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WHAT HAPPENED ON 26th February 2001?

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25th February 2001

THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER

Labour MPs cheered as the Government announced 29 new hospitals costing #3.1bn & creating 3 000 new beds. But Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox said it was a "sham announcement". Agriculture minister Nick Brown said ministers would do all they could to stop a repeat of the BSE scandal which has already killed 86 people. He said Lord Phillips' report revealed "serious shortcomings" in the(previous Tory government's handling of BSE.

26th February 2001

TWELFTH FOOT-AND-MOUTH CASE CONFIRMED

A twelfth case of foot-and mouth disease has been found Agriculture Minister Nick Brown confirmed. He told MPs it had been discovered at a farm in Okehampton Devon. It has also been found at an abattoir in Bromham Wilts at a farm in Hatherleigh Devon and other farms in Herefordshire & Northumberland. Vets have reported another suspected case at the Aytach Abattoir at Hartshorne in southern Derbyshire.

26th February 2001

ROYAL APPROVAL FOR MPs' OFFICE BLOCK

The Queen has formally opened a new #235m office block for MPs ` praising it despite its troubled history. Portcullis House opposite Big Ben at Westminster has been hit by delays difficulties and a legal dispute. The Queen said: "The impressive new building both complements & contrasts with the Palace of Westminster." The building which houses 210 MPs was commissioned in 1992 for £165m but a series of delays saw the price rocket.

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