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Quaker News Issue 79 Summer 2011 - Quaker concern for army recruits
17 April 2012

Quakers in Britain warmly welcome the decision to grant a legal right to discharge to 16- to 18-year-olds in the armed forces as a first step towards raising the age of enlistment to 18.

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Public Issues
5 April 2012

Working with the Westminster Parliament

Quakers, at all times, seek to balance active campaigning with constructive dialogue with government and MPs, in the United Kingdom.

This dialogue takes the form of responses to government consultations, submissions to government and Select Committees and meetings with MPs.

All submissions and responses are listed below, and also included are briefings for Quakers on matters of topical interest.

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Eliminating World Poverty - June 2009
25 January 2012

Quaker Peace & Social Witness stresses the importance of international development in its formal submission to a Department for International Development White Paper consultation. We also urge the UK Government to invest in preventing conflict and the threat of climate change. QPSW joined other free churches to make this submission as well as contributing less formally to submissions through other organisations.

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Living standards, Parliament

Engaging with politics
12 July 2010

Outside Number 10 Downing StreetWhat is the work about?

Engaging with politics is about expressing Quaker values and experience in dialogue with parliament and government. It involves working with ecumenical and non-governmental organisations where there is a common purpose, for example, in relation to sustainability and climate change.

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Election Briefing 2010
14 May 2010

Network of Christian Peacemaking Organisations has written an election briefing ahead of the election in May 2010.

Emerging threats to human security are likely to make the future challenging for everyone, particularly for the marginalised and poor of the world. They will be the ones to feel the sharp edge of global warming and rising prices as competition for scarce resources increases. Decisions taken by the politicians we elect [in May] may well affect their lives much more than they affect us.

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General Election, Parliament

DfID white paper consultation - white papers and response
18 June 2009
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Living standards, Parliament