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29 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Health to evaluate whether the Government's target to reduce the number of teenage mothers has had an effect on the number of teenagers having abortions. full story |
25 June 2008 : News Release
Mark Pritchard is supporting the National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) campaign to close the attainment gap that exists between deaf and hearing children. full story |
25 June 2008 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, met with Geoff Boycott at the House of Commons recently. full story |
24 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Justice Mark Pritchard calls for records to be kept of the number of court cases for crimes committed against persons arising from their having left the Islamic faith. full story |
24 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for his assessment of the process of dismantling the IRA Army Council. full story |
23 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard questions the Minister for the Middle East about the fate of failed asylum seekers who are openly homosexual being returned to Iran. full story |
22 June 2008 : Article Published in Telford Journal The cost of living continues to rise. Gas and electricity bills, food at the supermarket, the price at the pump, the cost of the family holiday, all of this on top of recent increases in rents, mortgages, and housing costs. As costs rise sharply - living standards fall dramatically - and it hurts everyone. full story |
22 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to seek reassurances from the BBC Trust and director-general that if there are human rights protests at the Olympics in Beijing that they will not be censored by the Chinese or, indeed, by the BBC. full story |
22 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard asks the Prime Minister whether the Saudi decision to increase oil production was made as a result of his visit. full story |
22 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Minister for the Olympics to hold discussions with Transport for London on the use of London Underground by Olympic site contractors. full story |
22 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a question to the Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Pritchard asks how many judges have been from the bench following an investigation by the Office for Judicial Complaints since April 2006. full story |
22 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Health to hold discussions with Shropshire GPs on proposals to introduce polyclinics. full story |
19 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
During a debate on a private members bill to set up a commission to conduct regular audits of the costs and benefits of the UK's membership of the EU, Mark Pritchard calls for the people to be given the chance to express their views on the position of the UK within the EU. full story |
18 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that over-eager public officials want to silence the nation's bells... full story |
18 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on the cost to the NHS of the increasing number of sex changes. full story |
18 June 2008 : Speech Mark Pritchard pays tribute to the numerous defence related support organisations in Shropshire and calls on the Government to recognise the sound industrial base and experience when awarding defence sector contracts in future. full story |
16 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard joins calls for the Government to stop the closures of post offices in Shropshire. He highlights the serious impact the closures will have on rural life. full story |
16 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard asks the Government about pre-screening for HIV of people applying to move to the UK. full story |
16 June 2008 : Speech Mark Pritchard highlights the overcrowding at Shrewsbury prison and raises his concerns that overcrowding has on the number of assaults on prison staff. full story |
13 June 2008 : News Release
Mark Pritchard today issued a 'red alert' warning to local youngsters after learning more about sun safety from experts at Cancer Research UK. full story |
11 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about planning requirements for any new radioactive waste storage facility. full story |
11 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Following the Minister's statement about the loss and recovery of two Joint Intelligence Committee documents, Mark Pritchard asks if it is time to consider rewards and incentives for people who return Government property. full story |
11 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to hold discussions with Compassion in World Farming on his Department’s role in ensuring animal welfare standards are met in Government procurement policy. full story |
11 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary to ensure that imams in the UK who have been issued with religious visas do not espouse a doctrine of violence against those who wish to leave the Islamic faith. full story |
10 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Whilst welcoming the arrest of former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mark Pritchard calls on the British Government to work closely with the International Criminal Court to ensure that others in Kinshasa, and also Bangui, are brought before the court. full story |
10 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During an adjournment debate on Somalia, Mark Pritchard calls on the UN, the African Union Mission in Somalia - AMISOM - and the African Union to ensure that troops are put back into Somalia in order to give Somalis the security they desperately need. full story |
10 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to take measures to ensure that freedom to choose or not to choose religious faith is taught in all state schools. full story |
10 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Health Secretary about the cost of the financial penalties incurred for the early termination of the NHS IT contract with Fujitsu. full story |
9 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard raises his concerns about the increasing number of Muslims who choose to leave the Islamic faith and require police protection. full story |
8 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a question to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Mark Pritchard calls on him to hold discussions with the hospitality industry on minimum standards of spoken English among its employees. full story |
8 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Leader of the House to ask the Prime Minister to bring forward proposals to ensure that future appointments to the Intelligence and Security Committee are decided by the House. full story |
8 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
In a question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls for measures to ensure that security service personnel declare all additional paid employment. full story |
8 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Justice about the numbers of bail hostels in Telford and Wrekin and calls for public consultation on the siting of bail hostels. full story |
8 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks about the number of prisoners who absconded from open prisons, April 2007 to April 2008. full story |
4 June 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls for community consultation prior to the setting up of bail hostels. full story |
4 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for measures to make Natural England a statutory consultee for applications to fell ancient woodlands. full story |
4 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a written question Mark Pritchard asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Office of Government Commerce is taking to increase sustainable procurement by Government departments. full story |
4 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary for figures relating to the number of women who have had multiple abortions. full story |
3 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about UK citizens receiving police protection as a result of converting from the Islamic faith. full story |
3 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a question to the Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Pritchard asks about progress in drawing up a Statement of British Values. full story |
2 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that Britain’s competitiveness is being negatively affected by the monopoly of BAA. full story |
2 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard raises concerns about proposals to introduce polyclinics and the effect on GP services and calls for a Ministerial statement on this subject. full story |
2 June 2008 : Speech Mark Pritchard leads a debate on UK aid to Mozambique with particular emphasis on police corruption and human rights abuses in that country. full story |
1 June 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Health about measures being taken to reduce the number of new cases of TB. full story |
1 June 2008 : Parliamentary Queston Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to publish plans for reform of the House of Lords. full story |
31 May 2008 : News Release Mark Pritchard met the Dalai Lama recently when His Holiness addressed the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet at the House of Commons. full story |
21 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Government to have discussions with UK Coal to ensure that open-cast mining is confined to appropriate locations and not in areas of outstanding natural beauty. full story |
21 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that the Russian Government do not appear to respect the letter or spirit of the energy charter treaty which supposedly provides legal protection for international energy companies that invest in places such as Russia. full story |
21 May 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on forthcoming business of the House, Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on Belarus to discuss the need for freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the release of political prisoners in that country. full story |
20 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Wales about cuts to the Welsh tourism budget. full story |
