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New MPs join the British Group of the IPU

 

New MPs join the British Group of the IPUNewly-elected MP Caroline Dinenage (left) – with the Deputy Speakers of the Commons, Nigel Evans MP and Lindsay Hoyle MP – at a mini exhibition staged in Westminster on the work of the British Group of the IPU. Also pictured with them is Kenneth Courtenay, General Secretary of BGIPU, and a member of his staff, Charlie Holloway.

The display held in Portcullis House was primarily aimed at encouraging new MPs and Peers to join the Group and participate in its activities at home and abroad. Ms Dinenage is among those who have joined so far.

The exhibition highlighted meetings hosted by the Group in Westminster for parliamentarians from other countries and visits overseas by delegations from the UK. It also featured assemblies and conferences organised by the IPU and seminars held in Parliament such as the recent one on human trafficking.

Mr Evans was chosen as acting Chair of the Group at a meeting of the Group’s Executive Committee in June, and Ann Clwyd MP, a former Chair of the Group became Vice-Chair. An election for all officers – and places on the Committee – will be held in the autumn.

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The IPU Review has informative articles on the activities at home and abroad of the British Group of the IPU. This issue focuses on an international seminar run by the IPU in Portcullis House in the Houses of Parliament – on the human trafficking of women and children.

Other articles in the Summer 2010 issue include:

  • Britain nudges up the world rankings of countries with the highest percentage of women MPs
  • Lord Steel on conditions in Gaza
  • Seminal moments for Senegal
  • UN meeting raises hopes of the USA rejoining the IPU
  • Afghanistan at the crossroads
  • Brazil’s economy will be in the top five

 


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