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 FaithAction 'procurement ready' launch conference (26/02/08) |
Westminster Central Hall, 26 February 2008 I am delighted to have the opportunity to be here today – thank you for inviting me. Today will – I have no doubt – be a successful launch f...
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| Faith Groups reception at the Labour Party Conference (24/09/07) |
Phoebe Bar, Pavilion, Bournemouth Warm welcome to the first ever faiths reception at the Labour Party conference – thanks to everyone for coming along, and thank you in particular to Ha...
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| Deepening and widening the fair-trade revolution (22/09/07) |
Traidcraft plc AGM, St Chad’s College, 22 September 2007 I am absolutely delighted to be here this morning. Thank you for the welcome you have given to me and Leng, and for the pr...
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| Celebrating and Understanding Christianity at Work (19/09/07) |
The Atrium, 22 Whitehall, 19 September 2007 I’m delighted to be here and to be following – briefly – those who have spoken already. Quite a lot of people today are critica...
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| Faith and Public Life in a Pluralist Society (28/07/07) |
Speech at the London Muslim Centre Thank you for inviting me - I am delighted to be here. I'm Stephen Timms, Member of Parliament for East Ham, only a few miles from here, and in my Gover...
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| "Playing our Part": Christian Citizenship Conference (10/02/07) |
Speech at Crowstone Christian Centre, Westcliff I am delighted to be here this morning - in David's constituency - and to be able to speak with you about Christian Citizenship. I am really pl...
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| Transatlantic Progressives: work with the Christian Left (20/01/07) |
Speech at All Souls College, Oxford I want to make at the outset essentially four points: First, that faith is important on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, it's more import...
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| Make Poverty History Forum (16/11/06) |
Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms MP, at the Make Poverty History Forum, Melbourne, Australia Thank you Andrew. I am delighted to be here. I was recently in Sri...
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| Faithworks speech (05/10/06) |
I am delighted to be here this afternoon and I want to begin by thanking everyone for attending what I think is a very important event - and in particular by thanking Joy Maderios and her colleagues a...
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| CSM Conference prayer breakfast (27/09/06) |
Speech at Manchester Town Hall Thank you for your welcome, and let me express thanks on behalf of the Labour Party for the welcome which has been extended to our Conference this week. It is the...
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| Politics and Christianity - do they mix? (17/05/06) |
Speech at Harmony Christian Centre, East Ham Christian engagement: the facts
I am very pleased to be part of this event tonight, and I am thankful for everyone who has come. Unlike many...
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| "Faith and Politics", Young Fabians meeting (24/04/06) |
Speech at the House of Commons There are plenty of people around today who point out the dangers of politics and religion getting mixed up. From Belfast to Baghdad, there is no shortage of ob...
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| Christians in Politics? (19/03/05) |
Speech at NewFrontiers Conference Let me just begin by welcoming the fact that this conference is taking place, and that so many people are here. I am delighted to be here, and I want to try ...
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| Black Economic Empowerment Conference (30/05/03) |
Speech at Fairfield Halls, Croydon Some little time ago, a group of us in the Christian Socialist Movement went on a prayer walk through Canning Town in the borough of Newham, the other side of...
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| Justshare: "Can the market deliver fair trade?" (28/04/03) |
I warmly welcome this initiative. Our second international development white paper, "Making Globalisation Work for the Poor", referred to "supporting the groups which are helping the poor speak w...
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| The Launch of the Christian Socialist Movement Archive (26/04/03) |
Speech at Sarum College, Salisbury When, in Matthew Chapter 10, Jesus sent out his disciples to preach that "the kingdom of heaven is near", he told them this: "Be as shrewd as snakes and...
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| The Budget: Weathering the Storm for Social Justice (17/04/03) |
in Christian Perspectives on Public Affairs, Vol 3, No 8 Gordon Brown has famously been dubbed "prudent" throughout his chancellorship. This year, in the first wartime Budget for half a c...
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| The Christian contribution to New Labour (28/09/02) |
Speech in Sarpsborg, Norway In 1997, it was 23 years since the Labour Party had won a British General Election, and 18 years since Labour had been in Government. But on that day in June 1...
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| Corporate Social Responsibility (26/08/02) |
Speech at the Greenbelt festival "Can business ever be good for everyone?", asks the advert for this session. Well some businesses certainly can. Take the Cambridge Emmaus project which i...
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| Standards vs. Values in Education (26/08/02) |
Speech at the Greenbelt festival You may be familiar with Premier Radio, the London Christian radio station. I don't want to give the impression that I spend a lot of time listening to it, beca...
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