Clare Short
Independent Labour | Birmingham Ladywood
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Welcome to my website, which is supplied courtesy of ePolitix.
I am Clare Short, Independent Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood.
This website is for the many people who contact me asking for information about articles I have written, or speeches I have made. It contains copies of my speeches, articles and interviews since May 2003 and some speeches made when I was Secretary of State for International Development. For further ministerial speeches and publications from 1997-2003 please go to the Dfid website.
It is also for my Ladywood constituents so that I can keep them informed of what I am doing on their behalf.
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Latest Speeches
- Evidence given to the Iraq Inquiry
- Adjournment debate on the asylum system
- Debate on the Iraq inquiry
- Adjournment Debate on Gaza
- Debate on Gaza
- Brian Hodgson memorial lecture
- Hansard Society/Political Studies Association Lecture: "Making Politics Fit for Purpose"
- Seminar at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group: "Cities as Growth Poles: Implications for Rural Development"
- Keir Hardie Memorial Lecture
- Debate on the implementation of the 2004 ICJ opinion on the Israeli war
Latest Articles
- Letter to the Department of Resources, House of Commons, 22 February 2010
- The Iraq Inquiry
- 'The Special Relationship': The alliance between British and American Foreign Policy
- Bringing change to Israel and Palestine
- Valuable lessons in religious pluralism from Birmingham church figure
- A new will for a better world
- Dreams of Peace
- The need for reform of Britain's electoral system
- The grave challenge facing the international humanitarian system - a personal view
- Letter on Gaza

