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	Don Touhig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Donnelly Touhig, known as Don Touhig (born December 5, 1947) is the Welsh Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Islwyn.
		He was made a Member of the Privy Council on 19 July 2006.
		Touhig is a papal knight of the Order of Saint Sylvester
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Touhig (242 words)

	Tony Berry on Don Touhig - Press Gazette
		Back in 1983 Don Touhig was editor of the Free Press of Monmouthshire group but had the look of an ambitious assistant bank manager.
		Don's manner was usually abrupt and humourless but he was a busy chap: editor, county councillor, education authority chief and agent for a Labour MEP.
		Don decided I was the source and this was the only time he screamed at me.
	www.pressgazette.co.uk /?t=article&l=tony_berry_on (462 words)

	Search: spoken by Don Touhig (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Don Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial assistance for travel is available to eligible patients travelling to private orthodontic clinic appointments after referral by an NHS dentist.
		Don Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the retention rate of community support officers in (a) Gwent, (b) South Wales, (c) Dyfed Powys and (d) North Wales police force areas in each year since they were first employed.
		Don Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional powers have been made available for (a) police officers and (b) local authorities to confiscate (i) illegal off-road vehicles and (ii) untaxed motor vehicles since 1997.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /search/?pid=10600&pop=1 (1230 words)

	Don Touhig MP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Don Touhig, MP for Islwyn and Under Secretary of State for Wales, will be visiting schools across the constituency as part of the national MPs Back to School day campaign.
		Mr Touhig and the schoolchildren will be discussing the importance of education for people across the world.
		In a range of events that started on Friday, 23 April, Mr Touhig is discussing case studies and debating the issues with pupils of all ages.
	www.dontouhig.org.uk /PR62.htm (302 words)

	ePolitix.com - Don Touhig: Former defence minister
		Touhig: Whether there is a contest or not is for those in the party who would want to stand against Gordon for whatever reason.
		Touhig: I don't think John would stand and I don't know what degree of support he would enjoy in the parliamentary party should he stand.
		Touhig: Yes I do detect disillusion and that is a real difficulty.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/Interviews/200608/3c33ef74-be80-4fee-82a3-d8f06dbba81c.htm (1314 words)

	Uncorrected Evidence 547
		Mr Touhig: As I have said, the whole of the principles underpinning the proposed draft legislation are based on the UN Principles for Older People that were adopted by the General Assembly I think in 1991 and clearly there would be a cross reference.
		Mr Touhig: As with the Children's Commissioner, the intention is that the Older People's Commissioner will be able to look at any matter which he or she thinks impacts on the quality of life or issues that I have outlined affecting older people in Wales.
		Mr Touhig: After consideration of all the issues and options, the draft Bill proposed, as I said, the lower age limit in the definition of older people as 60 and over, and it corresponds to the various benchmarks that I referred to.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmwelaf/uc547-i/uc54702.htm (6315 words)

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		Don Touhig, the defence minister responsible for veterans, told MPs that the Government was considering proposals for a national memorial service, which could be accompanied by events in communities and schools across the country.
		But Mr Touhig voiced doubts about calls from Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative leader, for a state funeral to be held for the last First World War veteran.
		However, Mr Touhig said he was actively exploring proposals to stage a national day of commemoration to mark the passing of the generation of young men who served in the Great War.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/19/nvet19.xml&site=5&source=somnia (336 words)

	Goodwins Timber Frame efficient housing production: News from Goodwins Timber Frame
		Mr Touhig was impressed not only with the obvious efficiency of the timber frame concept, but also with scale of the enterprise at Pontymister.
		In addition to the 80,000sq ft factory Mr Touhig was shown the 7 acre site surrounding the factory and heard about Goodwins' plans for development which include the creation of a new business park for light industrial units as well as new office buildings with car parking.
		Mr Touhig complimented Goodwins on their efforts to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing which include plans to recycle heat produced by plant and machinery and to create their own sewage recycling unit so that only clean water is returned to the nearby river.
	www.buildingtalk.com /news/god/god100.html (482 words)

	Paul Flynn MP - Newport West - Books' Best (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Don served as bag-carrier for Gordon Brown and had an office strategically placed a door or two away from Tony Blair’s Commons’ Office.
		In both elections for Leader, Don was the main spokesperson for the Taskforce and he presented himself as an objective voice of the conscience of the Party.
		Don even took the trouble to ring Ron from the south of France to underline his objection.
	www.paulflynnmp.co.uk /extract.jsp?id=145 (1012 words)

	Met Office: News release
		Don Touhig MP, Under Secretary of State for Defence, today announced a 90-day period of consultation over possible changes in the organisation and structure of the Met Office.
		Mr Touhig is sending the consultation document to all MPs with an interest, and it has also been passed formally to Prospect - the recognised Trade Union for Met Office staff.
		Mr Touhig acts as the Ministerial owner of the Met Office on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence.
	www.met-office.gov.uk /corporate/pressoffice/2005/pr20050705b.html (368 words)

	icWales - Touhig-Davidson spat over cash scrutiny
		FORMER Minister Don Touhig has rekindled tensions between Westminster and Cardiff Bay by attacking Education Minister Jane Davidson for failing to hold a meeting with him.
		Mr Touhig, a former Defence and Wales Office Minister who is MP for Islwyn, also said MPs should have the right to debate how much money goes to Cardiff Bay each year.
		Mr Touhig's local authority, Caerphilly, had spent less than it was advised by the Assembly Government, she added.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=17388042&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=touhig-davidson-spat-over-cash-scrutiny-name_page.html (688 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| Touhig meets noise concern residents at Essex bomb disposal site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Under Secretary of State for Defence Don Touhig has been meeting residents concerned by noise from an explosive ordnance facility in Shoeburyness, Essex.
		Don Touhig, Veterans Minister, watches Canadian soldiers on a joint NATO training excercise carry out Explosive Ordnance Disposal at the Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Shoeburyness, Essex.
		Mr Touhig was on a fact finding trip on 26 January 2006 to The Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (DEODS), a tri-Service training establishment that is part of the Defence Explosives, Munitions and Search School (DEMSS), and was able to discuss with residents their concerns about noise levels.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EstateAndEnvironment/TouhigMeetsNoiseConcernResidentsAtEssexBombDisposalSite.htm (627 words)

	Biography of the Under-Secretary of State
		Don Touhig was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales on Monday, 11 June 2001.
		Born in 1947, Mr Touhig was educated at St Francis School, Abersychan, and Monmouth College.
		Mr Touhig is married with four children and his hobbies include cooking, music and reading.
	www.ossw.wales.gov.uk /Don_Touhig.html (218 words)

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		This comes during a parlimentary debate on whether or not to criminalize the refusal of individual soldiers to occupy foreign countries.
		Don Touhig, former defense junior minister, says there has been no evidence of an increase in absenteeism.
		Touhig claims the desertion's size is purely hearsay and there has been no evidence of an increase since the Iraq war.
	www.atsnn.com /article/209685 (1865 words)

	GlobalEcho - Alternative Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Ministry of Defence has repeatedly denied that the TA was in trouble as a result of Iraq, but the figures released to parliament last week show the situation is far worse than previously claimed.
		Don Touhig, a junior defence minister, told MPs in a series of answers to written questions that the numbers of soldiers leaving the TA had more than quadrupled in the immediate aftermath of the Iraq war in 2003.
		Before the invasion the numbers leaving were steady at about 150 a month, keeping the strength of the TA relatively stable, but as soldiers started coming back from the war in October 2003 they began to leave in droves.
	www.globalecho.org /view_article.php?aid=5608 (674 words)

	Brown's aide forced to quit over Commons leak
		Don Touhig resigned immediately as the Chancellor's parliamentary private secretary and was compelled to make a personal apology to the Commons.
		The standards and privileges committee, which polices MPs' behaviour, recommended that he be suspended for three days and, although this has to be approved by the Commons, it would be extremely unusual for the recommendation to be overturned.
		Archy Kirkwood, Liberal Democrat chairman of the committee, said the leak was a "significant interference" because it "contributed to an atmosphere of mistrust within the committee and distracted it from its work".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/07/28/nleak28.html (528 words)

	Ascension Calls for Residency Rights - Saint Helena News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Don Touhig, Minister of State for Veterans Affairs, has announced the 25th anniversary commemorations for the 1982 Conflict.
		Don Touhig, Minister of State for Veterans Affairs, has announced in Parliament the plans to commemorate the 25
		Minister Touhig said, "The focus will be on the veterans of the campaign and they will be supported by a tri-service band and serving members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Navy representing ships, units and squadrons which took part in the operation."
	www.sartma.com /art_2852.html (318 words)

	Forestry Commission - News - don touhig to open woodland numeracy trail
		A unique numeracy trail designed by Caerphilly teachers to educate local children during walks in their local woods will be officially opened by Don Touhig, the MP for Islwyn in South Wales, on Friday, October 12.
		Children from local schools will attend the launch and there will be a demonstration of the various maths activities during a tour along the numeracy trail.
		There will be an oportunity to talk to some of the children, as well as Mr Touhig and members of the FEI group.
	www.forestry.gov.uk /newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/34623D8A72F026F180256ADC003DECDA (271 words)

	Met Office: News release
		Don Touhig MP, the Under Secretary of State for Defence and the Minister responsible for the Met Office, has today announced in Parliament a major change to the way the majority of Met Office forecasts will be produced.
		Don Touhig said "This decision will ensure that the Met Office continues to provide an excellent service to all of its customers and the country at large.
		It is very important that the Met Office, as the national weather service for the UK, provides its services to customers in a way that reduces costs to the taxpayer in the long-term".
	www.met-office.gov.uk /corporate/pressoffice/2006/pr20060131.html (309 words)

	Royal Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mackinlay’s colleague, Parliamentary undersecretary of State for Defence Don Touhig joked that Mr.
		Touhig said when the Bermuda Regiment was on duty it was part of the British forces.
		Touhig was technically correct since Bermuda’s Commander-in-Chief was Sir John Vereker.
	www.theroyalgazette.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051214/NEWS/112140109 (626 words)

	SEPTEMBER 99
		In order to explain the significance of the request for Treasury evidence I agreed to Don Touhig MR's request for sight of the first draft report (which I had with me at the time) as I wanted him to understand the importance of our request for Treasury evidence.
		Ms Mountford has accepted that she was wrong to provide Mr Touhig with the draft report, although she believed she was assisting the Social Security Committee in its work by doing so.
		We recommend that Ms Mountford should apologise to the House by means of a personal statement and that she be suspended from the service of the House for five sitting days.
	www.pflcpsa.com /september_99.htm (1904 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| Don Touhig meets trainees at Cosford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Don Touhig MP, Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans, has been visiting trainees at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE), Cosford in the West Midlands.
		Mr Touhig was at Cosford on Tuesday 4 April 2006 to hear about the college's training role and its potential future position under the Defence Training Review (DTR).
		DCAE is one of three elements of specialist training included in Package 1 of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme for which bids were received from two consortia on 17 October 2005.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/PeopleInDefence/DonTouhigMeetsTraineesAtCosford.htm (341 words)

	Centre for Alternative Technology
		Don Touhig MP visits the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) to discover more about the practical help on offer for people wishing to reduce their impact on the environment.
		CAT Development Director Paul Allen gave a guided tour to Mr Touhig, whose responsibilities at the Wales Office include green and energy issues.
		Mr Touhig said that he would urge people to visit the centre if at all possible,'The breadth of advice available here and the range of activities are truly amazing.'
	www.cat.org.uk /news/press_release.tmpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqSKUdatarq=20990&cart=3253360596958344 (222 words)

	News Wales > Business > Europe expansion ‘vital for Wales’ — Touhig
		Enlargement of European Union membership to 25 countries will bring benefits for everyone in Wales, from expanded outward trade and inward investment to helping to tackle global issues such as cross-border crime, people trafficking and environmental pollution.
		Wales Office Minister Don Touhig outlined the benefits of enlargement in his speech this evening (Tuesday, 3 June) to a conference in Cardiff on the future of Europe.
		Mr Touhig said: "Membership of the EU has had a practical impact on all aspects of Welsh life, from issues such as the environment, agriculture and tourism, to issues which have a crucial impact on the Welsh economy, jobs and prosperity.
	www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Business&F=1&id=6455 (366 words)

	Pharmacy Choice - Pharmaceutical News - UK Government: First military field hospital Open Day for NHS medics - ...
		The Field Hospital has been set up as part of a two day conference by the RCDM to show NHS staff the 'real life' vital role that medical reservists play in the provision of high quality medical care to personnel in the field.
		Mr Touhig and Sir Nigel Crisp both toured the Field Hospital meeting personnel regulars and medical reservists many of whom deployed to Iraq at the start of hostilities.
		Don Touhig MP, Under Secretary of State for Defence said:
	www.pharmacychoice.com /News/article.cfm?Article_ID=12440 (676 words)

	Press Release from launch of the Public Interest Disclosure Bill
		The Bill, introduced by Don Touhig MP (Lab, Islwyn) with strong all-party support, would allow people who have acted in the public interest to obtain an injunction to protect themselves against victimisation, and get compensation if reprisals are taken.
		The Bill is due for second reading in the House of Commons on March 1, when it is likely to be the subject of a five hour debate.
		Mr Touhig said: "A constant theme of recent major accidents, financial scandals, and episodes of abuse, from Maxwell to BCCI, from the Clapham Rail disaster to the Beverley Allitt case, is that someone inside the organisation realised early on that something was wrong but was afraid to speak out, or punished for doing so.
	www.cfoi.org.uk /pidbillpr.html (2054 words)

	news - UK: REVIEW INTO THE PAYMENT SCHEME FOR CIVILIANS INTERENED BY JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The scheme offers compensation to internees born in the UK, or who had a parent or grand parent born in the UK, the so-called birthlink criterion introduced in March 2001.
		The review was announced by Don Touhig when he appeared before the Public Administration Select Committee on 1 December 2005.
		Don Touhig, Veterans Minister, announced a Review of the criteria that had been used for deciding payments to the scheme when he appeared before the Public Administration Select Committee on 1 December 2005.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspcomunicados.asp?nid=127241 (917 words)

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