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Forthcoming Events

CIPR GAG Speaker Meeting - Nick Brown MP

Date: 24 April 2007
Venue: CIPR HQ, 32 St. James's Square, London SW1Y 4JR
Speaker: Rt. Hon. Nick Brown MP

Time: 6 for 6.30pm

Nick brown MPSubject: The current political scene - and what happens next.

The Rt. Hon. Nick Brown MP has been Member of Parliament for Newcastle East and Wallsend since 1983. In 1995 he was appointed Deputy Chief Whip and played a central role in the close of that Parliament. After Labour's election victory in 1997, he was appointed Government Chief Whip, becoming Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in  1998. He has also served as Minister for Work in the Department for Work and Pensions. Although he left the Government in 2003 he remains an active Member of Parliament and is widely known to be a close ally of the Chancellor, Gordon Brown.

He will give a tour d'horizon of the current political scene and his own view of the future direction of the Government.

The meeting will be followed by a drinks and canapé reception.

This meeting is restricted to paid up members of the Government Affairs Group.

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