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	Keith Vaz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vaz became a frontbench spokesman on the Environment for the Official Opposition in 1992 and between 1993 and 1994 was a Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
		Keith Vaz was also a director of the company General Mediterranean Holdings' owned by the Anglo-Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi, who had in the past hired British politicians Lord David Steel and Lord Norman Lamont as directors.
		Vaz has been called by some "the Jack Thompson of the UK" for his stance against what he perceives as violent computer games, and his outspoken views on their content.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keith_Vaz (912 words)

	rediff.com: Keith Vaz dropped from Blair Cabinet
		Keith Vaz, who was dropped from the Tony Blair Cabinet, was released from hospital early Monday.
		Vaz, whose sacking was widely expected following his recent ill-health and persistent allegations about his financial conduct, is replaced by Peter Hain who was minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth office in the outgoing ministry.
		Vaz's return to the backbenches was confirmed just hours after he was released from Leicester Royal Infirmary hospital where he had spent the weekend recovering from an infection.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/11vaz.htm (269 words)

	Keith Vaz MP- Official Website
		Keith Vaz MP was elected Labour MP for Leicester East in 1987 becoming the first person of Indian origin to sit in the House of Commons for 50 years.
		In the speech Mr Vaz raised the points that since May 2004 workers from Eastern Europe had already contributed over £300 million to the national treasury, that less than even one per cent of migrants had tried to apply for benefits, and that they particularly supplemented industries currently facing shortage of skilled workers.
		East MP Keith Vaz has met with residents of Humberstone and representatives from the City Council to launch a petition to clamp down on the increasing crime figures in the area.
	www.keithvaz.labour.co.uk (733 words)

	The Hindu : It's Keith Vaz again
		Keith Vaz, the Asian MP from Leicester who lost his job in the Blair Government after a vicious media campaign, have come to haunt him again following a fresh ``leak'' from the parliamentary watchdog, Ms.
		Vaz told The Sunday Times that similar allegations had been made in the past and his wife was ``pursuing legal proceedings''.
		Vaz was involved in a direct financial relationship with them (the Hindujas), he made use of his role as a member of Parliament to make representations to the immigration service and home office ministers on their behalf.
	www.hindu.com /2001/12/25/stories/2001122501661500.htm (542 words)

	Keith Vaz, NRI of Goan origin won the elections 2005
		Keith Vaz of Goan origin won the elections with a record margin of 15,800.
		Born in Aden in 1956, Keith Vaz was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair MP, on 17 May 1999.
		Keith was a practising solicitor from 1982 until 1987, working in local government and subsequently for a number of law centres and advice centres.
	www.nriinternet.com /NRIpoliticians/UK/A_Z/V/Keith_Vaz/index.htm (210 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Vaz rejects property claims
		Europe Minister Keith Vaz, who is under fire in the Hinduja passport row, has denied newspaper claims that he owns a string of properties worth more than £1m.
		Mr Vaz's business affairs and ministerial conduct have come under intense scrutiny since questions were first raised last month about his role in helping the billionaire Hinduja brothers secure British passports.
		But in a statement Mr Vaz responded: "The Kennington studio flat it refers to is not owned by me but by a family member who sold it in January 2001, subject to contract, for £97,000 (not £200,000, as the Daily Mail claims).
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1163255.stm (533 words)

	Keith Vaz, MP: July 2005
		Keith Vaz is the Labour MP for Leicester East who is currently without his own website.
		Also a story from the Leicester Mercury about a Leicester meeting for the two minutes silence attended by Keith Vaz, showing that expressing concern is not enough, A nation pays its respects.
		The political diarists and sketch writers enjoy a bit of Vaz, recently we have The Sunday Herald believing it detects a bit of Vaz hypocrisy with quite upsetting implications and Simon Hoggart in the Guardian who has promoted our Keith from the Vaz of Vaz to the Great Vaz of Vaz.
	keith-vaz.blogspot.com /2005_07_01_keith-vaz_archive.html (449 words)

	Keith Vaz MP
		Keith Vaz MP for Leicester East has taken up the case of Mr Morris who has been waiting for a wheelchair for three and a half years and was recently told he will have to wait another four years to receive one.
		Furthermore Mr Vaz is delighted to have been chosen as the person to hand the large cheque to the school.
		Vaz presented a petition to the House of Commons which has over 10,000 signatures calling the Indian and British Governments to work together to catch the killers.
	www.keithvaz.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=15862 (3147 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Keith Vaz
		Keith Vaz was, initially, one of New Labour's rising stars.
		Mr Vaz compounded his difficulties by what was seen as evasive behaviour, to the point where some Labour backbenchers were openly calling for his dismissal.
		At the 2001 election, he was often cited as the prime example of 'Labour sleaze', and stood down from the government on health grounds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2118735.stm (194 words)

	rediff.com: Keith Vaz: Ambitious and flexible
		Keith Vaz survived the controversy over his role in passport applications by the Hinduja brothers -- after being cleared of wrongdoing by the Hammond report -- although he came under heavy fire for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry by the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Elizabeth Filkin.
		The Vaz family emigrated to the United Kingdom when he was nine.
		His widowed mother, Merlyn, is a Leicester councillor and his BBC presenter sister, Valerie, is known for her leftist views..
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/09vaz.htm (470 words)

	Keith Vaz, MP: Keith Vaz new round up
		I am not Keith Vaz, nor any member of his staff and not in any way associated with him, bar that he is my MP.
		The aim of this blog is to keep an eye on Mr Vaz and let his constituents know what he is up to.
		This is a job he should be doing himself and if he decides to I'd be delighted to see it.
	keith-vaz.blogspot.com /2005/07/keith-vaz-new-round-up.html (366 words)

	Keith Vaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		NRI Keith Vaz, former minister in the Blair cabinet, is the second "most expensive" MP in Britain, owing to his services to his constituency, which has a substantial proportion of ethnic minorities particularly from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
		According to official documents, Vaz, who accounted for 164,265 pounds in the year ending in April this year, put his 22,409 pounds in combined postage and stationery costs.
		I have a four-hour surgery, I see a person every five minutes and it always overruns." Vaz said the 8,772 pounds in the "other expenses" column was the salary paid for one of his staff who went on permitted leave to care for a paralysed partner.
	www.nriinternet.com /NRIpoliticians/UK/MP_UK/Keith_Vaz/2_101204.htm (218 words)

	Keith Vaz MP, Leicester East (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
		Keith Vaz MP Labour MP for Leicester East
		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/keith_vaz/leicester_east (667 words)

	Vaz, Keith \| Aristotle \| Guardian Unlimited Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		People > MPs > Labour > Keith Vaz
		Keith Vaz says: On his proudest achievement in parliament since 2001: "Getting the council in Leicester and the private sector to provide facilities on the Hamilton estate in Leicester."
		Others say: The Times: "Of snappy appearance, his colour coordinated shirts, ties and handkerchiefs will present him gift wrapped to the cameras, with all the punch and plausibility of the superior sort of door-to-door salesman."
	politics.guardian.co.uk /person/0,9290,-5310,00.html (81 words)

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