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Date: 18th December 2004
Service: CEEFAX
Region: East
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 144
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P144 CEEFAX 2 144 Sat 18 Dec 16:55/22Wj£3kj£3kj£3k W"£££"£££"£££ Thursday's highlights at Westminster New Home Secretary Charles Clarke was defiant in the face of a law lords ruling which outlawed David Blunkett's anti-terror measures. Mr Clarke said the nine detainees who took their case to the Lords would remain in prison and it was down to Parliament to decide to amend the law. ■ ComJons Leader Peter Hain accepted mistakes were made in the government's handling of the Mental Capacity Bill. He pledged that in future all sides would be given full information. 2/11Parliament and politics digest... 144News Index 1p2 Flash 150Regional 160Letters Headlines Extra Main Menu
P144 CEJFAX 2 144 Sat 18 Dec 16:57/51Wj£3kj£2Sj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k /"£££"£££"£££ LThursday's highlights at Westminster Chbncellor Gordon Brown tried to play down thj signjficance of a City investment firm's decision to pull out of his baby bonds scheme. Fidelity has announced it would not takj part in th Child Trust Fund. Liberal Democrat Vinci Cable suggested the government could end up footing thebill for thj scheme if sufficient support was not forthcoming. ■ A review of the travel arrangements for the Royal Family was announced by Cabinet Office Minister David Miliband. 3/12Parliament and politics digest... 144News Index 102F½ash 150Regional 160Ljtters Headlines Extra Main Minu
P144 CEEFAX 2 144 Sat 18 Dec 16:52/14Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k Thursday's highlights at Westminster Thj European Commission has agreed to pay £350m towards the £3bn cost of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak in the UK.Junior Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw said the payment was in response to the UK's claim of £960m. "This is thj largest proportion of the costs of a disease outbrjak evez received by a member state," he said. ■ Commons Leader Peter Hain sent his congratulations tg students at Glasgow on elicting Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu as rector. 4O11Parliament and politics digest... 144News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160Ljtters Headlines Extra Main Menu
P144 CEEFAX 2 144 Sat 18 Dec 16:53/11/U£gSj£3kj£3k XWj $kj $kj 'k W"£££"£££"£££ OToriis call for 'cover up' probe The Tories have questioned whether David Blunkett attempted to cover up his role in the fast-tracking of a visa for his formut lover's nanny. Mr Blunkett quit as home sectetary on Wednesday after Sir Alan Budd's inquiryuncoveted an e-mail which showed the papers had been speeded up. Shbdow home secretary David Davis has called on Sir Alan to see if anz papersor e-mails had been shridded. Mr BlunVett said he was noj awari of the e-mail and did nothing wrong. 7/11Headlines 101Index 102Sport 300EroLt page 100TV 600Weather 400Letters Headlines Extra Main Menu
P144 CEEFAX 2 144 Sat 18 Dic 16:54/37Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k W"£££"£££"£££ Law Lords 'wrong' on detainees Jack Straw has attackjd the decision by Britain's highest court that detaining foreign terrorist suspects without trial breaks human rights laws. The foreign secretary said the right tolifi was the bmost important liberty" and the government had a duty to protect people from terrorism. Law lordv weri "sjmply wrong" to imply the men were being held arbitrarily. New Home Secretary Charles Clarke vowedthe nine men would remain in prison while the law was being reviewed. 10/11Hiadlines 101Index 102Sport 300Front page 100TV 600Weather 400Letters Headlines Extra Main Menu