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In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

  
  PM - Climate change challenge urgent, says UK
HELEN LIDDELL: Well, we take a much more positive line than that, in that we believe that by acting, and indeed stating highlights, the earlier you act and the more multinational you act, the cheaper the options are for you, and the greater the long-term benefit.
HELEN LIDDELL: Well, the Australian Government is a democratically-elected government, it must respond to the manifest it was elected on.
HELEN LIDDELL: Well we cooperate with Australia in a lot of different initiatives, and of the areas that we particularly interested in is clean coal technology.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2006/s1778118.htm   (985 words)

  
 Helen Liddell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Liddell (born December 6, 1950, in Coatbridge, Scotland) is a British politician, was M.P. for Monklands East, then for Airdrie and Shotts from 1994 to 2005, and is British High Commissioner to Australia.
She is a member of the Labour Party and was the first female general secretary of the Scottish Labour Party at the age of 26.
She was Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003, a position whose powers had been transferred to the Scottish Executive after devolution in 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen_Liddell   (324 words)

  
 BBC News | SCOTLAND | Helen Liddell: Profile
Helen Liddell has returned to politics north of the Border as the new secretary of state for Scotland.
Mrs Liddell, 50, was born in the Scottish Labour heartland of Lanarkshire.
She became the Westminster MP for the Lanarkshire constituency of Monklands East in 1994 after the death of former Labour leader John Smith sparked a by-election.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1135475.stm   (334 words)

  
 Airdrie & Shotts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Many think that Helen Liddell was the first Scottish woman in the cabinet, and the first female MP to represent this area, but she is neither.
Liddell's appointment immediately caused a scandal when it was revealed that she would be paid a full Minister of State's salary despite the fact that she was to be given only half of Brian Wilson's workload.
Liddell herself believes that she has single handedly turned the tide against the SNP, while many of her colleagues believe that her negative campaigning is only giving the SNP publicity and making the Government look panicked and irresponsible.
www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/c01.html   (2742 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Helen Liddell
HELEN Liddell, the former Scottish Secretary, was accused yesterday of "job shopping" following fresh speculation she will be appointed the next British High Commissioner to Australia.
HELEN Liddell was forced to quit as Scottish Secretary yesterday, when Tony Blair airbrushed both...
HELEN Liddell's post as Scottish Secretary should be scrapped and the job merged with the...
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=690   (442 words)

  
 REVOLT Newsletter 66 20/12/00 Anne McIntosh MP Helen Liddell
In her reply to 1999/3365 Helen Liddell refers to the UKCCS study, which is just one of those covered in the multinational study above.
Helen Liddell's reply says that NRPB advice is that "while the possibility of an association cannot be dismissed, there is insufficient evidence of any adverse health effect from the fields from power supplies to which the general public may be exposed".
Helen Liddell's letter of 5 December dabbles at length in both Professor Henshaw's work and Dr Preece's work, while claiming that, as Dr Preece's work has not been published, it is difficult to comment.
www.revolt.co.uk /news66.html   (943 words)

  
 Helen Liddell announces paying compensation for dying miners. www.HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Industry Minister Helen Liddell announced a fast-track system for paying compensation to dying miners on the day The Northern Echo handed her a 12,000-signature petition calling for action.
The move came a month after the newspaper organised a public meeting to highlight the plight of thousands of former miners and their families who were facing waits of up to six years for compensation for lung disease caused by coal dust.
Mrs Liddell praised the newspaper's campaign, led by Deputy News Editor Euan McGrory and reporter Stuart Arnold, for keeping the issue in the spotlight when she unveiled the fast-track system.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /CAMPAIGNS/000922min.shtml   (304 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Jackie Ashley meets Helen Liddell, the Scottish secretary
Helen Liddell is known around town as a serious toughie.
Liddell, who has just completed two years in the job, has been hammered for "filling her diary with exotic trips in the name of promoting Scottish tourism and business", which, according to the Scotsman, has earned her the nickname of "minister for Monarch of the Glen".
Liddell again agrees "there is a debate to be had", but remains vaguely supportive of the package.
politics.guardian.co.uk /interviews/story/0,11660,883219,00.html   (1222 words)

  
 Liddell, Henry George - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
LIDDELL, HENRY GEORGE [Liddell, Henry George], 1811-98, English classical scholar.
Liddell is famous for his compilation of the Greek-English Lexicon (with Robert Scott, 1843).
Day that Labour went into reverse; As the First Minister performs a spectacular U-turn on free care for the elderly, Labour stalwart Helen Liddell steps in to create order from chaos.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-liddell.html   (315 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - UK appoints Helen Liddell as energy minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Liddell succeeds John Battle - who has moved to the Foreign and Commonwealth office - and takes responsibility for the Competitiveness in Europe portfolio.
Before joining the DTI, Liddell was minister for transport in the "super-ministry" of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Liddell said she was "delighted" with her appointment.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte93945.htm   (200 words)

  
 BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
LIDDELL: And that's why there is a dialogue with the backbenchers, not just in the House of Commons incidentally but in the House of Lords as well.
LIDDELL: I think that, if you bear in mind the debates that have been about the Post Office over the years, the constant pressure for allowing greater commercial freedom for the Post Office, there is no doubt that the issues surrounding Consignia have to be addressed...
LIDDELL: Well, as I said a couple of minutes ago both Patricia Hewitt and Stephen Byers are very much in the front line of this issue, and have made clear statements.
www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20020324_int_1.html   (1319 words)

  
 Inventory of the Liddell and Pickens Family Papers, 1820-1997
Forbes Liddell was the son of Walter James Forbes Liddell and Amelia Brubaker Liddell.
Liddell, Vinton to Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, 1895-1914
Principal correspondents are Vinton Liddell Pickens, Robert Sylvester Pickens, Cornelius M. Pickens, Stanton Watts Pickens, Wiley Millerj Pickens, Marshall Ivey Pickens, Philip Smith, Jane Liddell Pickens Church, Herbert Church, Jr., and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/03828.html   (1990 words)

  
 Punch And Duty - [Sunday Herald]
Liddell delivers her mantras, adding that new US research shows that worldwide some 40 million people believe they are connected in some way to Scotland.
They ask: ÒWhere is Britain on the euro at the moment?Ó Liddell delivers nothing startling to the initiated: she repeats the promises of the five economic tests.
Liddell might be batting but nobody is taking score, because there aren't any short-term statistics available that could be conveniently wrapped up in a nice press release.
www.sundayherald.com /29593   (1828 words)

  
 2005 news archive - University of Strathclyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Helen Liddell was educated at the University of Strathclyde.
In the Labour government, Helen became first Economic Secretary to the Treasury, then Minister for Education at the Scottish Office, followed by Minister of Transport and Minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Helen was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland in 2001 until devolution.
www.strath.ac.uk /recentnews/2005/headline_25894_en.html   (1011 words)

  
 Helen Liddell news story
Helen Liddell, the Secretary of State for Scotland, followed in the footsteps of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, when she attended a Charity Bank celebration in Edinburgh last night.
The Bank introduced itself to more that 130 people from the financial services, legal, accountancy and charity sectors – and Mrs Liddell announced that she was also opening an account with the Bank.
Mrs Liddell said: “I am opening an account with the Charity Bank to show my support for the Bank.
www.charitybank.org /2006/news-and-events/releases/11helen-liddell.html   (466 words)

  
 Overview of Helen Liddell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Liddell was educated in Coatbridge and at the University of Strathclyde.
In the Blair government of 1997, she became first Economic Secretary to the Treasury, then Minister for Education at the Scottish Office, followed by Minister of Transport and Minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Liddell was appointed the first female Secretary of State for Scotland in 2001, as part of a reshuffle of posts precipitated by the controversial resignation of Peter Mandelson.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1026.html   (196 words)

  
 Foghlam
Helen Liddell relaxes exam age and stage restrictions
Helen Liddell announces details of a management review of further education colleges
Helen Liddell raises the standard for Scotland's most able pupils
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk /d3/educationg.html   (244 words)

  
 Sectarianism in Scotland: The Last Decade (Chapter Two)
Helen Liddell stood for Labour and retained the seat by a greatly reduced margin after a dirty campaign which saw the Tories attempt to stir up sectarian discontent and the SNP charged with playing the Orange card.
The claims against the council were legitimised when Liddell herself acknowledged that '...expenditure on major projects has been concentrated in one part of the district'(2).
The situation escalated when Liddell tried to leave as 'Officers had to force their way through the seething throng with a clearly shaken Mrs Liddell and as they put her into her car she was spat upon and there were jeers and cries of 'scum' from banner waving Nationalists' (3).
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/modern_scottish_history/77732   (483 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Helen Liddell - Scotland on Sunday answers Helen Liddell's complaints   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was claimed in the Times newspaper that the bid from the Barclay brothers was knocked out after a campaign of backstairs opposition from Labour cabinet ministers, including Liddell, who issued veiled threats of a protracted Competition Commission inquiry, an allegation both the government and SMG deny.
Liddell complains that a letter sent from Robert Crawford, the head of Scottish Enterprise, denying this, was not printed.
Your article ‘What’s The Point Of Helen Liddell?’ (Aug 25) wrongly alleged that Scottish Enterprise officials were ‘livid’ at Mrs Liddell’s participation in the Ryanair press announcement.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=690&id=1423642002   (1135 words)

  
 The rise and rise of 'Stalin's Granny' Evening Standard (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When the Evening Standard criticised Mrs Liddell for disappearing "to practise Highland dancing in her Northern fastness" without taking Parliamentary questions on the closure, fellow Scottish MPs complained of racism.
Helen Lawrie Liddell, 50, was born into a Catholic Labour family in Coatbridge, three miles west of Airdrie.
The Liddells live with teenage daughter Clare in the village of Langbank, 13 miles west of Glasgow.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20010126/ai_n9541439   (529 words)

  
 SPT - Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Helen Liddell MP, will pay her first visit to SPT since her appointment last month.
Mrs Liddell and Mr Miller arrive at Partick Interchange, Scotland’s fifth busiest station with bus, Underground and railway connections, now in line for a £5.6 million refurbishment (£3.5 million of which will come from the Public Transport Fund) to include disabled access.
Mrs Liddell and Mr Miller will be invited to board the Lobey Dosser, one of three engines (the others are named Rank Bajin and El Fideldo) used to haul maintenance trucks through the tunnels when the power is switched off at night.
www.spt.co.uk /news/story9915.html   (329 words)

  
 Scotland Office - Our communications - Press Releases
That was the result of a consultation undertaken by Scottish Secretary Helen Liddell.
Helen Liddell announced the consultation into the size of the Scottish Parliament on 18 December 2001.
The Scotland Act 1998 removed the guarantee of at least 71 Scottish seats at Westminster (there are now 72) and requires the Boundary Commission for Scotland to determine the level of Scottish representation by applying the same electoral quota as in England.
www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /our-communications/release.php?id=3345   (608 words)

  
 CIPSA - Inaugural Public Sector Procurement Forum
British High Commissioner Helen Liddell, and Colin Lyne, former Supervisory Board Member of the OGC (Office of Government Commerce, UK), are among the impressive line up of speakers set to share their industry knowledge and advice at the inaugural Public Sector Procurement Forum, taking place from May 17-18 at The Hyatt Hotel, Canberra.
Helen Liddell will share her experiences and international knowledge of the public sector at the Conference Dinner, on May 17.
An economist by training, Mrs Liddell’s strong background in the financial sector included her role as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1997-1998).
www.ferret.com.au /articles/dd/0c03fddd.asp   (405 words)

  
 ::: u.tv :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Scottish opposition parties demanded explanations from Mrs Liddell, Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid and Scottish education minister Jack McConnell of their roles in the controversy.
In his resignation letter to Mrs Liddell, Mr Roy said he ``regrets`` she and Dr Reid had been ``falsely accused`` of involvement in the affair.
Pressure on Mr Roy to resign as PPS to Mrs Liddell was compounded by reports today that he suggested Dublin may have leaked damaging information to the press.
u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=4830   (828 words)

  
 University of Paisley :: News: Secretary of State for Scotland to Give 2001 Brough Lecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Rt Hon Helen Liddell, Secretary of State for Scotland, is to give the prestigious University of Paisley Brough Lecture on Thursday 13 December 2001.
Helen Liddell, who is the MP for Airdrie and Shotts, will present her lecture entitled: ‘Scotland’s Place in the World’ at the University’s Paisley Campus on Thursday 13 December 2001.
A University of Paisley spokesperson said: “We are delighted that Rt Hon Helen Liddell is to give this year’s Brough Lecture.
www.paisley.ac.uk /news/response-news.asp?id=260   (290 words)

  
 Swinney in blast over Blair's Scots carve-up - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In a day of high political drama at Westminster yesterday, Scots Secretary Helen Liddell lost her Cabinet post when the Scotland Office was abolished by Tony Blair after more than a century.
SSP leader and Glasgow MSP Tommy Sheridan said: "I didn't rate Helen Liddell, but at least she was a Scottish MP.
Mrs Liddell, 52, was said to have become discontent with her £125,000-a-year job because of its reduced role since devolution.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /hi/news/5016490.html   (711 words)

  
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www.stanford.edu /dept/DLCL/research/workgroups/miller.doc   (561 words)

  
 The Unofficial Helen Liddell Fan Pages
These pages were set up in honour of Scotland's greatest ever female politician with the name of Helen Liddell on the occasion of her appointment as the first ever Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland in 1998.
Don't believe all those horrible rumours that Helen had to be dragged screaming back to Scotland.
And if all that wasn't enough, Mrs Liddell is by far the most glamorous doll in British Politics since Baroness Thatcher was put out to pasture.
members.tripod.com /~HelenLiddell/home.html   (224 words)

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