A {margin:0;}
A.harvestlink
{
  font-size:9px;
  color:#fff;
  letter-spacing:-1px;
  text-decoration:none;
}

A.harvestlink:hover
{
  color:#fff;
}

.searchbox
{
  width:100px;
  border:1px solid #666;
  margin-bottom:5px;
  background:url("../images/site/img_bit_search_bg.gif") no-repeat top left;
  font-size:10px;
  padding-left:3px;
}

HR {height:1px;color:#000;background-color:#ccc;border:0;margin:0px 0;padding:0;}



/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- item styles */ 




#lefthandContent {padding:5px; color:#fff;font-size:10px;vertical-align:top;}
#lefthandContent a {color:#fff;font-size:10px;}
#lefthandContent a:hover {}

#lefthandContent #selected {text-decoration: none;}

.parliament {margin-bottom:10px; background-color:#fff;}
.parliament ul {padding:0; margin:0; background-color:#fff;}
.parliament li {list-style-type: none; padding:3px 0 5px 15px; background: url(../images/site/img_bit_red_arrow.gif) top left no-repeat;}

.parliament a:link {color:#333;}
.parliament a:visited {color:#333;}
.parliament a:hover {color:#888;}

div.issue
{
  background:#F2F3F2;
  width:300px;
  margin:0 7px 20px 0;
}

div.issue p {padding:5px;}

div.issue .more
{
  background:url(../images/site/img_issue_more.gif) top left no-repeat #fff;
  width:300px;
  text-align:right;
}


#panelMediaReleases {margin-bottom:20px;}
#panelParliament {margin-bottom:20px;}
#panelIssues {margin-bottom:20px;clear: both;}

.leftImage {float:left; padding-right:5px;}

A#selectedyear {color:#000;}

A.homeSpeech {font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;color:#333; letter-spacing:-1;font-size:11px;}
A.homeSpeech:hover {text-decoration:none;color:#999;}

#issuebanner {font-family:Arial;background-color:#390;color:#fff; text-align:center; font-size:11px; letter-spacing:0; margin:0 0 10px 0; padding:2px 5px;}
#issuebanner label {letter-spacing:0; padding-right:2px;font-size:11px; font-weight:bold;}
#issuebanner a {font-size:11px;letter-spacing:0; color:#000; text-decoration:underline;}
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- header */
#header
{
  float:left;
  width:100%;
  /* 
  background:#fff url("../images/site/img_header_background.jpg") no-repeat top;
  height:119px;
  */
  line-height:normal;
}

#header ul
{
  margin:0;
  padding:22px 14px 0;
  list-style:none;
}

#header li
{
  float:left;
  background:url("../images/site/img_header_normal_left.gif") no-repeat left top;
  margin:0;
  padding:0 0 0 4px;
}

#header a
{
  float:left;
  display:block;
  background:url("../images/site/img_header_normal_right.gif") no-repeat right top;
  padding:3px 15px 6px 11px;
  text-decoration:none;
  font-family:Arial;
  font-weight:500;
  font-size:10px;
  letter-spacing:0;
  color:#000;
}

/* Commented Backslash Hack
   hides rule from IE5-Mac \*/
#header a.menuitem {float:none;}
/* End IE5-Mac hack */

#header a.menuitem:hover
{
  color:#333;
  text-decoration:underline;
}

#header #current
{
  background-image:url(../images/site/img_header_selected_left.gif);
}

#header #current a
{
  background-image:url(../images/site/img_header_selected_right.gif);
  color:#fff;
  padding-bottom:6px;
}

#header #current a:hover { text-decoration:none; }

#headerbottom
{
  clear:both;
  height:16px;
  background-image:url(../images/site/img_header_bottom.gif);
  background-position:left top;
  background-repeat:repeat-x;
}