15 January 2007 :
Speech
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.
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12 January 2007 :
News Release
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.
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11 January 2007 :
News Release
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.
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11 January 2007 :
News Release
Dunne demands fair gas prices
Philip Dunne today highlighted the escalating rise in living costs under Labour.
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11 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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10 January 2007 :
News Release
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.
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10 January 2007 :
News Release
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.
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8 January 2007 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
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.
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8 January 2007 :
Speech
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.
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8 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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8 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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5 January 2007 :
News Release
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.
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2 January 2007 :
News Release
Lansley to visit Ludlow
Shadow Health Secretary of State invited by local MP to visit Ludlow Hospital and open new Nursing home
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1 January 2007 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
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.
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27 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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23 December 2006 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
Happy Christmas and New Year
I look forward to 2007, optimistic about the future.
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20 December 2006 :
Photo
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).
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20 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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19 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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19 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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19 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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18 December 2006 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
Drugs link Suffolk victims
The whole country has been shocked by the sudden murders of five women working as prostitutes in Suffolk.
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18 December 2006 :
News Release
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)
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14 December 2006 :
News Release
Dunne launches campaign to save Post Offices
Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, today said the fight is now on to save rural Post Offices.
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13 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Tuberculosis
In a written question to the Health Secretary, Philip Dunne asks about TB cases in England and Wales.
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12 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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12 December 2006 :
News Release
Ludlow parking charges suspended
Philip Dunne comments on Shropshire County Council's decision to suspend parking charges in Ludlow for a month.
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11 December 2006 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
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.
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11 December 2006 :
News Release
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.'
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11 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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8 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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7 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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7 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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7 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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%.
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7 December 2006 :
Speech
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.
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6 December 2006 :
News Release
Pre Budget Report
Philip Dunne comments on today's Pre Budget Report by Gordon Brown.
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6 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
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.
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5 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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5 December 2006 :
News Release
Dunne backs 'Cancer 2020' campaign
Philip Dunne today called on the Government to face up to future challenges posed by cancer.
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5 December 2006 :
Radio interview
Philip Dunne appeared on BBC Radio's Week in Westminster
Philip Dunne appeared on BBC Radio's Week in Westminster
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5 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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4 December 2006 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
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.
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4 December 2006 :
News Release
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.
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4 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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29 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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29 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
HIV/Tuberculosis/Malaria
Philip Dunne asks about HIV, TB and malaria cases diagnosed in Shropshire.
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29 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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27 November 2006 :
Article
in Shropshire Star
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.
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27 November 2006 :
Speech
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.
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27 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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