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                           <title><![CDATA[PAT'S SPEECH TO THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[On Sunday 27th September Pat McFadden MP addressed the Labour Party Conference in Brighton as Chair of the Labour Party&rsquo;s National Policy Forum. Pat talked about the new regulations which came in to force this week which will make it illegal for service workers to be paid the National Minimum Wage made up by the tips which the public leave them. The public expect that when they leave a tip for good service, it goes to the wait staff on top of their basic pay, not as a contribution to it.  Pat also announced that over the next three...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE SPEECH 2008]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Pat McFadden Speech to the Labour Party Conference 2008   Check Against Delivery   I want to begin by paying tribute to every person who has taken part in the policy process over the past few years.   Your input - locally, regionally and of course through the National Policy Forum itself have all helped to shape the documents before us this week.   And I also want to thank the NPF officers &ndash; Debbie Coulter, Billy Hayes, Simon Burgess and Ann Begg - for their hard work and support over the past year....]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SPEECH TO THE DIGITAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In April 2007 Pat gave a speech to the Digital Inclusion Conference in London. To read a full transcript of the speech click on the PDF symbol on the left.
  Extract from the Speech:
 This agenda is hugely important because as technology develops, its capacity to empower people increases. The easy access to information about prices can help us seek out a bargain in either good or services.
 The 24 hour nature of internet services means they are more accessible for people juggling with the time pressures of work and family responsibilities than traditional office based services. And the...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[RISK, RESPONSIBILITY &amp; REGULATION - SPEECH TO THE IPPR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Back in January 2007 Pat gave a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) entitled Risk, Responsibility and Regulation which you can read in full by clicking on the PDF symbol above.
 An etract from the Speech:
 This debate is important because the whole area of risk and regulation impacts on two key issues: firstly on our competitiveness as an economy; and secondly on the relationship between the state and citizens. Context It is a familiar strand of public discourse that British business is allegedly drowning in a sea of red tape and that we have an over...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[TIME&amp;SERVICE - AN ARTICLE FOR THE EUSTON MANIFESTO]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Click on the PDF link to the left for the full text of Pat's Article for the Euston Manifesto Group from July 2007.
 Extract:
 Time is not free, yet too often, the way service is organised suggests that it is.

 Time is precious and limited. There is so much to do, see and experience in this world. And the more that we can spend

 our time positively, the better.

 Why then do we sometimes treat the public as though they have unlimited supplies of this precious and limited resource?

 This is not just an issue for the public sector. There...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SPEECH TO THE IPA - JANUARY 2008]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Pat's Speech to the Involvement and Participation Association, January 2008  Click on the PDF button above to read a full version....]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SPEECH TO THE YOUNG FABIAN SOCIETY - FEB 2008]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour’s National Policy Forum Chair Pat McFadden MP calls on Labour Party to face the future and understand “the sweeping changes which have taken place since 1997.

 
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                           <title><![CDATA[PAT'S MAIDEN SPEECH]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[It is with a deep sense of humility and responsibility that I rise to make my maiden speech as we debate the economic parts of the Queen's Speech. I congratulate all new Members who have made their maiden speeches today.
 I begin by paying tribute to my predecessors as hon. Members for Wolverhampton, South-East, Bob Edwards and Dennis Turner. Bob Edwards was elected for what was then the constituency of Bilston in 1955. He was an extraordinary man; a true international socialist whose life and career in politics mirrored not only the struggles of the Labour movement, but the great...]]></description>
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