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Speeches
You can find any other speech made in Parliament by Yvette, or any other MP, by searching The Official Report (Hansard).

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The Official Report (Hansard)
The Official Report (Hansard) is published in printed form at 7.30 am and appears on the website at 8.00 am. It was first produced by Thomas Curson Hansard as a private commercial venture from the early 1800s, and was first published as an official document in 1909. It has appeared on the official web site since 1996.

Click to search for any speech in Hansard from 1988 onwards.

 
Maiden Speech

Yvette made her maiden speech on July 2 1997, shortly after entering Parliament. This is always an important event for any MP, but this was made even more important as the speech was made on Budget day. Click to read the full speech.

 
The Fabian Society Lectures

The full transcript of the Lecture delivered to the Fabian Society by Yvette Cooper MP is available on this site. The lecture, entitled 'Housing and Life Chances', was given on May 15 2007. More...

The full transcript of the Lecture delivered to the Fabian Society by Yvette Cooper MP on March 31 2005 is also available on this site. The lecture was part of a series of lectures around the theme; Life Chances: The Positive Agenda. More…

 
The Compass National Conference 2005
On Saturday June 18 2005, over 600 people attended the Compass National Conference. Those attending included over 60 major speakers from across the democratic left and the conference included sessions organised by over 20 leading pressure group and think tank organisations. The full transcript of the keynote speech given at the conference by Yvette Cooper MP is available. More...

 

 

 

  
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Yvette Cooper MP
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