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Back in the chamber REATIVE CURTAINS

Swindon South MP Julia Drown The complete service from ideas to hanging,
returns to Parliament and gets down to business all at affordable prices
Hand made curtains, Roman blinds,
MPs are returning to Westminster and reduce unnecessary exclu- quilted bed covers, Austrian blinds, cushions etc.
for another session of legislation. sions. Swindon has an impres-
Certain to be in the programme sively low number of exclusions For a free estimate ring Christine on 01793 875869
for the next year is the abolition of and much credit goes both to our
hereditary peers in the House of teachers and to parents for this. NO NEED TO LIVE WITH HARD WATER
Lords. The Labour Party believes The literacy and numeracy sum- CONTACT:
MONO
that no one should have the right mer schools that were so success- Allk
to make laws that govern the rest ful this year in Swindon, as well as
of the country just by an accident elsewhere in the country, will be
of birth. The Lords will be a better repeated nextyear with even more Kinetico Block Salt Water Softeners guarantee soft water 24 hours
place without the hereditaries, schools benefiting. a day. Only 19" high, non-electric, meter controlled.
Rent, lease, purchase. DIY sales & service. Salt delivered.
even if it will still have a Tory Finally, I have recently had a
majority. text phone installed in my con- 260 Ferndale Road, Swindon. Tel: 527172
Some people say we should have stituency office for people who are
a complete pro- deaf or hard of
gramme of hearing. The ASHINGTON WAY PiL&I&c
change for the Royal National
House of Lords Institute for Deaf WESTLEA, SWINDON • TEL: 01793 616840
before ending the People (RNID)
right of the he- has worked in
reditary peers to conjunction with
sit and vote. But BT to provide 100
this reform will MPs' offices with We are pleased to announce
itself improve the a textphone.
Lords and it will RNID research business as usual
be a necessary indicates that
part of any about 68% of Opening hours:
change. So there people who are
is no justification deaf or hard of Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
for delay. hearing feel iso- 8.30am to 1 2.3Opm; 1 .3Opm to 6pm
I recently had lated because of Wednesday 8.30am to 1230pm
the pleasure of welcoming five stu- their deafness. The textphone will Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon
dents from New College and Swin- make me as an MP more accessible
don College to an open day at the to those with hearing problems and
Foreign and Commonwealth Of- can be reached by dialling the usual
fice. This is only the second time constituency office phone number.
the Foreign Office has been opened If you would like to get in touch
to the public. The initiative has please write to me at 39 Victoria
been taken in the spirit of open Road, Swindon SN1 3AT, or con-
government and with the aim of tact my office by ordinary phone
encouraging students from every or textphone on Swindon 615444.
walk of life to consider a Foreign
Office career. The building is mag- MP Open Meeting
nificent.
Julia Drown will report on the
I was amazed to hear that the current session of Parliament
staff still rely on telegrams and
sending papers between offices by Friday 4 December, 7.30pm
air ducts - and that they still don't Freshbrook Community Centre
have Windows on their computer Worsley Road, Freshbrook
systems. To the relief of the staff, All are welcome to attend
modernisation is promised! and put questions
I was pleased to see that the
recent crime figures for Wiltshire' Christmas of yesteryear
again confirmed that we live in Tootleabrook WI meet in the Com-
one of the safest places in the coun- munity Suite of the Link Centre at
try. The Government is deter- 7.30pm. Visitors are always wel-
mined to do more to reduce crime come and admission which in-
further. In partnership with the cludes refreshment is £1. On
police and car manufacturers, for Wednesday 18 November Mrs
example, we have agreed a practi- Clements will talk about Yester-
cal and achievable target of reduc- day's Christmas
ing car crime by 30% over the next
five years. Embroiders of Asia
Education continues to take a The Swindon & North Wilts Branch
high priority in the Government's of the Embroiderers' Guild meet
programme. We are determined on Monday 2 November at
to improve standards and teacher Churchfields School, 7.30pm. BURDEN ELECTRONICS
morale. At the Labour Party Con- Isobel Leek will give a talk entitled
ference David Blunkett announced Silken Strand of Central Asia. 160 County Road, Swindon
a £500 million package to cut tru- Admission £3. Call Maggie Harris Tel: (01793) 529050
ancies, tackle classroom disruption on 720097 for more details. FREE PARKING AT THE COUNTY GROUND