Ruth's Maiden Speech to Parliament

Department For Transport

09/06/08 Statement in Parliament on the Transport Innovation Fund and Congestion Charges for Greater Manchester

05/06/08 Transport in a Low Carbon Economy

24/04/08 Passenger Focus Conference

14/11/07 Airport Operators Association

25/10/07 Active Traffic Management

26/07/07 Cost of Ministerial Cars for 2005-06 and 2006-07

26/07/07 Strengthening Local Delivery  

25/07/07 Transport Times annual rail conference

05/07/07 Aviation Club lunch

Department For Communities and Local Government

19/06/07 Chartered Institute of Housing Conference

14/06/07 Commission for Integration and Cohesion Final Report

16/05/07 Creating a smarter working Britain

15/05/07 Making Assets Work: Launch of the Quirk Review

05/04/07 Winning hearts and minds: working together to defeat extremism

04/04/07 Global Warming, Local Leadership

15/03/07 Equal Opportunites Commission (EOC) - Launch of 'Moving on Up' report

15/03/07 British Muslim Forum event

21/02/07 Interim Statement of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion

20/02/07 Launch of Hills Report into Social Housing

13/02/07  The Future of Housing Policy

30/01/07 Exemplar Employers event

29/01/07 Moving Towards the Planning White Paper

28/01/07 Holocaust Memorial Day 2007

15/12/06 Innovation Forum Summit

13/12/06 Shaping a low carbon future - our environmental vision

27/11/06 Equality and a Cohesive Society

22/11/06 Thames Gateway Forum: Keynote Speech

14/11/06 Tackling the changing face of homelessness

07/11/06 New Local Government Network (NLGN) White Paper Conference

18/10/06 Environmental Sustainability

11/10/06 Britain: our values, our responsibilities

19/09/06 Development Trusts Association Conference

14/09/06 Economic Prosperity: The Local Contribution

24/08/06 Launch of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion

20/07/06 Housing Design Awards

19/07/06 Launch of Sufi Muslim Council

11/07/06 Devolution to and from the town hall

05/07/06 Speech to LGA conference

29/06/06 International Mayors and City Leaders Forum

28/06/06 Launch of Together We Can first annual review

26/06/06 Core Cities Summit, Bristol

20/06/06 Housing, community and opportunity

07/06/06 Decent Homes and mixed communities

24/05/06 Next steps for gender equality

09/05/06 Address to Department for Communities and Local Government stakeholders

Department For Education and Skills

26/04/06 Education and Social Mobility: Progress for all

13/04/06 NASUWT Conference, Keynote Speech

04/04/06 Choice and Confidence: Achieving Social Justice in the Early Years

22/03/06 Business Involvement in Education

17/03/06 TUC Education Conference - Schools: Reform, Choice, Equality

03/02/06 Presentation at the 8th Annual Sports Colleges Conference

11/01/06 BETT Conference

06/01/06 North of England Conference

16/12/05 LGA Conference - 'Higher Standards, Better Schools for All'

02/12/05 Putting the world into world-class education

30/11/05 Target 2010 Conference - Children, Young People & Families

17/11/05 School Leadership

16/11/05 Further Education for the Future

01/11/05 Skills for Life: The Challenge to 2010

17/10/05 Launch of Training and Development Agency for Schools

15/09/05 Universities UK Conference

12/09/05 Opportunities for high performing specialist schools

06/09/05 LGA Conference - 'New roles in a new relationship'

26/07/05 Education and Social Progress

13/07/05 Skills Summit 2005

12/07/05 Informal Meeting of EU Education Ministers

11/07/05 Secretary of State speech to the European Parliament

05/07/05 All Party Parliamentary University Group

04/07/05 Specialist Schools Trust Annual Lecture - 'Reasons for Raising the Bar'

21/06/05 LSDA Summer Conference

10/06/05 14 - 19 in Action

07/06/05 LSC Chairs Event

01/06/05 Unison Conference on School Meals

23/05/05 Launch of Adult Learners Week 2005

23/03/05 Speech to ATL: Professionalism And Social Justice

21/03/05 Speech to the TUC Union Academy Conference

04/03/05 Speech to the SHA annual conference 2005

01/02/05 Secretary of State's speech to the Secondary Heads Conference

13/01/05 BETT 2005 Keynote Address

06/01/05 North of England Conference Speech

Labour Party Conference Speeches

26/09/06 A Challenge Not Just of Security But of Values