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	Conservative Party - Profile
		Born in Paisley in 1958, Eleanor graduated BA LLB from Edinburgh University in 1982.
		Eleanor was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for the Epping Forest constituency in May 1997 and re-elected with an increased majority in June 2001.
		In the 1987 election, Eleanor was the Conservative candidate in the safe Labour seat of Paisley North.
	www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4930 (318 words)

	Black information Link:
		Shadow Women and Equality minister Eleanor Laing this afternoon stated that the equality battle was far from won, and that the traditions of the Conservative Party were essential in upholding the importance of the individual.
		Ms Laing noted that new regulations on age discrimination, which have come into force today will take a while to bed down and it was important for employers to approach such regulation in a positive light.
		Ms Laing stated clearly that she felt the budget set aside for the CEHR was considerably too high, and that despite its expanded remit over the existing commissions, there should be evidence of an economy of scale, measurable in financial savings.
	www.blink.org.uk /pdescription.asp?key=12778&grp=66&cat=221 (1018 words)

	Bishop's Stortford Citizen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mrs Laing retained her Tory seat at the last General Election with an 8,426-majority and was joined by her husband Alan at the count at St John's School, Epping.
		Earlier this week, Mrs Laing who gave birth to her first son, Matthew, just days after last year's election, becoming only the third Tory in history to become a mother while a serving MP was staying with friends in Buckinghamshire, as reporters waited outside the couple's house in Theydon Bois and their London flat.
		Mrs Laing told the Guardian that suggestions made in the tabloid article that she had had a relationship with Shadow Health Minister Dr Liam Fox were "absolutely, categorically untrue".
	www.bishopsstortfordcitizen.co.uk /display.var.174268.0.0.php (677 words)

	Observer \| Tories get to grips with single mothers
		Elections are in full swing, but, for Laing, the day's main task - after spending the morning at the Dispatch Box in the Commons - is arranging her son's birthday party.
		For Laing, who became a single mother after her marriage to Matthew's father broke down, it certainly means not judging lone parents: 'There are a lot of people in Britain today not in what are considered to be traditional family set-ups, for all sorts of reasons, which have to be respected.'
		Laing took no maternity leave, and manages, she says, with a full-time nanny, a wing and a prayer: 'I believe in chaos.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4946158-102279,00.html (851 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has spoken of her sadness that attempts to save her marriage have failed and that she is divorcing her husband, Alan, ten months after she discovered that he had been having an affair.
		Mrs Laing said the "amicable" divorce, which is expected to be finalised in the next couple of months after 19 years of marriage, was "the best way forward" for the couple's young son, who was born just days after last year's general election.
		Mrs Laing, speaking exclusively to the Guardian, said: "Alan and I are both very sad about it but the main thing is that our little son, Matthew, sees his father several times a week.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=229903 (297 words)

	Guardian Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has quit her new job on the opposition front bench after four days — to spend more time with her young son.o However she stresses her work both in and for the constituency continues as usual, and any thought of standing down as MP has never crossed her mind.
		Mrs Laing has been juggling her time between parliamentary and constituency work while also trying to find enough time to spend with her son, Matthew, who is nearly two-and-a-half years old.
		Mrs Laing was appointed to the whips office the year after her election victory and 18 months later she joined the shadow constitutional affairs team before becoming education spokesman after the last election.
	www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk /display.var.434998.0.0.php (449 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing spent more than £20,000 on running a London home last year according to newly released figures, despite living only 18 miles from Westminster.
		Mrs Laing, pictured, received £20,333, the maximum an MP is allowed for additional costs incurred when staying away from their main home to perform parliamentary duties.
		Mrs Laing, who claimed £18,607 in incidental expenses, £63,643 for staff costs, £2,972 for travel, as well as £487 for stationery and £1,567 for postage costs, said it would "not be reasonable" for her to travel back from Westminster at midnight and return for 8.30am the next morning.
	www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=540719 (297 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London
		ASSURANCES given to MP Eleanor Laing over the Metropolitan Police training camp at High Beech have been dismissed by residents who say they have heard it all before.
		Mrs Laing has spoken with Firearms Unit Superintendent Norman MacKenzie who has assured her the ground-burst pyrotechnic device will not be used again.
		Mrs Laing added: "It seems on the day of the very loud explosions, a particular pyrotechnic device was used which made more noise than usual.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=72815 (341 words)

	Guardian Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mrs Laing received £20,333, the maximum an MP is allowed for additional costs incurred when staying away from their main home to perform parliamentary duties.
		Mrs Laing, who also claimed £18,607 in incidental expenses, £63,643 for staff costs, and £2,972 for travel, as well as £487 for stationery and £1,567 for postage costs, said it would "not be reasonable" for her to travel back from Westminster at midnight and return for 8.30am the next morning.
		In total, Mrs Laing received £109,638 in allowances for 2003-2004, on top of her annual salary Ongar MP Eric Pickles claimed a total of £106,316, including £11,161 for additional costs, £18,723 for incidental expenses, £69,943 for staff costs and £4,236 for travel.
	www.ongarguardian.co.uk /display.var.540716.0.0.php (554 words)

	Sunday Mirror (London, England) : Alan has gone along with the marriage for Eleanor's career .. politics is a dirty ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alan Laing and Jennifer even owned a house together as the MP, who had a baby last year, desperately fought to hide her sham marriage.
		Eleanor, a close friend of Tory health spokesman Dr Liam Fox, has claimed the marriage is genuine and they are just going through "troubles".
		In public, Eleanor and millionaire Alan shamelessly posed as a traditional family unit as she promoted Tory values in her Epping Forest constituency in Essex.
	static.highbeam.com /s/sundaymirrorlondonengland/april142002/alanhasgonealongwiththemarriageforeleanorscareerpo/index.html (353 words)

	Eleanor Laing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eleanor Fulton Laing (born 1 February 1958, Paisley as Eleanor Fulton Pritchard) is a British politician.
		When Laing was first elected to the Epping Forest seat in 1997, the seat had been made a marginal by the Labour landslide.
		Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Eleanor Laing MP
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleanor_Laing (141 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Wandsworth Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has described the outbreak of foot and mouth disease as an "absolute tragedy" for farmers across the area.
		Regardless of whether it is, Mrs Laing said it was time for the government seriously to consider compensation schemes for farmers.
		Mrs Laing said she was disappointed that the Countryside March through London, scheduled for March 18, had been postponed because of the crisis.
	www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=42279 (196 words)

	Conservative Future - Issues - Hard hitting Christmas
		Shadow Minister for Women Eleanor Laing, has launched a poster campaign against domestic violence in time for the Christmas period.
		Eleanor warned of the harsh realities of domestic violence saying: "The legal position against domestic violence will be strengthened considerably when the Act comes into force next year.
		It is important to be aware of this issue and Eleanor was delighted to be involved with the launch of the poster campaign.
	www.conservativefuture.com /issues/issue.cfm?obj_id=118134 (495 words)

	PPA \| Legal and public affairs
		The lunch aimed to increase awareness of the social and political challenges faced by teenage magazines in addressing sexual issues and publicise TMAP - the industry self-regulatory system set up by PPA in 1996 to ensure that the content of teenage magazines is accurate and responsible.
		The MPs were briefed on the political challenges faced by the industry in 2003 and 2004 including successful lobby efforts to amend the Sexual Offences Bill to protect the right of agony aunts to provide readers with information about sexual issues.
		Eleanor Laing and Tim Loughton both stated how impressed they were with the work of the teenage magazine sector in educating their readers about important issues such as STIs and drugs in a responsible and accessible way.
	www.ppa.co.uk /cgi-bin/go.pl/legal/article.html?uid=1096&topic_uid=82 (219 words)

	Epping: MP's five pledges for young (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing this week unveiled her pre-election manifesto aimed at securing the health, education and welfare of children under the age of five.
		After talking for two hours with her young constituents, Mrs Laing, who recently announced she is pregnant and expecting her first child in July, formulated a five point manifesto.
		Mrs Laing was full of praise for the work of the Rum Tum Tuggers nursery, which is based in Vicarage Lane West.
	www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/2001/04/16/NEWS38ZM.html (413 words)

	Guardian Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing, who quit her last front bench job after four days saying that she wanted to spend more time with her son, this week accepted a more senior position as part of a mini Conservative reshuffle.
		Mrs Laing is being put forward by Epping Forest Conservatives Association's executive committee as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election.
		Mrs Laing first won the Epping Forest seat at the 1997 election with a 5,252-majority, which she increased to 8,426 at the 2001 election.
	www.walthamforestguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=472528 (459 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Hertfordshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has the best voting record in Parliament out of local MPs in the district, according to figures compiled by the House of Commons library.
		Out of 367 Commons divisions during the 1999 to 2000 session, Mrs Laing voted in two thirds (66 per cent) and is ranked 310th in the library's participation table out of the 650 MPs nationally.
		Harlow Labour MP Bill Rammell, whose constituency includes Nazeing, Sheering and Roydon, voted in 60 per cent of the divisions, ranking 399th in participation, while Brentwood and Ongar Conservative Eric Pickles voted at 56 per cent to be ranked 454th overall.
	www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=42199 (151 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Politics \| Eleanor Laing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Eleanor Laing was elected to the Commons for the first time in 1997, but was already well known having served as special adviser to John McGregor in government for five years.
		She had been an enthusiast for rail privatisation and, coming from Scotland, was a fervent opponent of devolution and of constitutional change more generally.
		Ms Laing prospered under William Hague and enjoyed rapid advancement, serving as a whip and then as a spokesman on constitutional affairs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_politics/2079654.stm (148 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During a tour of the airfield, Mrs Laing said keeping the former Battle of Britain base untouched was an unrealistic aim and warned that without any compromise the Government would overrule campaigners and could then carpet the site with houses.
		During a discussion with the users, Mrs Laing recommended alternative plans be drawn up by the campaigners suggesting development at the airfield on a smaller scale.
		Mrs Laing praised the campaign run so far by the users group and pledged her support to the cause, saying she would continue the fight in Parliament.
	www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=458467 (374 words)

	Guardian \| Child protection paper delayed as Hodge row continues
		Earlier this week, the Conservative children's spokeswoman, Eleanor Laing, called for Mrs Hodge to go and today Ms Laing's demand was backed by her leader, who said Mrs Hodge's position was "untenable".
		Later, in the Commons, the speaker intervened to halt what he called a "concerted attack" on Mrs Hodge by Tory MPs after it was confirmed that the green paper had been delayed.
		During exchanges on future parliamentary business, Ms Laing was interrupted by the speaker, Michael Martin, who told her: "There seems to be an attack, an ongoing attack, a concerted attack on the minister for children.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4704817-105248,00.html (452 words)

	North Weald: Residents kick up a stink in sewage row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Angry residents in North Weald are to protest to local Labour MP Eleanor Laing over problems with sewage in the village.
		The parish council is alerting Ms Laing about their concerns over private and public sewers.
		The position is so woolly and we're protesting to Eleanor Laing about the complex and contradictory laws covering private and public sewers.
	www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/1999/04/16/NEWS99.3ZM.html (323 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Bishop's Stortford Citizen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		May 2, 2001 14:19: GOVERNMENT moves to abolish community health councils are being opposed by Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing.
		She was speaking after the government was defeated in the House of Lords over the abolition proposal which Mrs Laing described as "unacceptable".
		Praising the West Essex Community Health Council, Mrs Laing said: "People who are going into hospital are at their most vulnerable and when they need a bit of help or moral support the community health council is there to provide it.
	www.bishopsstortfordcitizen.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=141802 (167 words)

	Eleanor Laing - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Conservatives.com - Eleanor Laing MP (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.pageandpersonID=4930) official biography
		This article about a British politician is a stub.
		The article about Eleanor Laing contains information related to Eleanor Laing, Past and Present Positions and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Eleanor_Laing (178 words)

	Charles Hendry MP -> Press Statements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shadow Education Minister, Eleanor Laing MP, visited Wealden on Friday to see at first hand the facilities available for children with special educational needs in the area and to talk to local teachers.
		Mrs Laing, the Shadow Minister responsible for Special Educational Needs and Early Years Learning, was shown around Grove Park School in Crowborough by Christine Moody, the Headteacher, and by Lead County Education spokesman, Rupert Simmons.
		Commenting afterwards Mrs Laing said: “I was very impressed by the facilities at Grove Park and the enormous dedication of the teachers, working with children with such profound difficulties.
	www.charleshendry.com /news/displayfullpress.asp?pressid=7 (347 words)

	Laing Plans £100m Cash Call (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Civil engineer John Laing today said it planned to raise about £95.3 million through a rights issue.Laing, which runs Chiltern Railways and builds schools, hospitals and...
		EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has been promoted to the front bench as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.
		CIVIL engineer John Laing is planning to raise about £95.3m through a rights issue.
	news.peem.co.uk /Top_Stories/1043cfe86dd (218 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Watford Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TORY candidate Eleanor Laing was in Epping to highlight the Conservatives' pledge to reduce fuel tax by 6p a litre.
		Her visit to the Shell garage in the High Street followed her petitioning of motorists last autumn when, she said, there was an "overwhelming" response about cutting the tax.
		Mrs Laing added: "It's part of the overall balancing of tax and spending obviously we want to cut some taxes and we want to cut unnecessary government spending.
	www.watfordobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=42538 (375 words)

	Epping Forest Conservatives - Eleanor Laing MP
		Mrs Eleanor Laing has been the Member of Parliament for Epping Forest since 1997.
		Eleanor was elected as Conservative MP for Epping Forest in May 1997 and re-elected with an increased majority in June 2001.
		In February 1999, she was promoted to the post of Opposition Whip and in July 2000 she became a Frontbench Spokesman for Constitutional Affairs.
	www.eleanorlaing.com (346 words)

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