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	Kim Howells - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dr Kim Scott Howells (born November 27, 1946 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Labour politician in Wales, and member of Parliament for Pontypridd.
		Since May 2005, Dr Howells has served as a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with responsibility for: the Middle East, Afghanistan and South Asia, counter-narcotics, counter-proliferation, counter-terrorism, UN and UN reform.
		Kim Howells went to Hornsey College of Art and later gained a PhD from the University of Warwick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kim_Howells (678 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Sex case minister will keep job
		Kim Howells, who has since moved from education department to the Foreign Office, admitted making the decision to clear Paul Reeve to work in schools.
		In his statement, Mr Howells said: "As duty minister for the Department for Education and Skills in the first days of May 2005, it was my job to reach a decision on any cases put to me under long-standing arrangements followed by government ministers of both parties.
		He said if Mr Howells had carried out all the procedures under the present law and process and taken advice and given that information to the employer "and they were aware of all the facts - then he behaved properly".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4608176.stm (858 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts features \| Stuart Jeffries meets culture minister, Kim Howells
		Kim howells at the royal family (he reckoned they were "all a bit bonkers"), he howells at Americans for thinking Britain is in the Middle East, at last year's Turner prize contenders ("If this is the best that British art can produce, it is lost.
		Howells, 56, the son of a communist lorry driver, became politically radicalised early.
		Howells is currently concerned with two pieces of legislation, the licensing bill and the communications bill.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,11710,876440,00.html (1163 words)

	BBC - South East Wales Public Life - Dr Kim Howells
		Howells was elected Labour MP for Pontypridd in a by-election in 1989 and became an opposition spokesman on a range of issues, winning a junior education post following Labour's election victory in 1997.
		Kim Howells has slaveishly followed Blair's every step on every major issue including the war on Iraq, removing our civil liberties and all that goes with it.
		Kim Howells was and remains a careerist disgrace.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/southeast/halloffame/public_life/kim_howells.shtml (868 words)

	Cornwall County Council - County Council Showcases Cornwall’s Cleaner, Greener Transport.
		Transport Minister Dr. Kim Howells MP visits Cornwall tomorrow (Wed 11 February) to see why Cornwall was highlighted by Government as a centre of excellence for rural public transport.
		Howells will see examples of the county's sustainable transport and green tourism on a popular countryside trail, and visit a train and bus interchange in Redruth.
		Kim Howells says, "I am looking forward to visiting Cornwall to see some of the good sustainable transport schemes that have been developed by a wide range of partnerships in the county."
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=1495 (621 words)

	Government retreats, 14&15/10/04
		Mr Howells' promise that he was looking into the way the statistics are compiled, and would keep an "open mind" in response to a question from the audience at today's conference casts new questions over their future use.
		Kim Howells told vice-chancellors yesterday, in his first speech as Higher Education Minister: "I am looking at the moment at the way in which these results are gathered and published...
		Kim Howells, the higher education minister, tried to calm the storm over charges that the government is seeking "social engineering" in universities, with apparently little success.
	www.btinternet.com /~akme/blofrtrt.html (2445 words)

	Kim Howells talking absolute shit \| Blairwatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Howells is a babbling idiot - he makes Jack Straw look like he has got a grip on things.
		Howell throws mud with such quintessential dumb fluency – it takes my breath away……… is he competing with rumsfeld to be the principal actor in the theatre of the absurd?
		Howell to leave the "green zone" and talk with Iraqis, instead of the exiles who populate the so-called government.
	www.blairwatch.co.uk /node/893 (1811 words)

	Kim Howells gets two out of four \| Samizdata.net
		The new higher education minister, Kim Howells, today stormed into the education debate with a warning for universities that top-up fees would create a "cut throat" market.
		Wow, a rabid free marketeer telling the universities that they are going to have to get their act together, not because little old he merely says so or else, but because there is now a market out there.
		In his first speech since joining the Department for Education and Skills, Mr Howells risked the ire of his boss, Charles Clarke, with a series of negative remarks about the direction education policy had taken since he was last an education minister in 1998.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/006712.html (1028 words)

	Eclectica \| Culture Minister Attacks White Music
		The controversial Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, Kim Howells, today lauched a stinging attack on "unacceptably violent" white music, which he believes is responsible for the increasing culture of guns and antisocial behaviour among young white people.
		Howells stated, whilst his Principal Private Secretary wiped the foam from the minister's lips.
		Howells have been widely praised by the music industry, despite their violent content, and often despite an obvious lack of musical merit.
	www.srcf.ucam.org /~tsk23/Howells.html (459 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Minister attacks Turner art
		Mr Howells left a note at the Tate Britain gallery, where the nominated work is on display, saying British art was "lost" if that was the best it could produce.
		Mr Howells, who is minister for tourism, film and broadcasting, is known for his outspoken remarks.
		Mr Howells, who is MP for Pontypridd in Wales, also said there should be more plain speaking and passion in the art world.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2379975.stm (671 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Howells criticises Israel attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells boards a RAF helicopter in Beirut's port July 22, 2006, as the evacuation of the last British civilians continued on Saturday.
		Howells said Israeli air strikes on Lebanon in the past 11 days did not always appear to be just hitting Hizbollah targets.
		Howells, known for being outspoken, said British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett would speak to her U.S. counterpart Condoleezza Rice about the crisis in the Middle East later on Saturday ahead of Rice's visit to the region.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1067912006 (568 words)

	MUSEUM SECURITY MAILINGLIST REPORTS
		Kim howells, the culture minister, is accusing Britain's leading auction houses of trading in looted antiquities and demanding that they do more to ensure the provenance of objects they sell.
		Mr Howells, who caused uproar last week when he accused American film stars of being too "terrified" to fly to Europe, has now infuriated British auctioneers and art dealers with a suggestion that they could be supporting the trade in stolen goods, even if they do so unwittingly.
		Mr Howells last year also courted controversy when he branded modern art as "bullshit" and last week he said that although Hollywood stars portrayed "action heroes", the lacked 'the balls' to fly to Europe in the wake of international terrorist attacks.
	www.museum-security.org /03/088.html (1991 words)

	Welcome to Bangladesh Awami League
		Howells was talking to journalists on Wednesday evening after an hour-long meeting with the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina at her Sudha Sadan residence.
		Visiting UK Minister of State Dr Kim Howells yesterday said the next general elections in Bangladesh would be crucial in the wake of terrorist acts but hoped that the country will have a free, fair and acceptable poll.
		On the critical issue of terrorism, Howells said Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance and Bangladesh should not be the target of terrorists, extra-judicial killing, political assassination and bombings.
	www.albd.org /news/2005/11/17/17.htm (2582 words)

	Netribution > News > Industry Buzz > Film Minister Kim Howells
		Kim Howells was appointed last month instead of Patricia Hewitt, who many thought should be given the post, after Chris Smith was sacked rather unceremoniously.
		His major gripe was the volume of costume dramas and "heritage" films the UK industry produces due to the likelihood of Film Council funding.
		Howell's dismissed the most of recent successful British films, such as The Full Monty as cliché ridden, despite having amassed some quarter of a billion at the box office world wide, and that top UK production company Working Title's mammoth hits Four Weddings and Notting Hill weren't worth much either.
	www.netribution.co.uk /news/industry_buzz/75/2.html (230 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Kim Howells strikes again
		Culture minister Kim Howells condemned Robbie Williams today, accusing him of supporting drug and prostitution rackets by saying internet piracy was "great".
		Howells said he was "appalled" at the chart-topping star's comments which amounted to "defending theft".
		Howells is already on record as having described last year's Turner Prize entrants as "cold, mechanical, conceptual bullshit", and as disliking the Royal Family and British film makers.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/01/23/032716.php (1014 words)

	Times Comment on Kim Howells gaffe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, made the comment during a House of Commons debate on live music legislation.
		He was responding to a question about the abolition of restrictions on the number of musicians permitted to play together in licensed premises.
		It ends: “Let me take this opportunity to reassure you that Dr Howells has always been a great champion of live music, and that he is determined to help in whatever way he can to ensure that proper venues for music are in place.”
	www.freenetpages.co.uk /hp/trg/SCoFF/timeskh.htm (383 words)

	Gamers Zone [Nieuws - Minister Kim Howells over geweld in games]
		Wat er wel bij vermeld moet worden is dat Kim Howells geen verband legt met het plegen van moorden, dit gaat hem iets te ver.
		Mr Howells told The Independent: "I look at the video games my kids play, I look at some of the movies they and their friends think are wonderful and I see no humanity at all, nothing that tries to highlight and underpin the finer virtues that are in people and society.
		Het volledige bericht is op Ananova te lezen.
	www.gamerszone.nl /news.php/603 (179 words)

	British Embassy Tel Aviv, News: Kim Howells interview on Hamas and aid for the Palestinians
		Kim Howells interview on Hamas and aid for the Palestinians
		Shaun Ley: Now that the Middle East Quartet, the EU, UN, Russian and the United States, has agreed to restore some aid to the Palestinians, the question is how to do it without effectively abandoning its previous policy towards the Hamas led Government.
		Well on the line now is the Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.
	www.britemb.org.il /News/howells100506.htm (1438 words)

	BSN Script All Details
		Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells rounds up his visit to Bangladesh by saying it’s “vital and important” that Britain engages with Bangladesh to help fight international terrorism.
		British Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells has wrapped up a visit to Bangladesh having advanced agreements to further business cooperation and calling for the two countries to unite in the fight against international terrorism.
		Poverty and a large population is one of the major challenges facing the country which is trying to develop its economic potential, despite threats like terrorism.
	www.bsn.org.uk /view_all.php?id=11045 (501 words)

	BSN Script All Details
		British Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells has been meeting with young Muslim professionals as part of the UK government's outreach programme.
		He feels that these meeting are vital and shows that ethnic communities have a crucial part to play in the Britain of the future.
		This time Dr Howells met with young professional Muslims who feel they have a stake in British society and believe such meetings are a positive step in dialogue between real people and politicians.
	www.bsn.org.uk /view_all.php?id=11368 (473 words)

	EFDSS on the Licensing Bill - PELs. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		SM: Dr Howells, why is it that the consultative committee has been made up of people from the music and leisure industries - ie, big business - rather than organisations representing musicians and people who love music, such as the MU and the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
		Dr. Howells was reported in the 8 May Hansard to have said, "I have had lengthy meetings with representatives of all the large morris, folk song and dance groups, including wassailers, storytellers and mummers.
		In summary, Kim Howells recently wrote to John Bacon of the Morris Federation with the intention of addressing some of the concerns about morris dancing and the Licensing Bill.
	www.mudcat.org /thread.cfm?threadid=57243 (14196 words)

	How to contact Kim Howells and tell him what a plonker he's been... (plasticbag.org)
		How to contact Kim Howells and tell him what a plonker he's been...
		Thanks to Matthew Davis, George Wright and Tim Duckett for writing in with various e-mail addresses for Dr Kim Howells, the Minister for Culture who so resolutely confused music piracy online with drug-dealing and prostitution and in the process declared that Robbie Williams supported international gangs and terrorism.
		If you wish to have a go at explaining to the gentleman in question exactly where his logic went wrong, his address is kim.howells@culture.gov.uk.
	www.plasticbag.org /archives/2003/01/how_to_contact_kim_howells_and_tell_him_what_a_plonker_hes_been (335 words)

	Kim Howells, Iraq And Different Sorts Of Mess \| Blairwatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kim Howells, Iraq And Different Sorts Of Mess
		Back in March we reported (OK, we had a good go at) Forein Office minister Kim Howells saying that Iraq was:
		Looks like Kim's been confusing the News at Ten with Children of Men.
	www.blairwatch.co.uk /node/1407 (456 words)

	Howells (now) asks for help PELs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Not that that part of the Bill is too much of a worry - so far as playing in pubs or coffee houses or whatever, what matters is whether the landlord or whoever is in charge is liable for prosecution, because if he or she is, we won't be able to play anyway.
		Minister for Culture Kim Howells said: "I want to ensure the Bill is enforced with a heavy dose of common sense on the ground.
		In any case I would assume that they've been working on having alternative plans all ready in the top drawer, just in case one day Kim Howells or Tessa Jowell, or their successors, waltz into the office and say a u-turn is required.
	mudcat.org /thread.cfm?threadid=56918 (10834 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Dr Kim Howells
		Dr Kim Howells was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in May 2005.
		Dr Howells was born in 1946 and is married with three children.
		He is MP for Pontypridd and was educated at Mountain Ash Grammar School; Hornsey College of Art; Cambridge College of Art & Technology and Warwick University.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1035796320965 (112 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Kim Howells strikes again
		I'm not sure if Kim Howells (who I've blogged about before, in the old Blogger days) is a hero or a fuckwit, but anyway here he goes again:
		The gregarious Culture minister Kim Howells has found a glamorous new subject for his opinions today - Hollywood icons such as Tom Cruise, who do not have the "balls" to fly to Europe because, in his opinion, they fear a terrorist attack.
		But the remarks reflect Mr Howell's opinion that the absence of visitors is hitting the UK tourism industry, he tells today's Financial Times.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/05/24/024330.php (600 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Minister criticises Muslim letter
		But Mr Howells denied there was a "rational connection" and said "no government" formulates policy based on a perceived risk from terrorists.
		Mr Howells told BBC News 24 the letter's comments were "facile".
		He said: "I have no doubt that there are many issues which incite people to loath government policies but not to strap explosives to themselves and go out and murder innocent people.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4787119.stm (555 words)

	Ferl - Presentation to Keith Duckett / Speech by Dr Kim Howells MP (view online) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Embedded video clip of the keynote speach by Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning.
		Speech by Dr Kim Howells MP at the Post-16 E-learning Practitioners' Conference 2004 (view online)
		Embedded video clip of the keynote speech by Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning.
	ferl.becta.org.uk /display.cfm?resID=8521 (714 words)

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