Search Philip Dunne's website:

Home

About

Philip Dunne

Ludlow

In Parliament

Speeches

Debate

Questions

Early Day Motions

All-Party Groups

Public Accounts
Committee

Treasury Committee

National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee

Finance Bill Committee

In Constituency

Articles

Press

Newsletters

Surgeries

Photos

Archive

Useful Links

Expenses

Archive 5

Archive 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

17 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Shropshire MPs to meet Council chiefs over rural schools

Shropshire's MPs representing the most rural constituencies of Ludlow and North Shropshire are meeting County Council education chiefs this Friday. | more

16 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Legal Aid and Mediation needed in rural areas, for people involved in family breakdown

Philip Dunne today said: "I am concerned for the availability of legal aid and mediation facilities in rural areas." | more

15 October 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Brown's EU headache needs referendum cure

This week's headache for our embattled Prime Minister is how to handle the final EU Treaty negotiation in Lisbon without caving in to EU demands. | more

15 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne secures slot for award winning Shropshire beer in Parliament

Philip Dunne has secured the guest beer opportunity for Hobsons Brewery to showcase its award winning Hobsons Mild in the Strangers Bar at the House of Commons. | more

15 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Philip Dunne launches campaign for better heart health

Philip Dunne today met with a group of national health charities at Westminster to launch a campaign that aims to drastically cut the number of deaths in the UK from heart disease and stroke. | more

11 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Philip Dunne MP Nominated for MP Website Award

Philip Dunne has been nominated a finalist in the British Computer Society MP Website Awards. | more

10 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Identity and Passport Service: Introduction of ePassports

Philip Dunne raises concerns about security risks with ePassports. | more

10 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Philip Dunne and John Barnes Support Sports Club Campaign

Philip Dunne supported an event at Westminster yesterday to back the Central Council of Physical Recreations campaign to help sports clubs in the Ludlow constituency. | more

9 October 2007 : Speech

Click here for more

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

Philip Dunne fears that the Bill fails to tackle the increase in violent crime and calls for more stringent sentencing for carrying a gun or knife. The Government also needs to address prison overcrowding and provide better drug rehabilitation facilities. | more

9 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Jobcentre Plus: Delivering effective services through personal advisers

Philip Dunne comments on the publication of the Public Accounts Committee's report into how effective Personal Advisers can be in delivering benefits and getting people into work. | more

8 October 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Cameron on track as Brown spins off rails

Gordon Brown boxed himself into a corner and has bottled it. | more

8 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne joins Phone-In

Philip Dunne joined BBC Radio Shropshire presenter Jim Hawkins for an hour long phone-in last week. | more

8 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Celebrating 60 years of Meals on Wheels

Philip Dunne MP helped to deliver meals on wheels in Ludlow on Friday as part of Meals on Wheels Week. | more

8 October 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more

Scientific Advisory Committees: Finance

Philip Dunne questions the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills about the costs of scientific advisory committees. | more

7 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne backs ID fraud report

Philip Dunne is a member of The All Party Parliamentary Group on Identity Fraud, which has published the final report of its investigation into identity fraud. | more

5 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Claverley Dinner

Sir Neil Cossons, Chairman of English Heritage until July was guest speaker at the Claverley Annual Dinner held in the village hall recently. | more

5 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne pledges to help first-time buyers and families across Ludlow Constituency

Philip Dunne MP welcomed this week new proposals designed to help families and first-time buyers, unveiled at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. | more

3 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Ludlow Schools get Computers from Tesco

Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, will be presenting equipment to the winners of the Tesco Computers for Schools 2007 contest on Friday 5th October. | more

2 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Celebrating 60 years of Meals on Wheels

Philip Dunne MP will be helping to deliver meals on wheels in Ludlow this Friday as part of Meals on Wheels Week. | more

1 October 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Time for a change

Here in Blackpool at the Conservative party conference all the talk is of an early election. | more

1 October 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

MP opens Ludlow Skate Park

Philip Dunne opened the new skate park at the Wheeler Road sports field. | more

24 September 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

We need immigration controls not amnesties

Under Labour, Britain has experienced unprecedented levels of immigration at least 2.5 million people in the last decade, many of them illegal. | more

17 September 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Middle East push for peace

Visiting Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank last week was a salutary reminder of how fortunate we are to live in peace. | more

14 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne welcomes Blueprint for a Green Economy

Philip Dunne today backed the Conservative's Quality of Life Policy Group report entitled Blueprint for a Green Economy published yesterday. | more

14 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Undercover cops in no-smoking cock-up

Undercover police will have to give the game away thanks to new anti-smoking laws, fears Philip Dunne. | more

13 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne raises bio-security concerns following new FMD outbreak

Philip Dunne MP for Ludlow and a livestock farmer himself, has expressed his deep concern at news of another outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease in Surrey. | more

12 September 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

More money has not led to better schools

Labour's policies have failed to raise education standards at all levels over the past 10 years, according to a flurry of new independent reports. | more

10 September 2007 : Photo

Click here for more

Lydbury North Meet your MP – Philip Dunne with David Meddins, Cllr Jackie Williams, Cllr Georgiana Ellis and her daughter

Lydbury North Meet your MP – Philip Dunne with David Meddins, Cllr Jackie Williams, Cllr Georgiana Ellis and her daughter | more

10 September 2007 : Photo

Click here for more

Philip meets Janet Bradbury of Clun Post Office

Philip meets Janet Bradbury of Clun Post Office when taking his mobile surgery around the constituency in early September | more

10 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more

Public Sector: Pensions

Philip Dunne asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to announce the Government's total accrued liability in relation to public service pension schemes as at March 2006. | more

10 September 2007 : Photo

Click here for more

Philip meets his constituents in The Crown Inn, Newcastle on Clun

Philip meets his constituents in The Crown Inn, Newcastle on Clun | more

6 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne's plan to safeguard Britain's High Streets

Philip Dunne is asking local businesses to contribute to a commission that is reviewing the future of small shops in Britain's High Streets. | more

6 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Dunne welcomes new direct train services between Shropshire and London

Philip Dunne has welcomed the recent decision by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to approve track access rights for a new service between London Marylebone and Wrexham. | more

6 September 2007 : Photo

Click here for more

New Engine House at Severn Valley Railway

Philip Dunne MP shows Pat McFadden, Minister of State for DBERR (the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) the new Engine House at Severn Valley Railway. | more

4 September 2007 :

Click here for more

Philip Dunne and his mobile surgery in the Clun Forest

Philip Dunne and his mobile surgery in the Clun Forest | more

4 September 2007 : Photo

Click here for more

Philip visits Bridgnorth Livestock Market

Philip visits Bridgnorth Livestock Market reopened in early September after Foot & Mouth outbreak in Surrey.
Photo: Martyn Farnell (Photography) | more

3 September 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Only Cameron is a force for real change in Britain

Gordon Brown is toying with an autumn election as he seeks to persuade the country that his takeover from Tony Blair marks a fundamental change in the Government's direction. | more

3 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Philip opens Corvedale Autumn Show

Philip Dunne opened the 50th Corvedale and District Autumn Show at Diddlebury Village Hall last Saturday. | more

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more

Departments: Dismissal

Philip Dunne questions the Secretary of State for International Development about the reasons for summary dismissal of three members of staff without written warnings. | more

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more

Mr. Howard Horsley

Philip Dunne asks the Secretary of State for International Development what representations were received from Mr. Howard Horsley, former Education Field Office Manager in Ghana, before his dismissal in January 2000 on corruption and misconduct. | more

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more

Police: Vehicles

Philip Dunne asks whether undercover police vehicles are required to display a no-smoking sign. | more

30 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Meet your MP

Local MP Philip Dunne will be holding a series of mobile advice surgeries and Meet your MP sessions during the parliamentary recess in September. | more

29 August 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Time to be tough on gun crime

The shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Liverpool last week has highlighted the barbaric subculture infecting much of urban Britain. | more

29 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

MP activities locally

Forthcoming events for Philip Dunne MP. | more

21 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

New lease of life for Stone House Hospital, Bishop's Castle

A new Stone House Forum was established last week by representatives of the community in and around Bishop's Castle who use the Stone House Hospital and residential care home. | more

20 August 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Conservatives not Brown can change our economy for the better

Last Friday the latest Conservative policy group unveiled its detailed report into the competitiveness of the British economy. | more

17 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Freeing Britain to Compete

Philip Dunne today backed the Conservative's Economic Competitiveness Policy Group as it today launched its report entitled Freeing Britain to Compete. | more

16 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

MP Comments on Transport Minister visit to Ludlow

Philip Dunne calls on the Minister to confirm that the full cost of replacing the Burway Bridge will be met by Central Government. | more

15 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more

Philip Dunne comments on Bishop's Castle Meats closure

Philip Dunne comments on news that the abattoir at Bishop's Castle, closed due to Foot & Mouth Disease restrictions, will not re-open. | more

13 August 2007 : Article in Shropshire Star

Click here for more

Questions for Ministers over Foot and Mouth

This has been an anxious 10 days for farmers and all who depend on or love the countryside. The foot and mouth outbreak at Pirbright in Surrey has horrified the livestock community. | more

 

| more stories