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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Maria Eagle likes to see for herself what's happening behinds bars. It's the way, she tells Alan Travis, to find efficiency savings Ask Maria Eagle what she thinks about being called "Labour's answer to Anne Widdecombe" and she is momentarily nonplussed. "She's a great parliamentarian," Eagle replies cautiously. But the minister for prisons and...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Prime minister Gordon Brown has made a statement describing violence and harassment against trans people as "utterly unacceptable". He also thanked trans campaigners for their work.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... tackle bullying • Interview: The prisons' minister who likes to drop in at jails unannounced Maria Eagle likes to see for herself what's happening behinds bars. It's the way, she tells Alan Travis, to find efficiency savings • Children: TV's historical double take on kids' games of life Documentaries on the changing face of childhood play capture echoes of the past •...
Anna Raccoon (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
That shrill group of legal harpies, Harriet Harman, Maria Eagle and Vera Baird, otherwise known as the Government ‘Equalities’ Office, have chosen today to launch a new offensive in the battle to demonise men. In the curious world that they inhabit, violence in the home is only worthy of being prevented when it is perpetuated by [...]
An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... scrawled by an individual on a piece of paper for their own enjoyment: and Government Minister Maria Eagle wanted the widest possible interpretation of the law to prevent individuals adding alien characteristics to images, and claiming they were not human.Given how widespread is the belief in the indecent nature of the Olympic logo, some degree of public embarrassment seems inevitable....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... The intention, prompted by Andy Burnham, the health minister, and the junior justice minister Maria Eagle, and supported by the Home Office and Gordon Brown, is for the families who lost relatives at Hillsborough to be given a full account of what happened on the day and in the legal processes which followed. South Yorkshire police, who were principally blamed for causing the disaster...
QueerSighted (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... 5th. A motive for their deaths has not yet been confirmed.A statement was also released by Maria Eagle, the Deputy Minister for Women and Equalities - "Today the government joins the transgender community in remembering those trans people who have died as a consequence of intolerance and prejudice."No one should suffer threats or violence because of their gender identity. The government...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... speaking out against bigotry wherever it is found." Deputy minister for women and equalities, Maria Eagle, also released a statement. Eagle, who is the twin sister of lesbian minister for pensions Angela Eagle, said: "Today the government joins the transgender community in remembering those trans people who have died as a consequence of intolerance and prejudice....
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Government is investigating whether to build a prison in North Wales because many Welsh prisoners have to serve their sentence “outside of their home area”, Justice Minister Maria Eagle said today.
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
New figures reveal that at least a third of young people who are being held in custody are serving sentences for non-violent offences. Statistics released in Parliament by justice minister Maria Eagle show that on 26 June this year there were a total of 2,660 children aged 17 or under held in the secure places England and Wales. Of [...]
Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... so the term settled on was that the government had "unintentionally misled" Parliament. Maria Eagle's body language at that point spoke far more eloquently than could ever be recorded in Hansard. But she was taking the hit for the government, she herself has only been prisons minister for a few months ... though that few months has co-incided with the government changing...
0725 to Paddington (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... cuts in a debate in Westminster Hall. It was a surprisingly lively affair. The Justice Minister, Maria Eagle, intervened so many times during the Plaid man's speech I thought she might be trying to get into the Guinness Book of Records. When Ms Eagle came to her own speech at the end of the debate, we had this glorious exchange: The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria...
thoughts of oscar (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Why no juvenile figures I wonder?? David Jones (- Deputy Secretary of State for Wales, Shadow Minister; Clwyd West, Conservative) To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many adults usually resident in the North Wales Police force area are (a) remanded in custody and (b) serving a custodial sentence. Maria Eagle (Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Ministry...
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Probation service 'worse' since Sonnex killingsNeil Millard02.11.09 Standards in 's probation service have dropped since two students were murdered by a criminal who was under supervision, it emerged today.Inspectors found work in just 54 per cent of cases met the level that is needed to ensure the public is well protected - nine per cent down on last year. Justice Minister Maria Eagle...
Soho Politico (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... unity and pride, but not recriminations. You can listen to Bryant's segment (and that of Maria Eagle, who read out a statement from Gordon Brown) here . Sandi Toksvig was, for want of a better word, the compère for the evening, explaining the order of events to the crowd, and introducing each speaker in turn, as well as several wonderful performances from the London Gay Men's...
