion or cowardice.
www.clarkehome58.freeserve.co.uk /parliame.htm   (3528 words)

  
 Cageprisoners.com - serving the caged prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
A number of UK non-governmental organisations such as Oxfam and Amnesty International have drafted a suggested text for an arms trade treaty.
Lobbying an MP who is sympathetic to civil liberties concerns may encourage him or her to make time to take action in the House and in her or his part.
This means that it has cost them money as their reputation and name has been tarnished and is worth less meaning it is more expensive for them to raise money as they have less assets, etc. Big companies have teams managing their Brand, maintaining the corporate image and public relations.
www.cageprisoners.com /page.php?id=11   (4393 words)

  
 Banbury-Cross - General Information about Banbury
Banbury is the main town serving North Oxfordshire.
Birmingham and the North and has made Banbury a very desirable town to be situated in.
Banbury is twinned with Hennef in Germany and Ville-Ermont in France -
www.banbury-cross.co.uk /baninfo.htm   (597 words)

  
 The Zimbabwe Situation
Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) was saying-we must, if necessary by invoking the benefits of good governance in return for NEPAD aid, persuade South Africa and the other Southern African Development Community countries to insist on the SADC norms for the elections in March 2005.
We have urged the international community, and the UK in particular, to continue providing aid to the long-suffering people of Zimbabwe and to ensure, as far as possible, that it is not diverted for political ends, as will be the real danger with the parliamentary elections next spring.
Many of my constituents are poor, and, through their taxes, they pay to feed millions of people in what was once the breadbasket of Africa.
www.zimbabwesituation.com /jul4_2004.html   (21270 words)

  
 UK Parliament Select Committee for International Development Debate on Somaliland
Their share of portfolios of the government, a fair representation in the constituent Assembly should also be devised and allocated to these tribes.
And this is part of the tolerance and democratic characteristics outlined in the provisions of Somaliland’s traditional laws and social justice.
But the number has currently increased and reached 35 members of parliament for the Harti, which is a positive step and generous act of reconciliation put forward by other clans of Somaliland as gestures of good intent and purpose.
www.sirag.org.uk /british-parliament-welcome-page.htm   (2234 words)

  
 Guildford Labour Party - Labour in Europe report
This role means that Peter links in with the UK Government Treasury Dept. on key economic issues, with the Euro at the top of the agenda.
MEPs are calling on UEFA to use their powers to impose heavy fines on football clubs for racist incidents, both on and off the pitch and give referees power to blow the final whistle and abandon the match as soon as a substantial racist incidents occurs.
The European Parliament voted in favour of the measure this week and asked farmers and food producers in our region to raid their larders to see if their produce could be eligible for European protection and boosted sales.
www.labour4guildford.com /Euro1.htm   (694 words)

  
 rodcorp: Politics
Our friends at Crimestoppers UK are launching a new campaign to encourage people to call in if they witness any victims of sex slave traffic.
In the UK, Your Party (disclosure: rodcorp works on it), is trying to do exactly that: an experiment in which ordinary people can participate in a deliberative (ie not merely an opinion poll) process to shape a manifesto for a political candidate(s).
The blogs and the Meetups have created stronger ties between the candidates and their constituencies than more traditional tactics used in the past, and when the time comes, it might prove difficult to shift that connection to another candidate (which may prove troublesome for the Democrats come election time).
rodcorp.typepad.com /rodcorp/politics/index.html   (4363 words)

  
 campaigning online with political & mp websites ::: politicos design ::: MP websites (also MEPs, AMs and ...
Tony is Member of Parliament for Banbury, with a North Oxfordshire constituency covering towns such as Bicester and Deddington.
Elected Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate in May 2005, David was keen to provide his constituents with a way of keeping in touch with his work in Westminster.
Her site focuses solely on information that her constituents might find useful, together with a number of ways of keeping in touch with the issues that Anne is raising in Westminster.
pda.politicosdesign.com /mp-websites.jsp   (3927 words)

  
 UK Parliament - House of Commons
One of the main issues at Lancaster house was land reform, and the agreement set out a clear pathway, based on justice and the rule of law, for land ownership in Zimbabwe to be extended.
On the visit of the Zimbabwean team to England, we do not believe that stopping Zimbabwean cricketers from travelling to the UK will advance our cause or the cause of the Zimbabwean people, any more than it would have been appropriate to have banned the Zimbabwean team from the Commonwealth games.
It is certainly not acceptable for them to come into my constituency to play at the Oval, surrounded by hundreds of Zimbabwean asylum seekers.
www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org /outcomes/details?contentId=1930   (8180 words)

  
 UK CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB)
The last upgrade of the early warning facilities took place in the early 1990s when the old ‘golf balls’, which had become obsolete and difficult to maintain, were replaced with a modern solid state phased array radar.
The UK Government contributed a total of £48 million to the costs of this upgrade, from the headquarters Strike Command budget.
However, some of my constituents are alarmed at the more sensational suggestions as to what ballistic missile defence might mean for RAF Fylingdales.
cndyorks.gn.apc.org /caab/newsletters/cab17inf.htm   (7092 words)

  
 House of Commons Statement [European Community (Referendum result]] | Margaret Thatcher Foundation
That is so, but for the first time throughout these many years of controversy we have now had the full-hearted consent of the whole of the British people.
Friend has been absolutely fair in what he has said this afternoon in recalling what he said on past occasions before the referendum about the acceptance of certain decisions in the referendum.
It will mean Scotland electing men and women direct to the European Parliament instead of them being selected for us by the Westminster administration.
www.margaretthatcher.org /speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=102707   (4723 words)

  
 Tony Baldry MP - working for you in North Oxfordshire
Banbury is now one of the fastest growing towns in the county.
I have been hugely privileged to have now served Banbury and Bicester for over 22 years.
Except for the constituency maps, the text and photographs on this site are released under a Creative Commons Licence.
www.tonybaldry.org.uk /issues.jsp   (615 words)

  
 banbury - OneLook Dictionary Search
Banbury : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
Banbury : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
Phrases that include banbury: banbury tart, banbury railway station, banbury rural district, baron banbury, earl of banbury, more...
onelook.com /?w=banbury   (131 words)

  
 wefti
That statement was reiterated in a Colonial Office report, which was submitted to Parliament on independence, on 4 May 1960.
An assessment must also be made of the lack of food security and to consider the earliest suggestions about whether DFID could open up a base in Hargeysa to establish what is possible and what the UK Government could be doing on the ground.
, I thought for one moment he was going to suggest that UK Government recognition should be extended to parts of his constituency in view of the very large diaspora.
www.ucidparty.com /wefti060204.htm   (11400 words)

  
 Court Orders 3 Somali Teenagers Remanded
At The UK House Of Commons, Feb 4, 2004
Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): We are a disciplined group, Mr.
Friend would like to suggest that his constituents contact me, I will put them in contact with the new British Somaliland Society, which is based in Putney; I say that out of pride.
www.somalilandtimes.net /2003/107/10707.shtml   (12140 words)

  
 Tony Baldry MP, Banbury (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Angel Gate Limited (formerly AKMA Solutions International Ltd.) and subsidiary companies; property development in the UK.
Chairman (non-executive), Carbon Registry Services Ltd; company providing consultancy on carbon strategy, use of CDM credits and emissions and provision of IT on emissions data management.
Black Rock Oil and Gas plc; an AIM-listed company specialising in oil and gas exploration in the UK and overseas.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/tony_baldry/banbury   (789 words)

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