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In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
  Greenock & Inverclyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The election was hotly contested between the Liberals and Labour but Labour candidate Dr Norman Godman won with a 4,625 majority over Liberal Councillor Alan Blair, down from Dr Mabon's 11,282 majority for Labour in 1979.
However, despite the swing of over 8% from Labour to the SNP, Norman Godman's majority was still a healthy 15,000.
Before the 1992 election, Norman Godman stated that he would stand for the Scottish parliament, but he is one of those who, like George Robertson, have since changed their minds.
www.alba.org.uk /scot99constit/w05.html   (962 words)

  
 Greenock & Inverclyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Labour candidate Dr Norman Godman won with a 4,625 majority over Liberal Councillor Alan Blair, considerably down from Dr Mabon's 11,282 majority for Labour in 1979.
This time Dr Godman was elected with a majority of 14,979 over the SNP's Ian Black.
Norman Godman has decided not to stand at the next general election.
www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/w05.html   (1402 words)

  
 BBC News | SCOTLAND | Silence over prison report
Home Office Minister Barbara Roche is said to have conceded the case for a separate dedicated centre in Scotland.
She is reported to have revealed the Home Office's intentions in response to pressure from Greenock and Inverclyde MP Dr Norman Godman.
Dr Godman has campaigned for years against detainees "being incarcerated in prison".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/1024678.stm   (239 words)

  
 Tragic End To Yemeni Hostage Situation
Another member of the British Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Dr Norman Godman, accused the British travel industry of being in "a state of lethargy" about the dangers to their customers.
He said people should be discouraged from visiting countries like Yemen on vacation, and suggested the Foreign Office could hand out "last-minute warning" leaflets at airports to persuade travelers to change their plans.
Godman said, "If there's a lack of control by the authorities then in my view people should be stopped from going to such hotspots."
www.emergency.com /yemenhos.htm   (1511 words)

  
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I propose to call Dr Godman, who is Vice-Chairman of Committee A. Dr Norman A Godman MP (Greenock and Inverclyde): Thank you Chairman.
Members of the committee wish to return to the issue of parades but, obviously, everything is dependent upon the timing of the general election in the United Kingdom.
In the absence of Brian Hayes, who is engaged in Dáil business, the report will be presented by Norman Godman.
www.biipb.org /biipb/summary/sum/doc/1022601/1022609.htm   (2542 words)

  
 AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
Unhappy with the Mowlam's reply which was in very general terms, the Deputy asked what steps ``specifically do you envisage your government taking to secure a focused and fully engaged talks process?'' He also asked if she agreed that movement on the prisoners issue was essential.
Among others to raise the issue of prisoners were Norman Godman (Labour MP), Senators Joe Costelloe and Edward Haughey, and Charles Flanagan.
In response Mowlam said that she wished that all prison-related issues could be addressed before Christmas and that two-thirds of all lifers would be out on parole over the Christmas period.
republican-news.org /archive/1997/December04/04biib.html   (593 words)

  
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 Donald Dewar announces extra £37 million for children's services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Mr Dewar was delivering The Scottish Office response to the Children’s Safeguards Review conducted by Mr Roger Kent in reply to a Parliamentary Question from Dr Norman Godman.
Dr Norman Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends announcing the Government’s response to the Children’s Safeguards Review prepared by Roger Kent, and if he will make a statement.
Action is being taken on a number of fronts to safeguard and promote the welfare of children living away from home.
www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas98_3/pr2290.htm   (598 words)

  
 The Scotsman - MSP's banker son faces extradition over role in Enron scandal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
THE son of a prominent politician was yesterday one step from extradition to the United States, where he faces £5 million fraud charges and up to 30 years in jail.
Gary Mulgrew, the son of Trish Godman MSP, the deputy presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, and two alleged conspirators have been fighting the US Justice Department for nearly two years.
Mulgrew, 42, born and raised in Pollok, Glasgow, and the stepson of Dr Norman Godman, the retired MP for Greenock, is one of three former executives of the NatWest Bank in the UK who stand accused.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=731382004   (1148 words)

  
 Strathclyde Elderly Forum - Press Releases
The day will be completed with a tour of the House of Commons from her local MP, Norman Godman.
Nell added:" Norman has also offered to buy me a meal afterwards - it will be a truly memorable day".
Denis Mooney, the well known ‘Scottish Action’ television presenter will be launching the new promo video from Strathclyde Elderly Forum on Friday 11th June 1999 in The Geoff Shaw Room, Strathclyde House 6, Elmbank Street, Glasgow, at 11:00am.
website.lineone.net /~wssf/press.html   (4841 words)

  
 Westminster Watch - Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq Newsletter February 2001
In Prime Minister's questions on 22 November, Tony Blair himself faced questions on Iraq.
Dr Norman Godman (Lab - Greenock and Inverclyde) asked whether Blair agreed, "that there is deep concern everywhere over the dreadful misery inflicted upon the Iraqi people by the sanctions regime?
Has not the time come for the Government to agree to support the case for the suspension of sanctions, even though that might cause anger in Washington?
www.casi.org.uk /newslet/feb01/westminster.html   (2236 words)

  
 AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
British Labour MP John McDonnell has won cross-party support for a parliamentary Early Day Motion expressing ``extreme concern [at] the rising number of sectarian attacks, including pipe bomb, nail bomb and firebomb attacks, directed against Catholic homes in parts of Northern Ireland in recent weeks''.
The motion has so far gained the support of 22 Westminster MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone, Kevin McNamara, Norman Godman and a number of others from the British Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.
The motion presses the government to take urgent action to bring the attacks to an end.
republican-news.org /archive/2001/March08/06mcdo.html   (189 words)

  
 New Statesman - Answering the English question
We would be creating an English government, a sort of bastard government not born of its own right." Some Scottish Labour MPs are already worried about their futures.
However, in what seemed like turkeys voting for Christmas, three of them - Michael Connarty, Norman Godman and Tam Dalyell - co-sponsored the bill.
Jimmy Hood furiously denounced his Labour colleagues for wanting "a bastardised parliament".
www.newstatesman.com /200012180028   (1056 words)

  
 Disarmament Diplomacy: - Missile Defence Divergence:Britain Debates NMD
In Defence Oral Questions, Norman Baker MP (Liberal Democrat) argued that it would be "foolish and dangerous to allow RAF Fylingdales to be used to make the UK a sitting target by basing a national missile defence system there that will protect US but not UK airspace."
Noting the Government’s statements that the ABM Treaty is solely a matter for its parties, Baker said that if Britain were to be used to break the treaty, then surely it would be a matter for the British Secretary of State for Defence.
Notes: the twelve members of the Committee are Donald Anderson (Labour, Chair), Diane Abbot (Labour), David Chidgey (Liberal Democrat), Sir Peter Emery (Conservative), Norman Godman (Labour), Eric Illsley (Labour), Sir David Madel (Conservative), Andrew Mackinlay (Labour), Ted Rowlands (Labour), Sir John Stanley (Conservative), Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Labour), David Wilshire (Conservative).
www.acronym.org.uk /48ukparl.htm   (5521 words)

  
 Protection for British Livestock and Farmers news
Bill Norman, chairman of Knowstone Parish Council said it was hard to express how angry people felt: "We've just had enough of the bullying and the awful things that have happened in the parish - animals shot and not dispatched properly."
Mr Tony Banks Tom Cox Mr Mike Hancock John Robertson Mr Gerry Steinberg Norman Godman John Cummings Jeremy Corbyn Bill Etherington AnnCryer 10 signatures so far
That this House acknowledges the appallingly difficult problems posed by the continuing outbreak of foot and mouth disease; looks forward to a full Government inquiry into the causes of the disease with consequential prosecutions of those responsible; congratulates the Minister of Agriculture on his dignified stance throughout these distressing times; and
www.warmwell.com /cbrit1.html   (2855 words)

  
 Yorkshire CND - Early Day Motions on missile defence - 20/5/01
Dr Ian Gibson, Sandra Gidley, Dr Norman A Godman,
Paul Flynn, Dr Norman A Godman, Mr John Gunnell,
Dr Norman A Godman Mr Kelvin Hopkins Lynne Jones
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd/edms.htm   (776 words)

  
 Around the houses : The Journal Magazine : The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
At the election a number of MPs will retire from Westminster.
It might not be politic to single individuals for special mention but the contributions of Robert McLennan and Norman Godman to the process of Parliamentary scrutiny have been most marked.
Reports relating to Alexander Muir; Deryck de Maine Beaumont; Norman James Cowie
www.journalonline.co.uk /article/1000706.aspx   (909 words)

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