House Magazine

March 26, 2001
The House Magazine
Issue No.939 | Vol.26
March 26, 2001
Issue No.939 | Vol.26
The House Magazine
Contents
Cobbett's corner

The highest buddha
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Chris Moncrieff

Badly missed
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Chris Moncrieff

Deaf to new ideas
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Chris Moncrieff

These I have known
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Chris Moncrieff

Committee corridor

Handling the 'hot zones'
Joe Kimble watches Nick Brown and Jim Scudamore try to explain how they are fighting the devastation of foot and mouth disease
Joe Kimble

Commons diary

Pictures at an exhibition
Sir Patrick Cormack's week
Sir Patrick Cormack

Commons gallery

Foot and mouth truce under strain
Peter Willoughby reports on the week's developments in the Commons chamber
Peter Willoughby

Dunwoody seeks crackdown on Christmas day shopping
Peter Willoughby reports on the week's developments in the Commons chamber
Peter Willoughby

Bell backs appeals system for MPs
Peter Willoughby reports on the week's developments in the Commons chamber
Peter Willoughby

Lords diary

The country comes into the city
The personal impact of foot and mouth can be felt in the Lords, writes Baroness Strange
Baroness Strange

Lords gallery

Peers' pay to rise by 50 per cent
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's events in the Lords
Andrew Evans

Women's lib
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's events in the Lords
Andrew Evans

New curbs on house's 'horror' kitchens
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's events in the Lords
Andrew Evans

Profile

David Curry profile
David Curry talks to Anne Perkins
Anne Perkins

Rural affairs

Containing the crisis
Nick Brown stresses that the government is doing all that it can to limit the spread of foot and mouth
Nick Brown

The value of vigilance
Conservatives will continue to support and press the government in equal measure, writes Tim Yeo
Tim Yeo

Money the root of rural evil
Financial neglect is behind the current situation in the countryside, argues Colin Breed
Colin Breed

Between a rock and a hard place
Ewan Cameron talks to Anne Perkins about the challenge of acting as a conduit between government and the countryside
Ewen Cameron

Up close and personal
Russell Brown describes the deeply saddening work of an MP struggling to help communities caught up in the foot and mouth outbreak
Russell Brown

'I fear we must prepare for the worst'
David Maclean's foot and mouth diary records the escalating crisis in his constituency
David Maclean

The domino effect
Malcolm Bell describes how the foot and mouth outbreak has had a terrible impact on the livelihoods of those who work in the tourist trade
Malcolm Bell

A crisis to end complacency?
The coverage of foot and mouth reveals how politicians and the public have taken the countryside for granted, writes Ben Gill
Ben Gill

Nothing short of a 'disaster'
The situation in the countryside does not require aid, it demands emergency relief, stresses Nick Way
Nick Way

Progress has a price
Sir Richard Body gives his view of the reasons behind the countryside's woes, and, as he prepares to leave the House, argues that they are indicative of a changing culture at Westminster
Sir Richard Body

Resisting 'green mysticism'
The application of science to modern agriculture should not be blamed for the current crisis, believes Nigel Beard
Nigel Beard

Looking long term
Jonathon Porritt suggests that concentration on sustainable food production may provide the key to avoiding further agricultural crises
Jonathon Porritt

The vaccination debate
Professor Julian Wimpenny from the Cardiff School of Biosciences puts the case for vaccination while Professor Joe Brownlie of the Royal Veterinary College argues that it is certainly not the answer
Julian Wimpenny and Joe Brownlie

View from the Hill

Union city blues
House Magazine Congressional Correspondent Bruce Carey brings you the latest news from Washington
Bruce Carey

Week in Westminster

All to play for
The usual rules that govern electoral success may be broken this time around, believes Peter Riddell
Peter Riddell