Margaret Beckett
Margaret Beckett
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett, DBEis a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliamentfor Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith died suddenly. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 January 1943
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I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so,
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This campaign is about giving people confidence the work is being done.
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The focus of our agenda for this meeting is on energy, and on how we can make better use of technology to make the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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We face a timetable that is driven by nature, science and by the predicted effect of climate change on our world, not by our own negotiating processes.
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We are keeping these issues under review but there are lots of questions about the effectiveness of the vaccine and how it will mask the disease. We don't rule out the use of vaccine but there are a number of questions still to be addressed.
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There is no greater challenge facing the world.
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We believe we can reach the 20% target with support from all sections of the economy and society.
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There are some problems remaining but what we have to be wary of is creating further problems ourselves.
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Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.
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One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.
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You have to make your choice and live with your choice.
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My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.
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Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.
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It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history