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| Former Tory minister Channon dies | |
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| Former trade and industry secretary and ex-Southend West MP Paul Channon has died at the age of 71. | |
| The former Conservative minister was made a life peer - Baron Kelvedon of Ongar - in 1997. He died at the family home in Brentwood, Essex, on Saturday. | The former Conservative minister was made a life peer - Baron Kelvedon of Ongar - in 1997. He died at the family home in Brentwood, Essex, on Saturday. |
| Lord Kelvedon was Southend West MP between 1959 and 1997. | Lord Kelvedon was Southend West MP between 1959 and 1997. |
| He was minister of trade between 1983 and 1986, trade and industry secretary between 1986 and 1987 and transport secretary between 1987 and 1989. | He was minister of trade between 1983 and 1986, trade and industry secretary between 1986 and 1987 and transport secretary between 1987 and 1989. |
| His time as transport secretary was marred by the Clapham Junction rail crash at Britain's busiest station and the Lockerbie disaster where Pan Am flight 103 was downed by a bomb planted by Libyan agents. | His time as transport secretary was marred by the Clapham Junction rail crash at Britain's busiest station and the Lockerbie disaster where Pan Am flight 103 was downed by a bomb planted by Libyan agents. |
| Tory leader in the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde, said: "He was a much valued and well-respected member of the Conservative Party, and a great servant of our country as a member of the Cabinet in the 1980s. | Tory leader in the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde, said: "He was a much valued and well-respected member of the Conservative Party, and a great servant of our country as a member of the Cabinet in the 1980s. |
| "Illness sadly reduced his activity in the House of Lords but his insights and knowledge will be much missed." | "Illness sadly reduced his activity in the House of Lords but his insights and knowledge will be much missed." |