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This is a selection of my writings, reports and statements since my election in 1997.
| 2013 |
| Will families on the minimum wage be better or worse off by 2014? |
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March |
| We Need a Fairer, Greener Economy |
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March |
| Energy Bill Public Bill Committee Debates |
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January |
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| 2012 |
| Behind the energy shambles |
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November |
| The Case for Decapacity Payments (pdf) |
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November |
| Tax Foregone and ECO (pdf) |
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October |
| The Power Book (pdf) |
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October |
| The Energy Bill has little to say about reducing demand |
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September |
| The Environmentalist: The Blueing of the Greens |
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September |
| Debate on Green Investment in the UK (video) |
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September |
| Skills for Climate Change Speech |
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August |
| New Nuclear: A Programme on it's Knees? |
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August |
| The Environmentalist - Lowering Demand |
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August |
| The Energy Bill: The Sound of Falling Pillars |
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July |
| Why we need a more joined-up ports policy |
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July |
| Protecting our Environment- the Case for Regulation |
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July |
| The Renewed Value of WEEE |
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July |
| Commons Speech on the Green Economy |
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June |
| Demanding a Demand-Side for Electricity Market Reform |
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June |
| "Another Fine Mess" |
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May |
| £200 Billiion and Reality |
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March |
| How are the police cuts affecting Southampton? |
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March |
| Don't ROC the Boat |
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March |
| An Overview of the Future of Energy Markets (video) |
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March |
| Youtube interview on education policy |
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February |
| Health Statistics and the Drop the Bill Campaign |
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February |
| Green Deal- Stuck at the Starting Gate? |
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February |
| A quick note for parents worried about contraceptive implants |
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February |
| The Durban Climate Change Talks- just another 'event? |
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January |
| ECO Mortgages- Helping the Green Deal go Further |
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January |
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| 2011 |
| A FIT of Madness? |
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November |
| Energy Bill: Bus in the Ditch Alert! |
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August |
| July Constituents' Report |
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July |
| How to make progress on the Council strike |
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July |
| Nuclear Power- tragedy and choice |
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March |
| A "better deal" for Southampton? |
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February |
| Energy Market Reform Plans Falls Short |
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January |
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| 2010 |
| Interview on student fees (youtube) |
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December |
| December Report |
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December |
| November Report |
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November |
| October Report |
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October |
| The Comprehensive Spending Review- key points |
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October |
| Recess Report |
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September |
| July Report |
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July |
| June Report |
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June |
| Lordshill Academy Q&A |
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April |
| Alan's re-election campaign |
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April |
| Top 50 achievements since 2005 |
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February |
| A Community Garden for Portswood? |
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February |
| February MP's Report |
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February |
| Get out of Jail- Justice Reinvestment |
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February |
| January MP's Report |
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January |
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| 2009 |
| Winter Constituency Report |
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December |
| December Report |
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December |
| A Fair Road to Recovery |
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December |
| November Report |
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November |
| Autumn Constituency Report |
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October |
| Cuts in a cold climate |
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October |
| October Report |
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October |
| September Report |
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September |
| August Report |
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August |
| Protecting the Solent- how the Marine Bill will help |
|
July |
| July Report |
|
July |
| We can protect Britain's security without building Trident |
|
June |
| June Report |
|
June |
| Compass speech on Royal Mail Future (youtube) |
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May |
| MPs Expenses & Allowances |
|
May |
| Obama's fuel efficiency targets- historic or groundbreaking? |
|
May |
| May Report |
|
May |
| Why we need a green stimulus package |
|
April |
| Wessex Chronicle Interview |
|
April |
| The Minimum Wage, 10 year on |
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April |
| April Report |
|
April |
| 11th Annual Report |
|
March |
| Council tax reform- an impossible challenge? |
|
March |
| HMO legislation- slow progress? |
|
March |
| March Report |
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March |
| February Report |
|
February |
| Why have a Renewable Content Obligation? |
|
February |
| January Report |
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January |
| Care in the Crunch Report |
|
January |
| Stay Warm Save Money: The Southampton Test Energy Saver Handbook (large file, requires pdf viewer) |
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January |
| 2008 |
| December Report |
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December |
| November Report |
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November |
| Q&A with Southampton Youth Parliament |
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October |
| October Report |
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October |
| Fuel poverty- what can be done locally? |
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October |
| September Report |
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September |
| Autumn Constituency Report |
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September |
| July Report |
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July |
| Your guide to the law- the anti-social behaviour handbook |
|
July |
| June Report |
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June |
| Southampton- a City of Combined Heat and Power |
|
June |
| May Report |
|
May |
| Progress: The next steps for a greener Britain |
|
May |
| April MP's Report |
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April |
| Energy efficiency begins at home! |
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April |
| 10TH ANNUAL REPORT |
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March |
| March MP's Report |
|
March |
| Winning in the South |
|
March |
| February MP's Report |
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February |
| ASBOs- do they work? |
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February 20 |
| January MP's Report |
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January |
| Do we need nuclear? |
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January |
| 2007 |
| Green Queen's Speech: Special Report |
|
December |
| Do we need state funding for political parties? |
|
December |
| The Local Transport Bill- getting Southampton moving |
|
December 12 |
| Winter Newsletter |
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December |
| December Report |
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December |
| November Report |
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November |
| October Report |
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October |
| September Report |
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September |
| Summer Housing Focus Newsletter |
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July 13 |
| July Report |
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July |
| Homes for all? |
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June 14 |
| June Report |
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June |
| May Report |
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May |
| April Report |
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April |
| Whatever happened to the extended state? |
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April |
| March Report |
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March |
| Replacing Trident with Trident- is it really the best option? |
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March 26 |
| February Report |
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February |
| 9th Annual Report |
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February |
| January Report |
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January |
| 2006 |
| December Report |
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December |
| Policies for a low carbon economy |
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December 6 |
| Improving bus services using a Passenger Transport Authority |
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November 23 |
| Answering questions from 'A Rough Guide to Climate Change' |
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November 15 |
| November Report |
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November |
| What should be in a new Climate Change Bill? |
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October 27 |
| How to deal with anti-social behaviour |
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October |
| New Labour: Rebuilding the coalition |
|
October |
| October Report |
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October |
| A nuclear cuckoo in the renewable nest? |
|
September |
| Autumn Newsletter on Energy & the Environment |
|
September |
| New Portswood Health Centre |
|
September |
| September Report |
|
September |
| We won't need nuclear |
|
July |
| The debt we owe to carers |
|
June |
| Anti-politics and political parties: the case for state funding |
|
June |
| Southampton, the South East and marine industries |
|
April |
| Can we decarbonise our freight fleet? |
|
April |
| Can renewable energy sources really close the energy gap? |
|
March |
| 8th Annual Report |
|
March |
| What's in the Mix: The Future of Energy Policy |
|
March |
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| 2005 |
| Shaping the Education Bill- Reaching for Consensus |
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December |
| Autumn Newsletter |
|
September |
| Landfill windfall |
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June |
| Small or atomic? Comparing the finances of nuclear and microgenerated electricity. |
|
June |
| 7th Annual Report |
|
March |
| Get on the escalator |
|
January |
| Putting land to work: the role of a land-swap levy |
|
January |
| 2004 |
| Good
food should not be wasted |
|
September |
| Bioethanol
as a fuel additive |
|
June |
| Summer Environment Newsletter |
|
Summer |
| What's wrong with local
government? |
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May |
| Spring Housing Services Newsletter |
|
Spring |
| Community rights, community
responsibilities |
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January |
| 6th Annual Report |
|
February |
| Don't throw this article
away |
|
February |
| 2003 |
|
| We are a
nation of debtors |
|
December |
| Excellence,
equity and access. Squaring the circle of Higher Education Funding |
|
November |
| Energy
- is it a bright future? |
|
November |
| Fireworks
- getting the balance right |
|
November |
| Affordable housing - can
we afford it? |
|
August |
| Tuition
fees - should we charge |
|
August |
| Recycle
this newspaper |
|
25 July |
| Making
the city move - the Solent tramsport summit |
|
13 June |
| Sure Start
for Southampton children |
|
20 June |
| Does less landfill
equal more incineration |
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26 June |
| Corporate
killing - action at last. |
|
22 May |
| The Euro
and the jam jar test |
|
15 April |
| Banking
on baby bonds |
|
|
| Planning
the journey - the future of transport in Southampton |
|
12 March |
| The Iraq
situation |
|
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| 5th Annual Report |
|
February |
| Foxhunting
- is it on the way to being banned? |
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29 January |
| The situation
in Iraq |
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20 January |
| Food for all conference
in Southampton |
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14 January |
| 2002 |
|
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| Statement
on Iraq |
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24 September |
| Driven
to distraction |
|
31 May |
| Voting
awareness for young people |
|
31 May |
| Renewable
energy - do we need it? |
|
6 July |
| Allotments for
today - article in Southern Evening Echo |
|
12 July |
| Do we need
state funding of political parties |
|
6 July |
| Transport Summit
Planned - article in Southern Evening Echo |
|
20 Nov |
| The centralising
impulse - interview in July edition of Red Pepper magazine |
|
July |
| 4th Annual Report |
|
February |
| 2001 |
| 3rd Annual Report |
|
|
| Local
Government takes the initiative |
|
|
| 2000 |
'Cleaning
up the dogmas doings: Labour and the market' Article in Renewal, Volume
8, No 4,
|
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Autumn |
| Education
and Social Capital |
|
25 July |
| Regions
and Labour Modernisation - Chapter in 'Democratic Regions (Centre
for Local Economic Strategies) ed. Max Nathan 2000 |
|
|
| Regional
Development Agencies and Sustainability - Chapter in 'The Democratic
Region' Local Government Information
Unit Ed. Jo Dungey 2000 |
|
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| 1999 |
| Common
Sense in the Great Homes Debate |
|
|
| The
Road to Trust |
|
Autumn |
| Social
housing Article for Town and Country
Planning |
|
Summer |
| British
Ports Article for Transport Review - |
|
Summer |
| Think
and drive Article for Southern Evening Echo |
|
|
| Missing Rungs -
a discussion of Next Steps agencies Submission to Cabinet Office |
|
1999 |
| The Operation of the Landfill Tax Submission
to Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions - published in
Landfill tax report vol11 |
|
|
| The
Euro debate Article for Southern Evening Echo - |
|
June |
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| 1998 |
| Giving
life back to Local Government - Article for New Statesman - |
|
Summer |
| What
on earth is communitarianism? Article for radical Christian magazine |
|
|
| Live
and let rooms Southampton Institute Professorial Lecture - |
|
December |
| From
Regional Development to Regional Devolution - Chapter in "The
Regional Dimension" - Local
Government Information Unit - |
|
1998 |
| Local
Government one year into the Labour Government - Article for Local
Government Chronicle |
|
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| 1997 |
| Tiers spheres and
European Cities - Article for Chartist |
|
Summer |
| Revolution
- what revolution? - Article for Local Government Chronicle |
|
|
| Taxation,
Representation and all that - Article for Local Government Chronicle |
|
|
| New
Labour, New Policy Making - Article for The House Magazine - |
|
Autumn |
| New
MPs and New Local Government - Article for Local Government Chronicle |
|
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| Local
Government Electoral Reform - Article for Local Government Network
magazine |
|
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| Where
to build new homes - Article for Southern Evening Echo |
|
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| Best
Value - Article for Local Government Chronicle |
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