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Two Conservative and two Labour MPs will visit the Falklands in November

The lawmakers will be traveling with FIG representative in London, Sukey Cameron MBE

Four members of the British Parliament are scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands for a week beginning November 3, reported the Islands government.

Two Labour Members of Parliament, Gemma Doyle and Ian Murray and two from the Conservative Party, Philip Dunne and Mark Francois along with the Falkland Islands Government London Representative Sukey Cameron MBE will undertake a busy schedule of meetings plus a visit to battlefields and Sea Lion Island during their visit.

The group will be briefed by the Chief Executive, Governor and Members of Legislative Assembly on Friday November 4, before meetings at the Agriculture and Education Departments as well as the Chamber of Commerce.

Gemma Doyle is the Shadow Minister for Defence (MP for West Dunbartonshire) and Ian Murray (MP for Edinburgh South) the Shadow Minister for Business. Mrs Doyle sees her role as primarily to protect defence jobs, of which there are some 17,000 in her area.

Following the recent General Election, Mark Francois was appointed as a senior whip in the Government Whips Office. Mark's title is the Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household. In this role, as well as his duties as a whip, Mark also works as a junior liaison officer between the House of Commons and Buckingham Palace.

He was also recently appointed to the Privy Council, which advises HM the Queen on affairs of state

In 2007 he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Europe, where he worked directly for the Shadow Foreign Secretary the William Hague. In January 2009 Mark was made a Member of the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron.

Philip Dunne is a a Member of Parliament for Ludlow and Assistant Government Whip. (PN)