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                           <title><![CDATA[18 March 2010 Cameron's Plans to Sever Gloucester]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[If the Sunday newspapers are to be believed then residents of Hucclecote in Gloucester could be in for a rude awakening before the year is over.   My constituency...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:16:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[11 March 2010 Digital Economy Bill]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Broadband is an integral part of our lives. It helps us interact with friends, do our shopping, run our businesses and even watch our favourite soaps. In doing this it...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:31</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[4 March 2010 In Memory of Michael Foot]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[I was at work walking through Portcullis House on the way to the Chamber when I saw Michael Foot. They had just unveiled a portrait of him there. There was...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:55:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[24 February 2010 Prime Minister Apologises on Behalf of Country]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This week the Prime Minister apologised on behalf of the whole country for one of the darkest events in our recent history. Between the 1920s and the 1960s as many...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:36:45</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[18 February 2010 Protecting our Animals]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[We are rightly proud to call ourselves a nation of animal lovers. Half of UK households own a pet and we were the first country to have a society -...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:45:59</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Saving Jobs in Gloucester]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to believe that it was just a few years ago that we had to push a bill though Parliament (in the teeth of opposition) that saved British Energy...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:08:47</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[4 February 2010 StreetGames - A Local Hero in Gloucester]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In between the usual hectic list of meetings, casework and debates, it was my pleasure to meet a genuine local hero in Westminster this week.    StreetGames are...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:02:18</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[27 January 2010 Decisive News on Recession]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Rupi and I needed to see some real evidence that the recession was coming to an end. So last Sunday night we persuaded some friends to baby-sit and we headed...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:22:32</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[14 January 2010 Protecting the NHS in Gloucestershire]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The downside of David Cameron&rsquo;s pledge to target more resources to areas of deprivation is that the Gloucestershire NHS is set to be one of the big losers.  Under...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:11:30</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[1 January 2010 A Tory Tissue of Mistruths]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This week David Cameron came to Gloucester and talked about the need to have &lsquo;honesty and integrity&rsquo; in politics. But by the following morning I was receiving phone calls from...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:03:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[30 December 2009 Gloucester Momentous Events in the Past Decade]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve seen some pretty momentous events in our City over the past decade. When I feel worn out I sometimes think back to what it must have been like for...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:56:11</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[22 December 2009 A Decade in Review]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This week marks the end of a year and the end of a decade. I&rsquo;d like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:51:03</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[16 December 2009 Protecting our Children]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[When school caretaker Ian Huntley murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham there was a national outcry.  Huntley had been known to the authorities for some time and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:47:47</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[10 December 2009 Fox Hunting - A Cruel Practice]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Hanging proudly on the wall of my Gloucester office is a certificate I received from the League Against Cruel Sport, for voting for the 2004 Hunting Act. Often described as...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:36:47</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[3 December 2009 Honouring our Service Men and Women]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s important to remember not just those who are fighting for our country in places like Afghanistan right now, but also those brave service men and women who have contributed...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:29:22</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[26 November 2009 Keeping the Streets of Gloucester Clean]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[At the very outset of this piece I&rsquo;d like to thank Frank Portlock, Roy Matthews, Tottenham Alice Cooper (that is his real name), Peter Ewald and Amber Walters. When ITV...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:21:18</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[19 November 2009 Maintain Focus on Issues that Matter]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Queen&rsquo;s Speech is certainly one of the highlights of the parliamentary calendar in terms of pomp and ceremony. It is undoubtedly a spectacular occasion and reminds us all why...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:14:21</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[12 November 2009 A Day of Remembrance]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Armistice and Remembrance have been on our minds in Gloucester and across our country with a sharper focus than at any time I can recall. In recent days I&rsquo;ve...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:05:43</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[6 November 2009 A Day at the Cinema]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thank goodness for Roald Dahl. Thank goodness for his Fantastic Mr Fox. Last Sunday morning I had just got in, cold and wet from a doorstep surgery in Podsmead. As...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:50:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[29 October 2009 UK Youth Parliament Shines in the House of Commons]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Something unique is taking place in the House of Commons today.    In the last 300 years only MPs have been allowed into the chamber, to sit on...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:45:47</pubDate>
                           
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