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Welsh Anglicans: Harry Secombe, Arthur Machen, Chris Bryant, James Atkin, Baron Atkin, Alun Michael, Charles Edward Breese, Walter E. Ree
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-22.
ISBN 9781156627334
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Harry Secombe, Arthur Machen, Chris Bryant, James Atkin, Baron Atkin, Alun Michael, Charles Edward Breese, Walter E. Rees, Philip Jenkins, Gregory Cameron, Idris Jones, Chris Morgan, Gwallter Mechain, Isaac Williams. Excerpt: Alun Edward Michael (born 22 August 1943) is a British Labour Co-operative politician , who is the Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987, and served as the first First Secretary for Wales .Education Michael was born at Bryngwran Anglesey , son of Leslie and Betty Michael. He attended Colwyn Bay Grammar School and Keele University .Professional career He was a youth and community worker from 1971 to 1987; having previously been a Reporter on the South Wales Echo , he became a JP in 1972 and chaired the Cardiff Juvenile Bench before entering Parliament. He was a Cardiff City councillor from 1973 to 1989.Political career He became an MP at the 1987 general election, inheriting a safe Labour seat from former Prime Minister James Callaghan . With Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, he became Minister of State and Deputy Home Secretary in the Home Office . He was responsible for steering the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 through the House of Commons . Amongst other things, this Act introduced ASBOs or Anti-social Behaviour Orders and statutory crime reduction partnerships. He was also responsible for the Government policy on the voluntary and community sector, and introduced the "compact" process to achieve partnership between Government and that sector.Also in 1998, following the resignation of Ron Davies , he was made Secretary of State for Wales , and later on First Secretary (the title would be changed to First Minister in October 2000) and leader of the Labour Party in the National Assembly for Wales . While he was
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