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12 The Link Magazine • December 1997
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DRIPPING GUTTERS? Winning the lottery for Swindon
Swindon South MP Julia Drown bites her nails waiting for her numbers to come up
SOLUTION
More than seven months into unemployed and lone parents
the job and it is still full of new back into work was called about
Maintenance free
experiences. It was exciting to 10 minutes from the end. This
UPVC fascia boards
be there on the red carpet to was a much calmer experience.
cladding & guttering welcome the Queen to Swindon, I'm now trying my luck at get-
Expertly fitted at DIY prices brought here by the 'Borough of ting a half-hour debate on the
Swindon' train. proposed storage of meat and
I continue to be surprised by bone meal at Wroughton. Again
FREE S IJ 1LVEV how much of Westminster works this works on the lottery
NO I)IPOSI'I' on the Bingo principle. Questions principle. Apart from one debate
to ministers work like this: MPs a week, which the speaker
submit their initial questions two chooses, these private member
Work it out for yourself
weeks in advance. The questions debates are also picked out of a
20' fascia board fitted hat. I do wonder whether there
£50
then get pulled from a hat. Many
20' fascia & gutter fitted £115 are disappointed. If picked you might be better ways of deciding
20' fascia, soffit & gutter £175 can ask a supplementary question what the house should discuss.
20' fascia & soffit £110 on the day and others can try and I would like to send everyone
(prices correct at time of publication) get in on the same subject. my best wishes for the Season
My Bingo luck had not been and for the New Year. I hope it is
overly successful until recently a peaceful and prosperous one for
when I was picked out for was looking unlikely. The us all.
number 20 on a Tuesday (health minutes ticked on. At 329pm • Julia Drown MP can be contacted
questions) and number 15 on Madam Speaker called for at 39 Victoria Road, Swindon.
Thursday (employment and number 19. There was silence. So Tel: 615444.
education). Often only 15 with one minute to go she called Christmas greetings
questions get asked, so it really my name and with a smile I stood Swindon North MP Michael Wills
was touch and go as to whether I up, thanked her and asked the wishes all readers of The Link a
would get my chance. Health Minister to meet me to Happy Christmas and a reward-
For a free quote
Health questions end at 330pm discuss the problems in Swindon ing and successful New Year.
Tel: 827494 and I wanted to raise the problem (& he agreed!). Nail biting stuff. He can be contacted at the
of dentistry in Swindon. At My Thursday question on Pinehurst People's Centre, Olive
anytime 315pm we were on question 17; it getting the Swindon's long-term Grove, Swindon. Tel: 481016.

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