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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (R) and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Margaret Beckett watch Prime Minister Gordon Brown's address to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: (L-R) John Bercow, Margaret Beckett, Richard Shepherd, Ann Widdecombe, Parmjit Dhanda, Sir Alan Beith and Sir Alan Haselhurst some of the candidates for Speaker of The House of Commons pose for a group photo outside Parliament on June 22, 2009 in London.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: (L-R) Sir Alan Beith, Sir Alan Haselhurst,Parmjit Dhanda, Margaret Beckett, Richard Shepherd, Ann Widdecombe, Sir George Young and Sir Michael Lord some of the candidates for Speaker of The House of Commons pose for a group photo outside Parliament on June 22...

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Britain's Minister for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, on June 2, 2009.

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Britain's Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London, for the weekly cabinet meeting, on May 19, 2009.

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British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, on January 20, 2009, for the weekly government cabinet meeting.

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DERBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 7: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) is greeted by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre on January 7, 2009 in Derby.

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Queen Noor of Jordan, right, Britain's Housing Minister Margaret Beckett, center, and Pakistan's Shahryar Khan, former United Nations diplomat, left, share a light moment prior to their press conference in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008.

British Labour Party politician Margaret Beckett attends a hustings for Speaker of the House of Commons in London June 15, 2009. The MPs who would like to be the next Speaker of the House of Commons have put their cases at the first-ever election hustings for the post.

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Former British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett speaks at a hustings event where possible candidates for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons, presented their manifestos to fellow Members of Parliament and the media in London, Monday, June, 15, 2009.

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Former British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett speaks at a hustings event where possible candidates for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons, presented their manifestos to fellow Members of Parliament and the media in London, Monday, June, 15, 2009.

Britain's Minister for Housing Margaret Beckett leaves after attending the weekly Cabinet Meeting at 10 Downing Street in London March 31, 2009.

Britain's Minister for Housing Margaret Beckett leaves after attending the weekly Cabinet Meeting at 10 Downing Street in London March 31, 2009.

Candidates for the position of Speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow (L), Margaret Beckett (2nd L), Richard Shepherd (3rd L), Ann Widdecombe (C), Parmjit Dhanda (3rd R), Alan Beith (2nd R), and Alan Haselhurst pose for media outside St. Stephen's entrance at the Houses of Pa...

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (3rd R) and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (2nd R) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Centre L) and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (Centre R) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Centre L) and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (Centre R) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (not pictured) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (not pictured) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (not pictured) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (not pictured) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Minister of State for Housing and Planning Margaret Beckett (not pictured) meet high-ranking representatives of advice and consumer organisations at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 21, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) is greeted by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre in Derby, on January 7, 2009.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd L) and Housing Minister Margaret Beckett (2nd R) talk with apprentice's at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre in Derby, on January 7, 2009.