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Archive 11

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15 January 2007 : Speech

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Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill

Philip Dunne argues that revenue raised via the proposed Planning Gain Supplement should be spent in the area local to where the development is taking place. | more

12 January 2007 : News Release

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Home improvement tax on Ludlow's sheds, conservatories and bathrooms

Local homes in the Ludlow constituency face a 'home improvement tax' on the likes of sheds, conservatories, double glazing, extensions and bathrooms, under Labour's plans for annual council tax revaluations, warned Philip Dunne. | more

11 January 2007 : News Release

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10,000 Ludlow Households Eligible for Digital Switchover Help

As many as 10,000 households in the Ludlow constituency will be eligible for help from the the Digital Switchover Help Scheme. | more

11 January 2007 : News Release

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Dunne demands fair gas prices

Philip Dunne today highlighted the escalating rise in living costs under Labour. | more

11 January 2007 : Parliamentary Question

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Adult Education

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Philip Dunne asks about budget allocation for adult education in England and Shropshire. | more

10 January 2007 : News Release

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Flu jab programme in Shropshire

Philip Dunne has raised his concerns at apparent delays in the PCT receiving adequate supplies of vaccine from manufacturers this year compared with previous years. | more

10 January 2007 : News Release

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Conservatives join call to repaint border bridge

Conservative politicians joined forces on the Tenbury/Burford bridge over the River Teme to point out the need for a fresh coat of paint. | more

8 January 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Vote for local democracy against unitary

Ballot papers should be landing on your doorstep today inviting you to vote on the future shape of local government in Shropshire. | more

8 January 2007 : Speech

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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

Philip Dunne broadly welcomes the Statistics and Registration Service Bill, which will create a Statistics Board to oversee production of impartial official statistics, but is concerned that Ministers will retain too much control for true independence. | more

8 January 2007 : Parliamentary Question

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Influenza Vaccinations

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Health, Philip Dunne asks for the percentages of people over 65 who have received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months in Ludlow, Shropshire and the West Midlands. | more

8 January 2007 : Parliamentary Question

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Digital Television

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Philip Dunne asks about households qualifying for assistance in switching over to digital television. | more

5 January 2007 : News Release

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Conservative Health Spokesman backs Ludlow Community Hospital

Andrew Lansley MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, today backed community plans to secure a viable future for Ludlow Community Hospital. | more

2 January 2007 : News Release

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Lansley to visit Ludlow

Shadow Health Secretary of State invited by local MP to visit Ludlow Hospital and open new Nursing home | more

1 January 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Join Philip's Panel for New Year

New Year resolutions encourage us to change or improve ourselves. MPs should listen to their electorates. Individuals should be more involved in the way political decisions get made. | more

27 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne joins police on Christmas Presence night shift

Philip Dunne spent Friday night on duty with police in Ludlow and Shrewsbury to see for himself the challenges they face on a Friday night before Christmas. | more

23 December 2006 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Happy Christmas and New Year

I look forward to 2007, optimistic about the future. | more

20 December 2006 : Photo

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Opening of Severn Country Park footbridge

Philip Dunne joins local Councillors at the opening of opening of Severn Country Park footbridge. (Photo: Simon Devey 01746 761514). | more

20 December 2006 : News Release

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Shropshire children denied braces on NHS

Philip Dunne today kept up the pressure over the Government health cutbacks after it was revealed that many children in Shropshire are being denied dental braces and other corrective treatment on the NHS. | more

19 December 2006 : News Release

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MP visit to Clunbury Primary School

Philip Dunne MP visited Clunbury Primary School last Friday before the school broke up for their Christmas holiday. He presented the school with the Quality Mark certificate awarded by the Basic Skills Agency. | more

19 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne donates shoes to Blue Peter

Philip Dunne today called on his constituents to donate spare or unwanted shoes for the 45th Blue Peter annual appeal. | more

19 December 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Police

In a written question to the Home Secretary, Philip Dunne asks about the number of cautions issued by the West Mercia constabulary over the past five years. | more

18 December 2006 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Drugs link Suffolk victims

The whole country has been shocked by the sudden murders of five women working as prostitutes in Suffolk. | more

18 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne thanks Bridgnorth postmen and women for a first class effort

Philip Dunne visited Royal Mail's Bridgnorth delivery office on Friday 15th December to see for himself how postmen and women in the area get Christmas sorted. (Photo: Simon Devey Photography) | more

14 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne launches campaign to save Post Offices

Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, today said the fight is now on to save rural Post Offices. | more

13 December 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Tuberculosis

In a written question to the Health Secretary, Philip Dunne asks about TB cases in England and Wales. | more

12 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne supports Cleobury Mortimer Christmas Bazaar

Philip Dunne was present at the first charity fundraising Christmas Bazaar held at New House Farm on the edge of Cleobury Mortimer last Saturday. | more

12 December 2006 : News Release

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Ludlow parking charges suspended

Philip Dunne comments on Shropshire County Council's decision to suspend parking charges in Ludlow for a month. | more

11 December 2006 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Time to get serious about the causes of crime

Poverty is too important to be left to the Labour Party, says former Tory Leader Iain Duncan Smith in his mammoth report on the rise of Britain's embittered and sometimes downright violent underclass. | more

11 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne to host Climate Change film

Philip Dunne this week hosts key opinion formers from across the Ludlow constituency at a screening of Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth.' | more

11 December 2006 : News Release

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MP opens Much Wenlock Broadplace

Philip Dunne congratulated Switch On Shropshire as he unveiled the first Broadplace in Shropshire to be co-located in a Fire Station in Much Wenlock on Saturday. | more

8 December 2006 : News Release

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MP highlights vast turnover of carers in Shropshire

Philip Dunne today highlighted new research by leading charity Carers UK which showed that a staggering 11,120 people face new caring responsibilities in Shropshire each year. | more

7 December 2006 : News Release

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Local recyclers to grow 55,089 trees in Africa

Philip Dunne met Mme Kadiatou Yonli wife of the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso in Parliament to announce that 55,089 new trees are to be grown in Africa - thanks to the efforts of local recyclers. | more

7 December 2006 : News Release

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Top student visits House of Commons

Philip Dunne MP welcomed one of the brightest students in the country to the House of Commons this week. | more

7 December 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Lyons Review

During Treasury Questions, Philip Dunne questions the Chancellor about Local Government finance grants - last year in South Shropshire District the promised increase of 5.9% turned out to be only 3.4%. | more

7 December 2006 : Speech

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Affordable Housing

Philip Dunne make a speech in the House of Commons calling for local authorities to be given more control over planning issues to address housing need. | more

6 December 2006 : News Release

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Pre Budget Report

Philip Dunne comments on today's Pre Budget Report by Gordon Brown. | more

6 December 2006 : Parliamentary Debate

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Pre-Budget Report

During the debate on the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report, Philip Dunne asks the Chancellor why, having raised £2 billion for next year, his report barely mentions the health service. | more

5 December 2006 : News Release

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Preparing Shropshire's Wildlife for Climate Change

Philip Dunne has given his full support to the Wildlife Trusts call for urgent Government action to prepare Shropshire's wildlife for climate change. | more

5 December 2006 : News Release

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Dunne backs 'Cancer 2020' campaign

Philip Dunne today called on the Government to face up to future challenges posed by cancer. | more

5 December 2006 : Radio interview

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Philip Dunne appeared on BBC Radio's Week in Westminster

Philip Dunne appeared on BBC Radio's Week in Westminster | more

5 December 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Rural Stress Information Network

In a written question to the State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Philip Dunne asks about funding for the Rural Stress Information Network. | more

4 December 2006 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Our hospitals suffer for Brown's blunders

Gordon Brown's Pre-Budget Report on Wednesday will be of almost Biblical proportions. The proverbial seven lean years are to follow seven fat years. | more

4 December 2006 : News Release

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MP announces constituency winner of Tiffin Club competition

Philip Dunne MP today announced Bilash, at 14a High Street, Much Wenlock as the clear winner of the best South Asian Restaurant in the Ludlow Constituency in a competition run by The Tiffin Club of MPs. | more

4 December 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Private Finance Initiatives

Philip Dunne asks the Chancellor about the transfer of risk to the private sector in PFI transactions where the Government continues to hold a significant shareholding in a company to whom the risk is being transferred. | more

29 November 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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RAF St. Athan

Philip challenges the Welsh Secretary over his apparent suggestion on BBC Radio that St Athan will secure the defence training academy and questions whether the government is playing politics with this bid to secure marginal seats on the Welsh Assembly. | more

29 November 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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HIV/Tuberculosis/Malaria

Philip Dunne asks about HIV, TB and malaria cases diagnosed in Shropshire. | more

29 November 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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Respiratory Conditions

In a written question to the Health Secretary, Philip Dunne asks how many patients in Shropshire were diagnosed with TB in the years 1996 to 2005. | more

27 November 2006 : Article in Shropshire Star

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Listening to my Electorate

Those who are elected should listen to their electorate. For the second year running I have undertaken a survey of all who voted in the Ludlow Constituency. | more

27 November 2006 : Speech

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Queen's Speech - Treasury and Work and Pensions

During the debate on the Queen's Speech, Philip Dunne takes a look at the what will be the Chancellor's legacy and particularly raises his concerns about debt and the levels of taxation. | more

27 November 2006 : Parliamentary Question

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QinetiQ

In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Philip Dunne asks what proportion of QinetiQ's issued share capital is held by the Government. | more

 

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