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	<description>Conservative MP, Swindon South</description>
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		<title>Africa then and now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For once, we were lucky with the weather.  The Isle of Wight proved to be a much-needed family break in the sun for a week before tomorrow&#8217;s return to Parliament.  The Summer has been a very useful opportunity for me to take some time to visit local groups and to catch up on some reading.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/09/05/africa-then-and-now/</link>
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		<title>August days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to the idea that August was a time of quiet reflection and relaxation for politicians?   I am trying to have a few days here and there, and am looking forward to a longer break around the Bank Holiday, but this month has kept me busy in and around Swindon.  I have used the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/08/17/august-days/</link>
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		<title>Plan 500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was delighted to speak at this morning&#8217;s launch of Swindon&#8217;s Plan 500, held at Nationwide&#8217;s Headquarters at Pipers Way.  Together with fellow Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson, Council Leader Rod Bluh and a host of business people, it was a pleasure to meet some of the young people who are benefiting from employer mentoring and work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/08/10/plan-500/</link>
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		<title>Who Judges the Judges?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A thought-provoking article in a recent edition of the Spectator, which is an abridged version of a lecture given by Peter Jones to the recent Inner Temple Conference on Democracy and the Law.  Entitled &#8220;Who will Judge the Judges?&#8221;, he makes the point that in their fervent desire to maintain their independence from the Executive, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/08/03/who-judges-the-judges/</link>
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		<title>Best of Swindon, best of Britain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Surgery at Walcot Community Library and Shop brought  wide variety of issues to the table.  They ranged from the barriers that face deaf people when they are called for Jury service to the particular needs and concerns of a severely disabled young man whose parents live apart from each other.  I was extremely grateful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/31/best-of-swindon-best-of-britain/</link>
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		<title>Work at Westminster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are now coming to the end of the Parliamentary session, which has been an extraordinary few months for me.  I am now delighted to say that the new office in Swindon, jointly run with North Swindon, is up and running.  I have tried to learn as much of the procedures of Westminster as possible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/27/work-at-westminster/</link>
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		<title>A life well lived</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the honour of delivering the Eulogy at the funeral of my father-in-law, John Reed, at St.Mary&#8217;s Church, Tenby, this afternoon.   Cardinal Newman&#8217;s poem, &#8220;The Dream of Gerontius&#8221;, later adapted in a memorable piece by Sir Edward Elgar, is an uplifting and deeply moving account of the journey of a dying man to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/12/a-life-well-lived/</link>
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		<title>From Autism to the Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last week in Parliament alllowed me to discuss a few issues in which I have either a professional or personal interest.  My first Prime Minister&#8217;s Question last Wednesday was on the admission of children with Special Educational Needs into new Academies.  The PM gave me an assurance that new Academies would be obliged to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/12/from-autism-to-the-internet/</link>
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		<title>Having your cake and eating it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Redwood&#8217;s blog carries an impressive list of legislation that he wants to be repealed by the new Bill.  I am thinking of some more detailed and less glamorous provisions that need to be changed.  I have blogged before about my concern whenever a politician threatens someone with a libel suit if they are criticised.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/01/having-your-cake-and-eating-it-2/</link>
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		<title>Smart v stupid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The broadcast media have failed again to properly report what was a considered and important speech from the Lord Chancellor yesterday.  Let&#8217;s get things straight here; no-one is saying that serious violent or sexual offenders should not receive proper jail sentences.  One of the primary functions of terms of imprisonment is to protect the public.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertbuckland.co.uk/2010/07/01/smart-v-stupid/</link>
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