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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Bob Meets with Constituents for RNIB's Right to Read Campaign
Bob was born and has lived in Derby all his life.
Bob holds a regular advice bureau at his Derby office and since elected in 1997, he has helped over a 10,000 people with their individual problems or issues and concerns
Bob Laxton MP met with a large group of constituents in Parliament to talk about the difficulties that blind, partially sighted or dyslexic have getting books they can read.
www.boblaxton.org.uk /working_hard_for_you?PageId=fcf144fb-0f3a-6e14-d199-69e6b3d17a05   (553 words)

  
  Bob Laxton: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Bob Laxton was born in and has lived and worked in Derby all of his life.
Bob continues to retain an interest in the telecommunications field with his involvement with those Labour MPs who have a similar interest and his work with the UK Teleworking Platform, a cross party organisation which seeks to promote the role of teleworking across the UK and Europe.
Bob Laxton, who is also parliamentary private secretary to the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for work and pensions, praised the Labour Government's record on the economy but recognised that businesses faced problems when it came to red tape.
www.zoominfo.com /people/Laxton_Bob_542906624.aspx   (1137 words)

  
 laxton - Ask.com Web Search
Laxton could be Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire Laxton, Northamptonshire Laxton, Nottinghamshire...
Today, the village of Laxton in Nottinghamshire is well known nationally for thesurvival of the system of Open Field farming.
Bob Laxton MP supports the Right to Read for Derby children who are blind, partially sighted and have dyslexia Bob Laxton MP met with a large...
www.ask.com /web?q=laxton   (199 words)

  
 Derby City Conservative Association - News - Aitken-Davies: Laxton Is A Slave To Failed Pensions Policies
Laxton has moved with Alan Johnson to the Department of Work and Pensions as part of Blair’s dithering reshuffle last week.
Alan Johnson and Bob, as his chief bag carrier, were enthusiastic supporters of these unwelcome changes at the Department of Education.
Now Johnson and Laxton are turning to pensions where the Labour Government has already presided over miserly increases for pensioners linked to inflation indices manipulated by them; to increased means-testing and strong disincentives for people to save for retirement; and to the destruction of occupational pension schemes by the abolition of tax credit on dividends.
www.derbyconservatives.co.uk /page/3/51   (257 words)

  
 Knight
Bob Laxton MP has written to Tony Blair asking for further consideration of a posthumous knighthood for Brian Clough.
Said Mr Laxton: "There is no doubt that this campaign, with such strong support from fans of so many different clubs, should be considered seriously.
Cloughie's MP Bob Laxton agreed to help present the petition forms to officials at Ten Downing Street.
www.brianclough.com /knight.htm   (2902 words)

  
 Welcome to http://www.bvistandpoint.net Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Lindsay Hoyle, Bob Laxton and David Borrow engaged in an informal meeting with Legislative Council members; spoke with the BVI Constitutional Negotiating Team; and met with the Financial Services Commission.
Speaking on behalf the visitors, Bob Laxton said that the visit was intended to give the lawmakers in London through their investigative work an understanding of the BVI including the Territory’s strengths, weaknesses and interests.
Noting that their brief visit was rewarding and filled with hard work, spiced by some pleasurable sailing, Laxton concluded that the consultations that they held will help to shape the changes that would be made to the BVI Constitution.
www.bvistandpoint.net /archives/june0608/local11.htm   (550 words)

  
 Where in the Worldwideweb is MP Bob
Bob Laxton has launched a new website which includes a map showing where he has been and what he has been doing.
Derby North MP Mr Laxton, 62, a former pupil of Woodlands Community School, in Blenheim Drive, was invited to take part in the school's weekly debate by current student Tom Lewsley.
He said: "I did some work experience with Mr Laxton and at the end of it attended a question and answer session with him, which was really interesting and is why I decided to invite him to one of our debates.
www.labouronline.org /wibs/156156/?PageId=6933be22-bf50-e254-c90a-f12ca7a772aa   (521 words)

  
 About Bob
Bob Laxton was born in and has lived and worked in Derby all of his life.
After the 2005 election, Bob stood down as a PPS to become and Alternate member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe.
Bob also continues to actively campaign on national heath issues, raising awareness for Diabetes and Childhood Anaemia.
www.boblaxton.org.uk /biography   (573 words)

  
 Home
The recent attacks at Glasgow Airport have reaffirmed the fact that the threat of terrorism is a national threat and one that is not just concentrated on London.
Bob Laxton today tabled an Early Day Motion to congratulate Rolls Royce on achieving billions of dollars worth of orders at the recent Paris Airshow.
Bob's next Advice Bureau will be from 4pm-6pm on Friday 12th October at the Gower St Constituency Office Derby.
www.boblaxtonmp.org.uk   (240 words)

  
 Derby County FC - The Rams from the Derby Evening Telegraph : A knight to remember
A Derby MP has vowed to do all he can to get a posthumous knighthood for former Derby County manager Brian Clough by presenting a petition with 6,500 signatures to Downing Street.
Bob Laxton, MP for Derby North, will present the signatures to Government officials in London a week tomorrow.
Mr Laxton said: "Posthumous medals are rare and, after looking into the matter, I found that the last ones were awarded years ago and they were for military reasons.
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 Robert Laxton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Laxton (born 7 September 1944, Derby) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
The Labour Party - Bob Laxton MP official biography
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Bob Laxton MP
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Laxton   (131 words)

  
 Bob Laxton MP Derby North
Following the 1997 Election Bob was appointed as a member of the House of Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee and subsequently as a Vice President of the Local Government Association, which represents all local authorities in England and Wales.
During the last parliament he was also elected as Vice Chair of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs as well as Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party Trade and Industry Back Bench Committee.
Apart from Bob's many visits overseas as part of his Trade and Industry Select Committee work he has spent time in Albania with the OSCE, over seeing a General Election and in the West Bank of Israel visiting the Gaza refugee camps and meeting with the Palestinian administration.
www.boblaxtonmp.org.uk /biography.asp   (489 words)

  
 Medical Laboratory World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A labour MP has called upon the government to introduce better methods of diagnosing and screening iron-deficiency anaemia, which is affecting over 52% of pre-school children in UK’s inner cities.
Bob Laxton, MP for Derby North, in a parliamentary debate in January, presented figures on the high incidence of childhood anaemia to Health Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman.
Laxton argued that regular screening programmes need to be incorporated in primary care trusts in deprived areas including Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield and Bradford, where the incidence of early childhood anaemia is highest.
www.mlwmagazine.com /storyprint.asp?sc=2026761   (316 words)

  
 Laxton genealogy and family history
Included is a general family name cluster of information from external databases.
We are developing a system for the public to suggest specific resources for Laxton and other names, to complement the more general data for Laxton family search.
Either we experienced a bad connection to the database, or there may be no matching data found.
www.peoplearchive.org /peep.php?ln=laxton   (103 words)

  
 Laxton Family Photo : Rose and Bob Laxton's Family Free Family Photo History Research - AncientFaces.com
Free Research > Surnames > L > Laxton
I believe this is Robert Laxton and Rosa B. Benalleck with their children Maybelle, Wright, and Claude.
The young girl looks a lot like a photo I have of my mother when she was young.Her name was Eva Zetta Laxton B.1927.
www.ancientfaces.com /research/photo/353307   (166 words)

  
 Amnesty International - Derby and District Group: Annual Events
There will be greetings cards to send to Prisoners of Conscience and others who are suffering human rights' abuses, as well as letters to political establishments seeking justice in a number of different cases.
Bob Laxton (MP for Derby North) at the 3 Write-a-thon in Derby last year.
Bob is seen here with our secretary, Margaret Tomkins.
beehive.thisisderbyshire.co.uk /default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=1066&PageID=61323   (323 words)

  
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Laxton (Derby, North) (Lab): Question number one, mister Speaker.
Laxton: Large-scale capital investment has been made in the schools in Derby, and this I, this I welcome.
But, there is still a need, I have to say, for further moneys to be made available to rebuild establishments like Lees Brook secondary school and Ivy House school.
www.sulinet.hu /nyelvek/kepek/PMQuestionTimeKey.doc   (519 words)

  
 News
Bob ensured that Paymaster General Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo would hear Derby's objections to the proposed closure of the City's Tax Offices.
Yesterday Bob was joined in Parliament by Derby City Council leader Chris Williamson, director of Marketing Derby John Forkin, and representatives from Derby and Derbys...
Bob Laxton MP supports the Right to Read for Derby children who are blind, partially sighted and have dyslexia Bob Laxton MP met with a large group of constituents in Parlia...
www.boblaxton.org.uk /news   (833 words)

  
 MPs, MEPs and Councillors for Spondon, Derby - from Spondon Online
Bob Laxton is the Labour MP for the Derby (North) constituency which includes Spondon.
You can also find out more about Bob Laxton at his official website.
More information about these is available by calling the Derby office on 01332 206699 or via Bob's own website.
www.spondononline.co.uk /mps.asp   (227 words)

  
 Heartfelt Connections
View this Videotribute of the floral tributes sent to the funeral of Bob Laxton.
Laxton was a native of Pine Knot, KY. and a retired truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Cecilia Karen Laxton of Cordele, GA.; a brother, Lacie Laxton of Orlando, FL.
www.heartfeltconnections.net /memberEulogy.cfm?memberid=11345&sqry_rownum=2&CFID=1095012&CFTOKEN=98978333   (119 words)

  
 Bob Laxton MP, Derby North (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Bob Laxton MP Labour MP for Derby North
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
47 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Bob Laxton speaks.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/Bob_Laxton   (670 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
How effectively can you lead outside your authority?16.30 — 17.00Break17.00 — 18.00Power and leadership: My story Bob Laxton MP Derby North Your opportunity to challenge a key figure in the political landscape.
His main task, however, is to ensure that it remains a trusted, campaigning, local newspaper that stays relevant to the people who read it.
Mike lives in the city with his partner Yvette and their two children, Naomi and Phoebe. Bob Laxton MP Derby North Bob Laxton was born in and has lived and worked in Derby all of his life.
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