Straw U-turn on Lords vote plans
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Commons leader Jack Straw abandons plans for MPs to vote on Lords reform using a preferential voting system.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, hoping to complete a reform project begun a decade ago, urged support Wednesday for a half-elected, half-appointed upper house of parliament, the House of Lords.
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Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme vote Bob Geldof the person they would most like to be made a member of the House of Lords.
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Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pledged full support for the Palestinian election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat after paying homage to the veteran leader at his graveside.
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Former lord chancellor advises committee chairman with compromise formula expected in MPs' report
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw's suggestion that Muslim women remove veils covering their faces, intended to promote communication and openness, has instead provoked division.
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British Foreign Minister Jack Straw met with his Israeli counterpart, Silvan Shalom, in Jerusalem today and was pleased with Israel&#39;s stance on the upcoming Palestinian elections, scheduled for January 9th.
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The Muslim community of Foreign Secretary Jack Strawâs constituency is taking to the streets tomorrow to campaign for more action to save Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer taken hostage in Iraq.
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LONDON : Britain wants the UN Security Council to set clear benchmarks for assessing Sudan&#39;s efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in its war-torn Darfur region, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today signalled that the governmentâs promised referendum on the new European Constitution would not be held until early 2006.
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The UK may hold a referendum on the European Union&#39;s constitution in early 2006, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said before the treaty&#39;s signing in Rome.
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MPs are to vote on Lords reform, with a debate raging over how many peers should be elected.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw is facing fresh demands to give details of alleged regular bugging operations in prisons.
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TUC delegates are expected to back a call for a referendum on the EU treaty - in opposition to Gordon Brown.
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Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, expressed his &quot;concern&quot; last week that Israeli expansion of illegal West Bank colonies threatens the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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MPs voted Wednesday to reform the the House of Lords to make it fully elected for the first time in its more than 600-year existence.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to come face to face with the misery of refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. Mr Straw will fly from the Sudanese capital Khartoum to El Fasher in northern Darfur to visit the Abu Shouk refugee camp.