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• Patricia Hewitt Announces She Will be Standing Down at Next General Election
  Patricia Hewitt MP announced on Tuesday that she would not be standing again for re-election in Leicester West at the next General Election. She said: “This has been a very difficult decision to make, but after talking it through with my family I have decided that by the next election this will be the right thing to do for me and my family.” Ms Hewitt also said that she wants to spend more time on work and charitable activities related to India. Next month she takes over as chair of the UK India Business Council and is...
  
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• Patricia Hewitt's MPs' Expenses Statement
  It is the public who elect us and pay for us. And it is the public who should be directly involved in deciding the future system of MPs’ expenses. I am not talking about opinion polls, telephone votes or blogs. There is now a great deal of experience in the United Kingdom and elsewhere of innovative forms of public engagement As Health Secretary, for instance, I commissioned a major public consultation, culminating in a 1000-strong Citizens’ Summit in Birmingham (recruited from the electoral register to be broadly representative of the public as a whole). We asked people about...
  
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• Patricia visits the Revamped Playroof
  Patricia recently attended the formal re-opening of the Playroof for the Children’s Hospital at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. The Playroof, which is located on top of the Balmoral Building at the LRI, has recently been updated and improved after it was closed 5 years ago when it was deemed unsafe. The Playroof consists of a playground with a football pitch, swings, a climbing frame and a slide; there are also flower beds and a quiet...
  
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• Patricia Visits Fox's Confectionary Factory
  Patricia recently visited the Fox's Glacier Mints factory in her constituency in Braunstone, Leicester. Patricia met with the people involved in making arguably the nation's favourite mint sweet at the factory. Patricia also had the opportunity to witness the production of products such as Poppets and XXX Mints make their way along the line. Patricia said: ‘‘Fox’s Confectionary have an exciting range of products. It is fantastic that they have operated in Leicester for over 30 years, which many people are proud of’’. Jane James, Head of Marketing...
  
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