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Archive 15

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17 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Eritrea: Overseas Aid

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for International Development to make UK aid and development funds for Eritrea conditional on the improvement of the observance of human rights and religious freedoms. full story

17 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Higher Education: Radioactive Materials

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills about advice given to universities and education research facilities on the storage of radiological materials. full story

17 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Unemployment Benefits

Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about research into the merits of time-limited unemployment benefits. full story

12 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Iran: Sanctions

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary if he has held discussions with the US on extending sanctions against Iran. full story

12 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about increasing and improving counter-indirect fire measures to protect UK service personnel serving at Basra air station in Iraq. full story

12 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Public Sector: Equal Pay

Mark Pritchard asks the Minister for Women and Equality about progress to ensure equal pay for women working in the public sector. full story

12 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more USA: Foreign Relations

Mark Pritchard asks the Prime Minister if he plans to invite President George W. Bush to the UK before he leaves office. full story

11 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP backs cancer campaign

Mark Pritchard has helped launch Asda Stores 'Tickled Pink Cancer Campaign' at Asda Donnington. A percentage of funds from Pink Products will go to cancer research. full story

10 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Yuan Weijing

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make representations to the Chinese government over the detention of the Chinese justice campaigner, Yuan Weijing. full story

10 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Price Fixing: Alcoholic Drinks

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about complaints of alleged price fixing by the brewing industry and companies owning pubs. full story

9 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP goes pink over cancer appeal

Mark Pritchard will launch Asda's 'Tickled Pink' cancer charity fundraising campaign at Asda's Donnington Wood store on Monday 10th September. full story

8 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP invited to be regional judge

Mark Pritchard has been invited to be a judge for the ITV and Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards. full story

3 September 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Good news for rail link

Mark Pritchard and other Shropshire rail campaigners are celebrating after it was announced that the Office of the Rail Regulator has finally agreed to allow a new direct rail link from Shropshire to London. full story

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Iraq: Bombs

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about DNA evidence found on bomb parts and fragments in Iraq and Afghanistan. full story

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Flood Control: EU Grants and Loans

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he has made any applications to the European Solidarity Fund for funding for areas of England affected by recent flooding. full story

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Police: Interpol

Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary how many UK police are on attachment to Interpol. full story

3 September 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Security: Assassination

Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary questions relating to the protection of foreign dissidents from assassination while resident in England. full story

21 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Support for disabled access

Mark Pritchard inspects the newly refurbished and disabled access friendly improvements to Newport Police Station. full story

21 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Support for Scouting

Mark Pritchard, himself a former scout, has praised the work of Shropshire's scouts. full story

21 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Worries over scale of immigration

Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has warned that "uncontrolled mass immigration" is in danger of undermining Telford's good community relations. full story

10 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP on pre-season visit to stadium

Mark Pritchard made a pre-season visit to the Bucks Head stadium to meet with ground staff, directors and AFC Telford United Chairman Lee Carter. full story

10 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Mark supports community pool

Shifnal MP, Mark Pritchard, has continued his support for the campaign to bring a new community swimming pool to Shifnal. full story

4 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Exodus could cause care home crisis?

Mark Pritchard MP, Chairman of the All Party Group for the Philippines, has warned of "a forced mass exodus" of thousands of Filipino overseas workers from the UK because of the government's new Points-Based System (PBS) of managed migration. full story

3 August 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP appeals to Ambassador over cats

Mark Pritchard has written to the Chinese Ambassador in London asking him to "investigate urgently" with the Chinese government, claims that cats are being boiled alive in some regions of China. full story

27 July 2007 : News Release

Click here for more MP Gives Support for Samaritans 24:7 Day

Mark Pritchard supported Samaritans 24:7 campaign which aims to raise awareness of Samaritans service, their need for volunteers and funds. full story

26 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Sex and Relationship Education

Mark Pritchard asks the Minister for Schools and Learners whether current sex and relationship education teaching in schools is adequate given the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers. full story

26 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Atomic Weapons Establishment: Sales

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about safeguards to ensure national security and sensitive design and manufacture systems are safeguarded from foreign powers following the auction of the Government stake in the Atomic Weapons Establishment. full story

26 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Coal: Sulphur

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to undertake research into the sulphur content of coal mined in the United Kingdom. full story

26 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Children in Care

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about efforts to improve the educational achievement of children in local authority care. full story

25 July 2007 : Speech

Click here for more Russia

Mark Pritchard initiates a debate on relations with Russia and calls for the Government to adopt a policy on the behaviour of political dissidents who have been granted asylum in the UK. full story

25 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Price Fixing: Drugs

Mark Pritchard asks the Solicitor-General about the costs of the Serious Fraud Office’s ongoing Operation Holbein investigation. full story

25 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Boris Berezovsky

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary about threats to the life and security of Mr. Boris Berezovsky while resident in the UK. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Elderly care

Mark Pritchard calls for the Health Minister to meet with Shropshire MPs to discuss the underfunding of community care in the county. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Saudi Arabia

Mark Pritchard takes part in a debate on Saudi Arabia and raises his concerns about repression of religious minorities. He also calls for Arab investment in the region to be directed towards schools and hospitals rather then arming militias. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Carbon Emissions: Imports

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to commission research to quantify the amount of carbon dioxide emissions generated by imports to the UK of Chinese-manufactured goods. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Radioactive Materials: Storage

Mark Pritchard calls for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make a statement on the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency's choice of sites for storing nuclear waste. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Nanotechnology

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills about Government-funded research given to the development of UK nanotechnology companies. full story

24 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Taiwan: Nuclear Power

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary about discussions held with Taiwan on its plans to expand its civil nuclear programme. full story

23 July 2007 : Article

Click here for more BBC's double taxation without representation must end.

This has not been a good few weeks for the BBC. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Church and Cathedral Broadcasts

Mark Pritchard questions the representative of the Church Commissioners about its policy on broadcasts from cathedrals and churches. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Pritchard asks the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had with the National Sports Academy at Lilleshall about it being used as a training facility for the 2012 Olympics. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Genetics: Databases

Mark Pritchard questions the Home Secretary about DNA found on bomb parts and fragments in Iraq and Afghanistan. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Immigration: Philippines

In a written question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about the issue of Philippine nationals working in the NHS and nursing homes who will be required to leave in 2007/08 because of new visa restrictions. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Fashion Industry: Government Assistance

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support is being given to the British fashion industry. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Financial Assistance Scheme: Insurance

In a written question to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about the use of with profits insurance funds in support of the Financial Assistance Scheme. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Financial Assistance Scheme: Pensions

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will make a statement on the findings of the Young review. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Social Policy: Australia

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to meet with her Australian counterpart to see what lessons can be learned from public policy on matters of social cohesion in Australia. full story

23 July 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Competition: Public Houses

Mark Pritchard calls for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate allegations of the abuse of market share of brewing companies and leisure companies with large managed and tenanted public house property portfolios. full story

19 July 2007 : News Release

Click here for more Petition launched to "head off" nuclear dump plans

Mark Pritchard has called upon the residents of Donnington, Horton, Muxton and Hadley, to sign a petition to "head off" any plans by the government to store nuclear waste at the Ministry of Defence depot at MOD Donnington. full story

19 July 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Targets (Police and CPS)

Mark Pritchard raises concerns with the Solicitor-General about conflicting targets between the police and Crown Prosecution Service. full story

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