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Archive 14
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20 May 2008 : Speech
Whilst welcoming some aspects of the Bill, Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that the burden on, and costs to, small businesses in particular are increasing. full story |
19 May 2008 : Speech
Mark Pritchard moves an amendment to reduce the time limit for abortion to 16 weeks. full story |
18 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to ensure that high-achieving schools such as Newport high school are not penalised in school performance tables if their pupils by-pass GCSE and go straight to AS-level in subjects such as maths. full story |
18 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a question to the Secretary of State for Health, Mark Pritchard asks about the number of abortions carried out at 24 weeks gestation and later in 2007. full story |
14 May 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on poverty and raises his concerns that despite the Government's U-turn on the 10p tax rate many of the lowest paid will still be worse off. full story |
14 May 2008 : Speech During a debate on Anti-Semitism, Mark Pritchard praises the work of organisations such as the Holocaust Educational Trust and calls for less media bias against Israel. full story |
14 May 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on boiler room fraud, Mark Pritchard calls for cases to be investigated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. full story |
12 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard highlights the need for new President of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom, to deal with govrernment corruption if he is to keep his election promises to tackle the human rights issues in that country. full story |
12 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about UK aid to Mozambique in 2007. full story |
11 May 2008 : News Release Mark Pritchard supports Compassion in World Farming's ‘Good Egg Awards’ at the House of Commons. full story |
11 May 2008 : News Release Mark will be moving an amendment to reduce the abortion term limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks as part of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill. full story |
11 May 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard challenges the Health Secretary to acknowledge that scientific breakthroughs to date have come only from existing adult stem cell research, not embryo research or stem cells extracted from embryos. full story |
11 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about the Prime Minister's support for the Find Your Talent scheme. full story |
11 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make representations to the Minister of Tourism of Jordan on sustainable tourism. full story |
7 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Solicitor-General about the review of expert witnesses in criminal trials. full story |
5 May 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Government to do more to stop abortion being used for social rather than medical reasons. full story |
5 May 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard raises the question of whether religious views should be kept private or play a part in the workplace and public service. full story |
3 May 2008 : News Release
Mark Pritchard recently met with Sir Bob Geldof in London - at a conference the Wrekin MP was chairing. full story |
29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks the PM if MPs will have a free vote on the Third Reading of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. full story |
29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary if he will hold discussions with the Head of BBC World Service on the effects of the recent reduction in the number of hours of Vietnamese language programmes. full story |
28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question Raising concerns about the increase in the number of prison suicides, Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to ensure that prisons are appropriately staffed and that there are enough suicide-watch cells available. full story |
28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard raises public concerns about the leniency of custodial sentences given for murder and calls for a review of the minimum tariff for convictio of murder - currently only 15 years. full story |
23 April 2008 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, met Republican Presidential hopeful and Arizona Senator John McCain at a recent conference in Washington DC. full story |
23 April 2008 : Article
Post offices provide a vital lifeline to many communities throughout Telford and Wrekin. full story |
23 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Chancellor of the Exchequer about discussions he has had with the banking sector on its exposure to bad debt. full story |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Transport about the future of extension of the M6 toll road to connect to the M54. full story |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to hold discussions with Alcoholics Anonymous on educating school children on alcoholism and alcohol abuse. full story |
20 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence for an estimate of the likely savings as a result of the Defence training review over the next 25 years. full story |
14 April 2008 : News Release
Mark raises the American credit crunch and how it is affecting Shropshire with Speaker of the American House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi - America's first ever female Speaker. full story |
2 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Speaking in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard calls on the Minister for Postal Affairs to intervene to save post office branches where a business case is made that those post offices are viable and needed in the community. full story |
2 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent Commons debate on the importance of faith schools. full story |
2 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on Russia, Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that foreign investors in Russia do not have the legal as well as the political and economic framework in which to do so with confidence. full story |
2 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to hold discussions with the Health Minister in the Welsh Assembly on the effects of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, if enacted, in Wales. full story |
31 March 2008 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has vowed to fight plans by the government to close post office closures in his constituency, including the proposal to close Park Corner post office in King Street, Wellington. full story |
30 March 2008 : Photo
Mark in Afghanistan earlier this year full story |
27 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health about the number of gender reassignment operations carried out by the NHS. full story |
26 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mark Pritchard asks if there are any plans to introduce new legislation on abortion in the province. full story |
25 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Home Secretary about her policy on EC Directive 86/609/EEC, with particular reference to the use of apes for experimental and other scientific purposes. full story |
25 March 2008 : Article Published in The Telegraph
As a member of the All Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group I have no objection with the government updating legislation on fertilisation and embryology research. full story |
24 March 2008 : Article Published in Telford Journal
Plans by UK Coal to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal near New Works will not only have an adverse impact on the residents of New Works, Arleston, and Horsehay, but will also drive a bulldozer, literally, through the local environment. full story |
20 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard pays tribute to the work of the Bishops of Hereford and of Lichfield and calls for a commitment that those bishops’ funding will be safeguarded and that their valuable work will continue to be recognised. full story |
20 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Health about funding given to the Marie Stopes organisation for its recently established abortion telephone counselling service. full story |
19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls for reassurance that Government Ministers - who are lobbying against post office closures in their own constituencies - are not given preferential treatment over other MPs. full story |
19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary to make a statement on steps taken to improve cyber security and resilience across Government Departments. full story |
18 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health about the numbers of women who have had higher numbers of abortions. full story |
18 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Defence Secretary to hold discussions with his French counterpart on increasing France’s military deployment to Afghanistan. full story |
17 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he believes future pay settlements should include some sort of bonus or performance-related pay that is linked to improving discipline in the classroom? full story |
17 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls on the Prime Minister to speak with the Dalai Lama. full story |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Justice on his views on whether allegiance should be sworn to the UK, Her Majesty the Queen or a President of Europe. full story |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory to discuss with UK Coal the funding of research into links between asthma in children and the proximity to open cast mining areas. full story |
