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		<title>Read all about it – Scotland’s first easy read newspaper launched in Aberdeen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Anne Begg MP was delighted to attend the Scottish launch of the UK’s first easy read newspaper designed for people with learning disabilities. Inspire kindly hosted the launch at Café Coast and it was attended by some of the &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/read-all-about-it-scotlands-first-easy-read-newspaper-launched-in-aberdeen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=956&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dame Anne and Linda read through the most recent edition of Easy News</media:title>
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		<title>Exhibition on Modern Day Slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Anne Begg MP attended one of the most dramatic and distressing exhibitions ever promoted in the House of Commons highlighting the hidden nature of Modern Day Slavery. The exhibition, built by students from the Central St Martin’s College of &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/exhibition-on-modern-day-slavery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=952&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maggie Law Maritime Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Anne Begg MP was delighted to officially open the Maggie Law Maritime Museum. Dame Anne, who is honorary president of the Maggie Law Maritime Museum Committee, also gave the keynote speech to an invited audience in the Gourdon Village &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/maggie-law-maritime-museum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=945&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Labour listens in Aberdeen</title>
		<link>http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/labour-listens-in-aberdeen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During her recent visit to Aberdeen, Johann Lamont took part in a Labour Listens event where she answered questions put forward by local people on issues ranging from funding higher education to the controversial welfare reform. Filed under: Constituency, Parliament<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=933&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Johann Lamont visits Aberdeen City</title>
		<link>http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/johann-lamont-visits-aberdeen-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Anne joined Scottish Labour Party Leader, Johann Lamont on several site visits this week, alongside local MSPs Lewis McDonald and Richard Baker. They enjoyed a presentation by Dana Petroleum on the company and their project Western Isles for new &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/johann-lamont-visits-aberdeen-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=927&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Role models video</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Anne recently took part in a campaign by Esther McVey, Minister for Disabled People, which aimed to raise the aspirations of young disabled people by highlighting some disabled role models in society. You can watch Dame Anne&#8217;s interview below: &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/role-models-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=924&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dame Anne Urges Government Rethink</title>
		<link>http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/dame-anne-urges-government-rethink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MP for Aberdeen South, Dame Anne Begg is calling for a review of funding criteria to prevent Aberdeen losing out on £6.5 million. Despite successfully bidding for funding from the Urban Broadband Fund 2 (UBF2), Aberdeen City and Shire could &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/dame-anne-urges-government-rethink/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=921&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anne Begg Welcomes Offshore Wind Deployment Centre Consent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcoming the announcement that the Scottish Government has given consent for the development of the European Offshore Wind Energy Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen Bay, Dame Anne Begg MP for Aberdeen South has said: “I’m delighted that the Offshore Wind &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/anne-begg-welcomes-offshore-wind-deployment-centre-consent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=910&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling Human Trafficking in the North East</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of International Women’s Day, Dame Anne joint hosted an event with Aberdeen Cyrenians’ Violence Against Women Project to raise awareness on human trafficking in the North East which was attended by over a hundred people. Dame Anne invited &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/tackling-human-trafficking-in-the-north-east/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=905&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I need you to vote!</title>
		<link>http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/i-need-you-to-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Begg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have launched a competition in conjunction with new music website 57 Degrees North to choose which band I should nominate for Rock the House 2013. You can vote by clicking here: http://www.57north.org/news/rock-house-competition Rock the House 2013 is Parliament’s &#8230; <a href="http://annebegg.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/i-need-you-to-vote/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annebegg.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26360311&#038;post=895&#038;subd=annebegg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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