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Date:
September 6 , 2006
Lord Foulkes honoured by the Dominican Republic's President
The
Rt Hon Lord Foulkes of Cumnock was invested today (September 6th,
2006) in Santo Domingo with the Order of Merit (OM) of the Dominican
Republic by the Dominican Republic's President, Leonel Fernandez
.
The honour was given in recognition of the work that he has undertaken
to improve relations between the United Kingdom and the Dominican
Republic.
Lord Foulkes is the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group
on the Dominican Republic and President of the Caribbean British
Business Council. George Foulkes is the first Briton to receive
the Order of Merit, an honour which was also recently bestowed on
UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
Lord Foulkes first visited the Dominican Republic in 1991. He subsequently
led investment and trade missions to Santo Domingo in his capacity
as President of the Caribbean Britain Business Council.
Recognising
the regional significance of the Dominican Republic and the need
for more political debate on UK/Dominican Republic relations he
sponsored the establishment of an All Party UK/Dominican Republic
Group in the UK Parliament.
Lord
Foulkes has visited most Latin American Countries. As a Minister
at the department for International Development, he was the UK Governor
of the Caribbean Development Bank and the Inter American Development
Bank.
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Date:
March 1, 2006
REMINDER
The Second Reading of George Foulkes’ Private Members Bill
(hereby enclosed) will be in the Lords on Friday, March 3rd.
Commenting
in advance, Lord Foulkes said: “It is a simple Bill for one
simple purpose: to prevent individuals from standing for both Constituency
and List seats. It will not alter the political balance in the Scottish
Parliament”.
“The
present system is a chancer’s charter. The Bill will stop
losers being turned into winners against the will of the electorate”.
“On
Friday, I will be revealing statistics which show how rotten the
present system is”.
ENDS
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February
9, 2006
FOULKES TO CALL FOR ROYAL COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTION
Labour Peer, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, will call on the government
to set up a Royal Commission on the Constitution, to deal principally
with the West Lothian Question and the Reform of the Lords, when
he speaks in the Second Reading of Kenneth Baker’s Bill in
the Lords on Friday.
“There is a problem with English only legislation but the
Baker Bill is a clumsy impractical way of trying to deal with it”,
says George Foulkes, who was for 26 years MP for Carrick, Cumnock
and Doon Valley.
“This needs to be worked out in a calm and considered way,
as do the long-term powers, role and composition of the Second Chamber.
This could best be done by a Royal Commission which could also tidy
up any other loose ends”.
“English MPs will have to accept the status quo for a few
years, just as Scottish MPs had to accept English MPs voting on
Scotland only legislation for a few centuries”.
ENDS
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