Mark Pritchard, MP

Home

ABOUT

Mark Pritchard

The Wrekin

PARLIAMENT

Speeches

Issues

Committees

Video

Early Day Motions

LOCAL

SAVE OUR HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN

Press Releases

Articles

Gallery

The Wrekin Photos

Archive

Links

Parliamentary Allowances

 

Archive 11

Archive 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

23 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more UK Coal should pay, says MP

Mark Pritchard has written to UK Coal “underlining in the strongest possible terms” that the costs of a possible Health Impact Assessment should be paid for by the company themselves – not by local taxpayers. full story

23 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more GP staff get MP's support

Mark Pritchard has met with doctors and dispensing staff at Wellington Road surgery, Newport to discuss the government's plans to remove dispensing powers from local GP practices. full story

22 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Siting of Incinerators

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard calls an urgent debate on the siting of incinerators in relation to schools and residential areas. full story

22 October 2008 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Work and Skills debate

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to take into account local unemployment rates when closing Jobcentre Plus offices so that they can be retained in areas where unemployment is highest. full story

21 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Small Businesses - Corporation Tax

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to help small businesses by repaying overpayment of corporation tax more quickly. full story

20 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Primates: Pets

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to bring forward legislation to prohibit the keeping, selling, buying and training of primates as pets. full story

20 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Prisoners Release

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Pritchard asks how many prisoners released in 2007 served less than half their custodial sentence. full story

16 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more MP to oppose Granville incinerator proposal

Mark Pritchard has launched an online petition to oppose plans to site an incinerator waste burner at the Granville land fill site at Redhill. full story

15 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Cuba: Sanctions

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss with the US Administration the application of trade sanctions to Cuba. full story

13 October 2008 : Speech

Click here for more Trading of Primates as Pets (Prohibition)

Mark Pritchard presents a Bill to prohibit the breeding, selling, purchasing and keeping of primates as pets. full story

12 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more Rising sun comes to Shropshire

Telford will play host this Friday to the British Japanese Parliamentary Group. full story

12 October 2008 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Promoting Democracy and Human Rights

Mark Pritchard raises issues of concern including democracy in Belarus and freedom of religion in India. full story

12 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mark Pritchard asks if he will extend the bluetongue protection zone to Shropshire. full story

9 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more MP wears pink

Mark Pritchard is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign for its award winning fundraising event, 'wear it pink', on Friday 31 October 2008. full story

9 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more Time running out for world's primates

Mark Pritchard will warn (Tuesday 14th October) that "time is running out for the world's primates" as he introduces a Ten Minute Rule Bill to Parliament. full story

8 October 2008 : News Release

Click here for more MP support for wildlife

Mark Pritchard attended The Wildlife Trusts’ A Living Landscape reception at the House of Commons on Tuesday. full story

8 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more MP calls for GP debate

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to permit an urgent debate in the House of Commons on the future of general practitioner services. full story

8 October 2008 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Financial Stability

During a Commons debate on Financial Stability, Mark Pritchard raises his concerns about the impact of the rescue package on future public finances. full story

8 October 2008 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Helicopter Sales - Point of Order

On a point of order, Mark Pritchard highlights contradictions in replies he has received from Defence Ministers on the sale of helipcopters to foreign Governments. full story

8 October 2008 : Speech

Click here for more Defence in the UK

During a debate on defence, Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to look at development of defence equipment such as conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles being developed in the USA. full story

8 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Nature Conservation: Cambodia

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to offer conservation advice and support to the government of Cambodia to reduce the number of primates in that country on the ICUN red list of threatened species. full story

7 October 2008 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Aviation Duty

Mark Pritchard speaks out against the proposed aviation duty as failing to lower emissions, just their displacement to other European hubs. full story

7 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Reparation by Offenders

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to publish his response to the Shapland report on restorative justice. full story

7 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Helicopters: Sales

In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about the sale of helicopters to foreign governments. full story

6 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Horn of Africa

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary for his assessment of the security situation in the Horn of Africa. full story

6 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Afghanistan: Casualties

In a question to the Defence Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about amputations as a result of injuries sustained in Operation Telic and Operation Herrick. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Offenders: Employment

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to bring forward proposals to provide incentives to employers to train or employ former offenders as part of resettlement programmes. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Offenders: Rehabilitation

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Pritchard asks what support his Department provides to local authorities in resettling former offenders, with particular reference to the provision of housing and employment advice. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Afghanistan: China

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss with his Chinese counterpart the security of the China-Afghanistan border. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary how many UK nationals have been taken into custody following military operations as part of OP HERRICK in Afghanistan. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more BAE Mantis

Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary for an estimate of the in-service date for the Mantis unmanned aerial vehicle. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Defence Training Review Programme

In a question to the Defence Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks for the value of the contract for package 1 of the Defence Training Review programme. full story

5 October 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Open Skies Treaty: Russia

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss Russia’s continuing cooperation on the Open Skies Treaty with the Russian government. full story

28 September 2008 : Article

Click here for more National debt threat to national security

Today the United Kingdom has many enemies - both seen and unseen. The threat from Al Qaeda and the Taliban is very real indeed - as I have witnessed first hand in both Iraq and Afghanistan. full story

28 September 2008 : News Release

Click here for more MP vows to fight for local GPs

Government plans to change the way medicines are dispensed at local doctor’s surgeries could put the future of some Shifnal & Albrighton GP practices at risk, that’s according to Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, who has vowed to fight the government’s plans. full story

28 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Biometrics: Airports

Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about the UK Border Agency's use of data collected during biometric fingerprint checks at airports. full story

21 September 2008 : News Release

Click here for more Life 30 month beef ban, says MP

Mark Pritchard is calling upon DEFRA and the European Commission to allow beef cattle to be taken to slaughter at 48 months old. full story

9 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK nationals have been taken into custody following military operations as part of OP HERRICK in Afghanistan. full story

9 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Armed Forces: Training

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the total cost of the defence training review programme. full story

9 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Lasers

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to ensure the development of ground-based laser defence systems as part of the UK’s counter-mortar and counter-rocket capabilities. full story

9 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Airports

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to meet representatives of airline operators to discuss the likely effects of airport ownership by airline operators. full story

9 September 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Bus Services: Fares

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Transport meet bus operators' representatives to discuss return fare ticketing. full story

12 August 2008 : News Release

Click here for more Concerns over ambulance cover

Mark Pritchard has called upon West Midland Ambulance Trust bosses to “state publicly” what the “minimum level of ambulance cover is for Shropshire”. full story

27 July 2008 : News Release

Click here for more New Councillor welcomed

Telford & Wrekin’s new Councillor, Nigel Dugmore, was congratulated on Friday by Michael Gove MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools, and Families. full story

27 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Cuba: Political Prisoners

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to raise the issue of the detention of journalist Victor Rolando Arroyo and the imprisonment of Dr. José García Paneque with the Cuban ambassador to the UK. full story

20 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Pigs: Animal Welfare

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to meet representatives of the British pig industry to discuss the animal welfare standards adhered to by pig breeders. full story

20 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Armed Forces: Cadets

In a written question to the Secretary of State for Defence, Mark Pritchard asks about Departmental funding for the army cadet force, air training corps and sea cadet corps for 2009-10. full story

20 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Ethiopia: Eritrea

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to hold discussions with the Government of Eritrea on incursions into the international demilitarised area in the border region between Ethiopia and Eritrea. full story

20 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Qatar: Eritrea

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss with the Government of Qatar on the use of funds from Qatar by the Eritrean Government for non-violent purposes. full story

20 July 2008 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Immigrants: Deportation

Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about the deportation of failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants between October 2006 and October 2007. full story

Click here for more stories