Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett in 2006 thought she was taking a call from Chancellor Gordon Brown.

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And Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett urged Mr Blair and Gordon Brown to ensure a smooth transition of power.

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Among Labour MPs to rebel over the issue were former Home Secretary John Reid and ex-Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.

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Former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said she would be a "healing Speaker" and defended her impartiality after recently standing down as a minister.

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett roundly rejected any claim that she said justified the kind of actions that were allegedly being planned in recent weeks.

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Other visitors from the cabinet in the past few months include Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, and David Miliband, the environment secretary.

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The announcement, from Margaret Beckett, Britain's foreign secretary, clears the way for Mr Taylor's trial to begin after several countries refused to host him.

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