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<feed xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#" xml:lang="en-gb" version="0.3"><title>Welcome...</title><link type="text/html" rel="alternate" href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><tagline/><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk</id><generator>ws.politicos.justin.2005</generator><copyright>Except where the content is clearly reproduced with permission, the text and photographs on this site are released under Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 United Kingdom.</copyright><modified>2008-11-29T00:00:00Z</modified><entry><title>MP furious over use of HBOS shareholders money for adverts</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=322" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=322</id><issued>2008-11-29T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-29T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Barry Sheerman, whose Huddersfield constituency is home to many HBOS employees working for the Halifax, said it was "unacceptable" for the bank's board to seek to "manipulate" the vote.</summary></entry><entry><title>MP encourages businesses to not send Christmas cards; give money to charity instead</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=321" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=321</id><issued>2008-11-27T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-27T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Mr Sheerman has donated £500 to charity from money saved by not sending cards in each of the last two years.</summary></entry><entry><title>Shakespeare is shunned in schools</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=320" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=320</id><issued>2008-11-25T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-25T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>The Commons' schools select committee chair, Barry Sheerman, suggested that government missives on the curriculum were reminiscent of "Soviet Russia" and teachers were "too frightened" to complain in case they weren't promoted.</summary></entry><entry><title>Pupils show they have truly entered computer age</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=319" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=319</id><issued>2008-11-23T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-23T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Barry Sheerman, chairman of the House of Commons education select committee, visited two of the schools, St Bridgets, in Orford, and Alderman Bolton, in Latchford, to see the students working on them. </summary></entry><entry><title>Bus workers training centre opens</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=317" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=317</id><issued>2008-11-22T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-22T00:00:00Z</modified><summary> Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman officially opened the new centre at Huddersfield Bus Company on Penistone Road.</summary></entry><entry><title>Balls expands access to Baby P report </title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=318" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=318</id><issued>2008-11-22T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-22T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Opposition spokespeople and local MPs will have access to the report into the failures which led to the death of Baby P, it has been announced. </summary></entry><entry><title>Hudds MP says don't pay Govt ministers extra</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=316" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=316</id><issued>2008-11-21T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-21T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Government ministers should not be paid any more than backbenchers because every MP would do it for free, according to Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman.</summary></entry><entry><title>Huddersfields MP wants help for autistic children</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=315" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=315</id><issued>2008-11-18T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-18T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>MINISTERS were urged by Huddersfields MP to pull their fingers out and take action over support for children with autism.</summary></entry><entry><title>HBOS and Lloyds TSB merger no longer needed</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=308" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=308</id><issued>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>A MERGER between banking giants HBOS and Lloyds TSB is no longer needed, Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman has claimed.</summary></entry><entry><title>MP demands check on people trafficking</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=309" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=309</id><issued>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman is concerned about people trafficking.  There was a meeting of the Fawcett Society at the House of Commons last week where a figure of 40,000 women being trafficked and enslaved in Britain was mentioned.</summary></entry><entry><title>Barry Sheerman MP warns of deadly Carbon Monoxide risk</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=314" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=314</id><issued>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Barry Sheerman is supporting a new national campaign, Carbon Monoxide  Be Alarmed! which encourages people to ensure they have an audible Carbon Monoxide alarm and that they have all their gas, oil and solid-fuel burning appliances serviced annually</summary></entry><entry><title>Baby P sparks call to put more in care</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=312" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=312</id><issued>2008-11-16T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-16T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Barry Sheerman called for more research on how the most vulnerable families and problem parents could be better identified before tragedies occur. </summary></entry><entry><title>'Superficial' inspections warning  </title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=313" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=313</id><issued>2008-11-16T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-16T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>Barry Sheerman MP, who chairs the Commons children, schools and families select committee, said accountability was necessary but many people feared that "teaching to the test" can prevent pupils from getting a full education.</summary></entry><entry><title>Barry Sheerman: Time to stop the Lloyds' takeover of HBOS</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=310" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=310</id><issued>2008-11-14T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-14T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>In my opinion, the planned takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB is not right for employees of HBOS, the shareholders of HBOS or the customers of HBOS  and it should not go ahead.</summary></entry><entry><title>Interest rate cut saves £3m in Hudds if greedy bankers pass it on</title><link href="http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=306" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Barry Sheerman</name><email>WILKINSONSU@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://accessible.barrysheerman.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=306</id><issued>2008-11-07T00:00:00Z</issued><modified>2008-11-07T00:00:00Z</modified><summary>The Examiner: HUDDERSFIELD MP Barry Sheerman today told Britains mortgage lenders: Pass on the cuts to your customers.</summary></entry></feed>