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  Joan Ruddock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joan Mary Ruddock (born 28 December 1943, Pontypool as Joan Mary Anthony), is a politician in the United Kingdom.
Born in Wales, she was educated at Pontypool grammar school and at Imperial College London.
Prior to her election to Parliament, Joan Ruddock was well known as the Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a UK pressure group highly active during the 1980s; she resigned the chair in 1985.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joan_Ruddock   (226 words)

  
 Search: spoken by Joan Ruddock (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to President Karzai concerning the re-introduction of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
Joan Ruddock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many households in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) Lewisham borough are receiving the Child Tax Credit; (2) how many households in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) Lewisham borough are receiving the Working Tax Credit.
Joan Ruddock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged (a) 22 years and over, (b) 18 to 21 years and (c) under 18 years are receiving the minimum wage in (i) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (ii) Lewisham borough.
www.theyworkforyou.com /search/?pid=10519&pop=1   (1133 words)

  
 Power Line: London now and then
That's because its chairwoman, Joan Ruddock of Berkshire, 40, is a charming, mannerly social worker, who, as they say here, "wrong-foots the Tories because she looks like one of them." And its general secretary is Monsignor Bruce Kent, who represents a minority view in a minority church in Britain.
Ruddock, who has fl hair and an unquenchable smile, was smartly turned out in a cerise cotton jump suit--appropriate for someone who was planning to sit in a street and might have to spend the night in jail.
As Ruddock applied lotion to a sunburned marcher, a BBC broadcaster came along and told her the police were calling the crowd 80,000.
powerlineblog.com /archives/005151.php   (1768 words)

  
 What's New : : Lewisham College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Joan Ruddock, Labour MP for Lewisham and Deptford visited Lewisham College this week to meet the students and indulge in some beauty treatments, at the college’s beauty salon, T’ien.
Ruth Silver CBE, Principal and Joan Ruddock both enjoyed a nail consultation and manicure from the students, who are currently studying for their Beauty Therapy NVQ Level 2 qualification.
Joan Ruddock said: “This has been a terrific experience and the best manicure I have had in a long time.
www.lewisham.ac.uk /newsItem/&newsId=71   (278 words)

  
 Ruddock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert Billings Ruddock, namesake of Caltech's Ruddock House
Osbourne Ruddock, the Jamaican sound engineer known as King Tubby
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ruddock   (95 words)

  
 letsrecycle.com - News and information for the Recycling and Waste Management Community
Speaking to letsrecycle.com, Ms Ruddock said that at the moment, a lot of recycling in the UK can only take place in bring sites, which are not easily accessible to all members of society.
Although nervous in the run-up to the second reading of the Bill on Friday, both Ms Ruddock and Friends of the Earth are confident their legislation will pass on to the committee stage for further re-drafting.
Ms Ruddock said that although she sympathised with MPs for having their attention drawn by the conflict over Iraq, she was certain there would be enough supporters in the House to allow the Bill to proceed.
www.letsrecycle.com /legislation/news.jsp?story=2060   (570 words)

  
 Tim Worstall: Joan Ruddock on Nuclear Power
Which gives us Joan Ruddock’s piece on nuclear power as an example.
Securing energy supplies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are rightly at the top of the political agenda, but they have to be considered in relation to the whole energy mix and not just to the 8 per cent provided by nuclear power.
Had Joan Ruddock managed a little googling she might have come across this helpful BBC news brief from a year ago on whether Britain needs nuclear power.
timworstall.typepad.com /timworstall/2006/05/joan_ruddock_on.html   (1202 words)

  
 Blair will be gone by Christmas, say friends
Joan Ruddock, a former minister, raised the issue of the succession, including the timing of Mr Blair's departure, with Mr Prescott at a meeting of Labour's parliamentary committee on Tuesday.
The committee - which holds a weekly meeting with the Prime Minister - is made up of a small group of senior MPs elected by backbenchers to pass on the views of the parliamentary party.
Miss Ruddock was said to have told Mr Prescott of concerns that the timing and nature of any handover were unclear and MPs feared the transition may not be "orderly" if uncertainty persisted.
prisonplanet.com /articles/march2006/310306_b_Blair.htm   (484 words)

  
 Feminist Majority Foundation US Daily News Wire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
British Minister for Women Joan Ruddock urged 600 young women to consider careers in science and technology.
Ruddock said, “We want girls, not just to have jobs but to have real careers in science, engineering and technology.
Ruddock said, “These skill shortages can probably only be filled if you girls get in there and get the education required.
www.feminist.org /news/newsbyte/printnews.asp?id=3143   (153 words)

  
 Joan Ruddock MP, Lewisham, Deptford (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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Joan Ruddock MP Labour MP for Lewisham, Deptford
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/joan_ruddock/lewisham,_deptford   (575 words)

  
 IEMA - The Recycling Doorstep Challenge
However, although calls for comprehensive doorstep recycling have received backing from well more than half of MPs (384 out of 659), it will only become law if enough turn up and vote when it is debated in the House of Commons.
But if Joan Ruddock's Bill becomes law, every local authority will have to provide a quality doorstep recycling service.
Joan Ruddock MP said: “The Doorstep Recycling Bill will make a significant contribution to increasing the amount of waste that this country recycles.
www.iema.net /news/envnews?aid=3777   (422 words)

  
 letsrecycle.com - News and information for the Recycling and Waste Management Community
The Private Member's Bill was introduced into Parliament by Joan Ruddock and calls for every English council to provide kerbside recycling collections for two materials from every doorstep by 2010.
Commenting on the new Act, Environment minister Elliot Morley said: "I am delighted that this Bill has become law and commend Joan Ruddock for all her hard work in achieving this.
This government is committed to reducing the amount of waste going to landfill and I believe this Bill is an important contribution in achieving that.
www.letsrecycle.com /legislation/news.jsp?story=2774   (280 words)

  
 Correspondents Report - Blair facing backlash over anti-ceasefire policy
To defeat it, we'll need an alliance of moderation, that paints a different future in which Muslim, Jew and Christian, Arab and Western, wealthy and developing nations can make progress, in peace and harmony with each other.
STEPHANIE KENNEDY: Joan Rudduck, a Labour backbencher and former minister wasn't impressed with Mr Blair's speech, labeling his view hypocritical.
JOAN RUDDUCK: I think there are absolutely extraordinary contradictions in this speech.
www.abc.net.au /correspondents/content/2006/s1706990.htm   (874 words)

  
 Role of Women in New Iraq of Concern
And the man widely considered the U.S. pick for leading a new government, Ahmad Chalabi, is head of the Iraqi National Congress, which has been criticized for failing to put women in leadership positions.
British Member of Parliament Joan Ruddock said she was "shocked" by the gender imbalance at the meeting.
She issued a warning to Jay Garner, the retired U.S. general tapped to head the interim government in Iraq, about the sheiks and clerics who turned out in full force.
www.womensenews.org /article.cfm?aid=1301   (1138 words)

  
 Defra, UK: News releases 2003:HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING BILL GETS ROYAL ASSENT
The Private Member's Bill, put forward by Joan Ruddock MP, was supported by Government in its passage through Parliament.
The Bill also provides that the Secretary of State must report to Parliament on progress towards meeting this requirement, and local authority performance on meeting their recycling and composting standards, by the end of October 2004.
Elliot Morley, the Minister responsible, said: 'I am delighted that this Bill has become law and commend Joan Ruddock for all her hard work in achieving this.
www.defra.gov.uk /NEWS/2003/031106c.htm   (260 words)

  
 UK recycling law passes second reading.
The bill, written by Joan Ruddock MP in association with environmental NGO Friends of the Earth, aims to provide a doorstep recycling service for every household in the UK, in a direct attempt to improve the country’s lowly recycling rate and excessive reliance on landfill and incineration options.
Friends of the Earth's Director, Tony Juniper, said: "We are delighted that Joan Ruddock's Municipal Waste Recycling Bill has passed its crucial second reading unopposed.
MPs and the Government clearly understand that we must drastically increase the amount of domestic waste that this country recycles.
www.greenconsumerguide.com /news1151.html   (179 words)

  
 The Campaign: News Updates
Ms Ruddock told PA News: "I have now got to the bottom of the persistent rumours that there have been experiments on fish in Scotland.
Atlantic salmon grew at four times their normal rate during research into GM fish but all were destroyed when the project was terminated.
Ms Ruddock told PA News: "I have now got to the bottom of the persistent rumors that there have been experiments on fish in Scotland.
www.thecampaign.org /newsupdates/july.htm   (10060 words)

  
 Planet Ark : World Lawmakers Set Up Global Warming Monitor Group
Accusing rich and poor alike of talking a good fight against but doing little, the parliamentarians from the Group of Eight rich nations and five major developing countries said their three-year goal was to force the pace.
"Climate change is both a national and a global problem and an issue that transcends political affiliations," Joan Ruddock, British parliamentarian and co-chair of the new Climate Change Dialogue initiative, told a news conference.
Ruddock said the group would shadow and feed into the twice-yearly meetings of G8 leaders and environment and energy ministers with the aim of producing concrete policy proposals for the G8 summit in Japan in 2008.
www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35315/story.htm   (615 words)

  
 IEMA - UK Govt Back's FOE's Recycling Bill
The Government has given its backing to a proposed new recycling law, being taken forward by Joan Ruddock MP.
The move, which has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth (who drafted the original Bill), gives the Bill an excellent chance of becoming law.
Congratulations must go to Joan Ruddock for steering this Bill through Parliament, MPs from all parties for their overwhelming support, and the Government for putting its weight behind it."
www.iema.net /news/envnews?aid=4026   (278 words)

  
 Gaffaweb - Kate Bush - DREAMING - A. The Albums - The Sensual World era- GLC -Comic Strip episode
The scenario of the show was the story of Ken Livingstone's rise to leadership of the G.L.C. and his struggle with Mrs Thatcher (the Ice Maiden) with just a slight distortion of the truth in true Hollywood style.
Ken with the help of Joan Ruddock, Tony Benn and later Prince Charles replaces Horace Cutler as leader of the G.L.C. by popular acclaim (Horace beaten into third place by Screaming Lord Sutch).
The Ice Maiden plots his downfall and bans the G.L.C. leading to an armed battle between Ken and his followers with the army.
gaffa.org /dreaming/glc.html   (1703 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Databank | Joan Ruddock
My private member's bill on doorstop recycling which puts a duty on local councils to provide recycling of at least two kinds of waste.
How Joan Ruddock voted on key parliamentary votes:
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politics.guardian.co.uk /mpsuncovered/story/0,,1448412,00.html   (167 words)

  
 UK parliament hearings on World Bank, IMF (Bretton Woods Project)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Stephen Pickford, director of international finance at the Treasury, hedged his bet, responding that "it is essentially up to the country itself to design and devise its own economic policies", however the UK "would also have views on whether macro-economic policies were good or not so good."
Joan Ruddock MP asked whether there was "an inconsistency between the lending policies of the international financial institutions and the UK's own commitment to climate change policies", pointing out that the World Bank's support for renewables was a mere six per cent of its energy lending (see World Bank and climate change).
Benn responded that "clearly it would be good if there could be faster progress.
www.brettonwoodsproject.org /article.shtml?cmd[126]=x-126-438538   (659 words)

  
 Voting Record — Joan Ruddock MP, Lewisham, Deptford — The Public Whip
Voting Record — Joan Ruddock MP, Lewisham, Deptford
Joan Ruddock is currently a member of the International Development Committee.
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www.publicwhip.org.uk /mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1681   (641 words)

  
 TSN2K: Joan Ruddock MP
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Pupils from St Saviour's Primary School interview Joan Ruddock MP What is your name?
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