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28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the Finance Bill, Philip Dunne points out that the Treasury was completely clear about who would be losers under the abolition of the 10p rate as long ago as the Budget of last year. | more |
24 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the Chief Secretary's comments that the independent valuer should treat Northern Rock as though it were in administration. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During the Chancellor's Statement on the new Bank of England facility for banks, Philip established that this would be a covert facility through his question to the Chancellor. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip pressed the Chief Secretary to admit that the increase in winter fuel payment, on which she laid much emphasis, would only be for one year. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne raises his concerns that the Budget has increased the number of people who have to pay more than the 60 per cent. marginal rate of tax if they come off working tax credit and get into work. | more |
19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne highlights his concerns that the closure of post offices threatens access to financial services for rural communities. | more |
12 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne criticises the Chancellor for failing to mention Northern Rock in his Budget speech - particularly as he could have used the opportunity to explain how it would be treated in the public accounts. | more |
6 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne challenges the Chief Secretary to the Treasury over the position of Granite in the nationalisation of Northern Rock. | more |
21 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Northern Rock nationalisation debate Philip Dunne pursues his concerns about Granite and the nationalisation of Northern Rock. | more |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer over assurances that the bank is solvent and asks if the Treasury has undertaken an independent assessment. | more |
4 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne challenges the Government over the fairness of the funding formula for the dedicated school grant. | more |
23 January 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Comptroller and Auditor General Philip Dunne pays tribute to the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn and praises the work he did in introducing public accountability to the BBC in undertaking its value-for-money audits. | more |
22 January 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Fire Service Retirement (Ill Health) Philip Dunne highlights problems faced by retained firefighters who are injured on duty and become unfit for firefighting - and possibly unfit to continue in their outside line of work. | more |
11 December 2007 : Parliamentary Debate School Funding (Shropshire) Debate Philip Dunne condemns the comprehensive spending review which has resulted in funding for schools in Shropshire being locked into a well below average settlement for the next three years. | more |
4 December 2007 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Philip Dunne asks the Secretary of State whether the Department had ordered a foot and mouth vaccine for the 1967 virus prior to the outbreak in August. | more |
29 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne condemns the Government for the delays in publishing the estimate of the public sector pension liabilities which is now nearly a year behind schedule. | more |
13 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate During the debate following the Secretary of State's statment on avian flu, Philip Dunne calls for rare breeds breeding farms to be included in the vaccination programme should the disease spread. | more |
18 October 2007 : Parliamentary Debate During Treasury Questions, Philip Dunne tackles the Chancellor over the winners and losers from proposed changes to capital taxation. | more |
9 July 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne expresses disbelief that the Secretary of State only met with the chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency twice during the time that the project was failing and calls for more accountability in future projects. | more |
2 July 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne commends the work of the emergency services in Shropshire during the floods, but calls on the Government to address funding of flood defences in inland waters which was down by £70 million on the previous year. | more |
26 June 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Speaking in the House of Commons, Philip Dunne calls on the Government to ensure sufficient funding will be available to local councils to repair major infrastructure damaged by flooding. | more |
11 June 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne calls on the Government to recognise the inadequacies of relying on out-of-date 2001 census data to determine the allocation of funding for the elderly, adults with learning difficulties and others in care. | more |
6 June 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Department of Trade and Industry Debating the DTI, Philip Dunne raises concerns about the loss of sector expertise in the Department to help UK businesses develop export markets and also an inconsistent approach to helping the vulnerable in our communities by closing local post offices. | more |
6 June 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Public Accounts Committee: BBC Risk Management At a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee, Philip Dunne questions the DG of the BBC about security arrangements following the kidnap of Alan Johnston. | more |
17 May 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Speaking in a debate on the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill, Philip Dunne condemns the manner in which it has abolished patient forums. | more |
16 May 2007 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the failings of the tax credit system, Philip Dunne condemns the complexity of the system and raises concerns that the system cannot cope with beneficiaries changing circumstances. | more |
24 April 2007 : Parliamentary Debate During an opposition debate on local government, Philip Dunne questions the Government's powers to force cuts on individual local councils that fail to comply with the its model for restructuring. | more |
22 March 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Given the Government's announcement that it will increase education spending to £6,600 per pupil, Philip Dunne asks if spending in Shropshire - last year at £3,351 - can expect to double? | more |
20 February 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Philip Dunne calls on the government to resist an EU Constitution. "The Government should come clean and confirm it will put any substantive constitutional proposals which emerge from Brussels to a referendum to let the people decide." he said | more |
23 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Whilst acknowledging aspects of the Bill seeking a reduction in number of targets, Philip Dunne raises concerns about the loss of the committee structure, the impact of city regions and the increasing centralisation of control of the standards committee. | more |