House Magazine

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May 17, 2004
Issue No.1086 | Vol.29
May 17, 2004
Issue No.1086 | Vol.29
Contents
Commons

Commons Gallery
Epolitix.com’s Craig Hoy rounds up the week’s key moments in the Commons
Craig Hoy

Put on the spot by kids' questions
Mark Oaten records a week packed with diverse engagements ranging from school visits to a surgery in an old people's home, and from a football photocall to the opening of a new music hall
Mark Oaten

International Development

Backing fine words with firm action
In places such as Zimbabwe, Sudan and the Middle East the government needs to show more resolve to match its rhetoric, says Tom Brake
Tom Brake

The torment of Uganda's children
Hilary Benn reports on a recent visit to northern Uganda where he saw at first hand the effects of 18 years of conflict
Hilary Benn

Forgotten People
John Bercow reports on the mockery of democracy in Burma; an ignored plea for help in North Korea; and oil, genocide and slavery in Sudan
John Bercow

Keeping all afloat
George Gelber explains CAFOD's work in helping those who go unheard on the international stage to find a way of expressing themselves to the rest of the global community
George Gelber

Counting the cost of conflict
Tony Baldry explores why Africa is struggling to reach its Millennium Development Goals, and considers what the wider world must do to help free the continent from the chains of war and poverty
Tony Baldry

Lords

Undermining the battle for hearts and minds
Lord Judd enjoys the beauty of the Scottish and Cumbrian countryside, but the political landscape is marked by terrorism in Chechnya and claims of prisoner abuse by UK and US forces
Lord Judd

Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans reports on the week’s major developments in the Lords
Andrew Evans

US View

Angry CONGRESS vows to up oversight on Bush Administration
Congressional correspondent Bruce Carey rounds up recent events on Capitol Hill

China

In from the cold
The visit to Britain last week of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is a demonstration of the flourishing relationship between the UK and China, writes Ben Chapman
Ben Chapman

Parliament

Cobbett's Corner

Chris Moncrieff

Week in Westminster

Stakes are raised as election seasons loom for Blair and Bush
Michael White takes the temperature of Middle England and considers the electoral implications – on both sides of the Atlantic – of recent developments in Iraq
Michael White

Clergy Hospital

coming together for the common good
John Cherry tells the remarkable story of St Luke's Hospital – an institution dedicated to the treatment of clergy
John Cherry