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Andrew Murrison

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Name: Andrew Murrison

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

British minister gives evidence in parliament probe

A TOP British official yesterday categorically denied that the UK could be held responsible for the actions of Bahrain's security forces in February 2011.British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt was giving evidence ... [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Alistair Burt

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Department For Transport

Westbury Train Station rail electrification suffers further blow

Westbury Train StationWestbury Train Watch will be meeting this afternoon after plans for rail electrification at Westbury Train Station took another backwards step today.A report carried out, on behalf of the Department for Transport, by consultants ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Andrew Murrison, Richard Benyon, Department For Transport, Claire Perry, Simon Burns

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Liam Fox

Improved care for soldiers and veterans announced

Defence Secretary Liam Fox has announced there will be improved care available for troops and veterans with mental health problems.More nurses will be dedicated to helping soldiers and a 24-hour helpline will be introduced to combat the "national scandal" ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Andrew Murrison, Combat Stress, Liam Fox, Conservative Party Conference

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK probe in final stage

BRITISH Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt is due to speak during the final evidence session of a parliamentary inquiry into the UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.He will address senior MPs during Tuesday's ... [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom, Andrew Murrison, Bahrain

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Legion steps out to honour the Queen in Warminster

Wiltshire County British Legion members parade through Warminster, marching down the High Street before the serviceWarminster residents lined the streets of the town on Sunday to support the county parade of the Royal British Legion, which was followed ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Andrew Murrison, Silver, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Illness sufferers ask MP for help

Dr Andrew Murrison MP meets the Fibromyalgia Support Group membersFibromyalgia suffers from Warminster raised concerns about the support they receive at a meeting with MP Andrew Murrison last Friday.Warminster and District Fibromyalgia Support Group, ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Fibromyalgia, Andrew Murrison, Multiple Sclerosis Therapy, Stiffness, NHS

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

Chile and UK hold annual round of defense talks in London

Chile and the UK held a round of defense talks in London at the end of May as part of the defense and security agreements between the two countries. The talks took place at the Ministry of Defense and were hosted by the UK Minister for International Security ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Chile, United Kingdom, London

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

MP warns rail review will make us 'even poorer country cousins'

By | One of the key railways in the West risks being made a "sleepy branch line" within a few years because other parts of the network will be electrified and it will miss out.Dr Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire, fears for the future of a ... [Published Westbury People - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Andrew Murrison, London, Bristol

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 4 reports

First World War Centenary Programme Unveiled

National News supplied bySix landmark events will punctuate the centenary over four years, 2014 to 2018.A major church service will be held in Glasgow on August 4, 2014, a day after the Commonwealth Games finishes.It is hoped that international political ... [Published Town 102 FM - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: World War I, Sky News, John Parr, Dan Jarvis, Andrew Murrison

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Young people are 'custodians of the legacy of Great War'

Dr Andrew Murrison MP, the Prime Minister's special representative for the centenary commemoration, said it would remember the lives of combatants and civilians.It will be about young people, the object and custodians of the legacy.To see youngsters gazing ... [Published itv.com - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Custodian, World War I, Andrew Murrison

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

A Lotto war memories

CODFORD Local History Society joined Andrew Murrison MP for the launch of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) new small grants programme to mark the centenary of the First World War last week.First World War: Then and Now, which was launched in the House ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: World War I, Andrew Murrison, Memory

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

It is absurd to pretend UK armed forces fight only in just wars

Last autumn David Cameron went to London’s Imperial War Museum and announced plans for “a truly national commemoration” of the centenary of the First World War. There would be, he said, four years of events and activity at a cost of more than £50 million, ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 31 2013]

Entities: David Cameron, Andrew Murrison, United Kingdom, World War I, Military/Armed Forces

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...Westbury being left with a sleepy branch line-type service post 2016 and no realistic commuting," said south west Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison. "i'm not happy with arup's rail review, which risks making us the even poorer country cousins of the network. we need electrification to westbury."

MP warns rail review will make us 'even poorer country cousins' [Published Westbury People - Jun 11 2013]

Dr Murrison added: "i don’t pick up any sense that any of those countries do not want to engage with this or do not want to contradict in any way the historical record." He has also held talks with Ireland and the US over how they want to participate

No German-bashing during £50m First World War centenary commemoration, warns Eric Pickles [Published The Independent - Jun 10 2013]

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British minister gives evidence in parliament p... [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 19 2013]
MPs take evidence on UK's relations with Saudi ... [Published United Kingdom Parliament - Jun 18 2013]
Week ahead in committees [Published BBC - Jun 17 2013]
Westbury Train Station rail electrification suf... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 17 2013]
Improved care for soldiers and veterans announced [Published Management in Practice - Jun 16 2013]
UK probe in final stage [Published Gulf Daily News - Jun 16 2013]
Legion steps out to honour the Queen in Warminster [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 15 2013]
Illness sufferers ask MP for help [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 14 2013]
Chile and UK hold annual round of defense talks... [Published Big News Network - Jun 14 2013]
Chile and UK hold annual round of defense talks... [Published Merco Press - Jun 14 2013]
MP warns rail review will make us 'even poorer ... [Published Westbury People - Jun 11 2013]
First World War Centenary Programme Unveiled [Published Town 102 FM - Jun 10 2013]
No German-bashing during £50m First World War c... [Published The Independent - Jun 10 2013]
First world war centenary events will be 'respe... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Jun 10 2013]
First world war centenary events will be 'respe... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 10 2013]
Young people are 'custodians of the legacy of G... [Published itv.com - Jun 10 2013]
Candlelit vigil at Westminster Abbey to mark 10... [Published London 24 - Jun 10 2013]
News story: Plans to mark 100 years since the b... [Published Cabinet Office - Jun 10 2013]
Press release: Maria Miller sets out how govern... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Jun 10 2013]
Concern as railway upgrade for Westbury is reje... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 09 2013]
A Lotto war memories [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - Jun 01 2013]
Superfast link only as far as Wiltshire [Published Chippenham People - Jun 01 2013]
It is absurd to pretend UK armed forces fight o... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 31 2013]
It is absurd to pretend our armed forces fight ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 30 2013]
Platform choice proves a rail lift [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - May 26 2013]
News story: Royal Marines train on Salisbury Plain [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - May 21 2013]
Press release: Mental health first aid training... [Published DoH - May 21 2013]
News story: Falklands official statistics released [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - May 14 2013]
News story: HMS Kent helps strengthen Libya-UK ... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 10 2013]
Detailed guidance: Armed forces covenant commit... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 10 2013]

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Press release: Maria Miller sets out how govern... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Jun 10 2013] A service for Commonwealth leaders at Glasgow Cathedral, a candle-lit vigil in Westminster Abbey and an event at the St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Belgium will start the programme to mark the centenary of the First World War next year, Culture Secretary ...
News story: Royal Marines train on Salisbury Plain [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - May 21 2013] The Royal Marines and personnel from Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden and the Netherlands all form the EU Battle Group (EUBG) which provides a military rapid response force. All these countries took part in the exercise which took place last week. The EUBG ...
News story: Falklands official statistics released [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - May 14 2013] The study by Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA), published today, Tuesday 14 May, is the first of its kind and has shown that: 25,948 UK Armed Forces personnel served in the Falklands Campaign237 personnel died during the campaign1,335 Falkland ...
News story: HMS Kent helps strengthen Libya-UK ... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 10 2013] HMS Kent spent 3 days in Libya - the first time in 40 years that a Royal Navy frigate has been invited to Tripoli. During her stay, she hosted a series of events to assist the Libyan Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior in their efforts to rebuild ...
Detailed guidance: Armed forces covenant commit... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 10 2013] Current covenant commitments Rebuilding the covenant is a process and not an event. The Secretary of State for Defence has a statutory obligation to lay a report before Parliament outlining that progress. Below you can find more information on the new ...