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Archive 15
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10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard challenges the Government over its support of the Beijing Olympics given China's record on human rights abuses, animal cruelty and repression of religious minorities. full story |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Defence about personal details of serving military personnel held on recently stolen MoD laptop computers. full story |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to ensure that parliamentary questions relating to specific countries are communicated for information to British diplomatic staff in those countries. full story |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to increase consular resources in Equatorial Guinea and establish a temporary consular office in Malabo. full story |
6 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on Iran given that Iran has continued to progress its nuclear programme while also progressing its long-range ballistic missile programme. full story |
6 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on International Women's Day, Mark Pritchard endorses the Filipina candidate for the new International Criminal Court as there is currently not one femail judge sitting on the ICC. full story |
6 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the problems faced by the Post Office which cannot compete with Northern Rock who are offering a rate of 6 per cent., subsidised by the taxpayer. full story |
5 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Scotland on a report by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities that suggests that free health care for the elderly should now be subject to eligibility criteria. full story |
4 March 2008 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has secured a meeting with Transport Minister, Rosie Winterton, after he raised the issue of carers, people living on the lower scale of disability living allowance, as well as those suffering from some mental disorders, being "excluded" from the government's new concessionary bus fare scheme. full story |
4 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary to meet with Muslim community leaders to discuss advice to women who are in fear of honour killings. full story |
4 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to reopen the UK mission to Equatorial Guinea. full story |
4 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary about the number of second and third abortions carried out in England and Wales in 2007. full story |
3 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate As protesters demonstrate on a crane in Parliament Square, Mark Pritchard challenges the Minister for Europe for "failing democracy" when people feel they need to take direct action to campaign for a referendum on the EU treaty. full story |
3 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to discuss with the management of Wolverhampton University the impact of proposed changes to equivalent learning qualification funding. full story |
29 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to ensure that MoD training is not provided to overseas military piltos from regimes associaited with repression of minorities and ethnic cleansing. full story |
29 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary for a report on progress from discussions with the Chinese on the political and humanitarian situation in Darfur. full story |
28 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question As Government Ministers campaign to save post offices in their own constituencies whilst being fully signed up to the closure of post offices elsewhere, Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on collective responsibility in government. full story |
28 February 2008 : Speech Speaking in the so-called 'St. David's Day' debate, Mark Pritchard calls for more investment in education where he is concerned that an increased number of schools in Wales will have to be put into special measures this year. full story |
27 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for an assurance that package 2 of the defence training review is safe. full story |
27 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard calls on the State for Culture, Media and Sport to hold discussions with UK media on the balance of media coverage of the Israel/Palestinian conflict. full story |
27 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for an independent inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the death of Jessica Randall. full story |
26 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard highlights the fact that there is no single energy policy for Europe as the Germans and the French refuse to liberalise their energy markets. full story |
26 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks how many new jobs will be created in Wales by Package 1 of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme/BORONA programme. full story |
26 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss with the Burmese Government the banning of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from standing in the 2010 election. full story |
26 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many depositors have withdrawn their savings from the Post Office network since 17 February 2008. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard asks the Government about communication between universities and the Border and Immigration Agency over foreign students who drop-out of full-time education. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard calls for the control of UK development money to come back from Europe to cut delays between decision and distribution which has a real impact at the front-line. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the b>Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to commission research to measure the level of carbon emissions resulting from the production of goods in China for the export market in 2007. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to have discussions with EU countries on the declaration of independence of Kosovo. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to hold discussions with the Government of Vietnam on the treatment of the Underground Church in that country. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to hold discussions with the Government of Vietnam on the imprisonment of church leaders in that country. full story |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about members of the Royal Ghurkha Rifles applying for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. full story |
22 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard takes the opportunity of a Parliamentary debate on the rights of agency workers to highlight concerns that the Department for Work and Pensions are going to lay off up to 700 local people to replace them with agency workers. full story |
21 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on the foreign policy, defence and security elements of the Lisbon Treaty. full story |
21 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Following the Home Secretary's statement about the bugging of an MP when he visited a constituent at Woodhill Prison, Mark Pritchard asks for an assurance that no British Minister has been bugged by a foreign intelligence agency. full story |
21 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about plans to offer armed forces recruits apprenticeships appropriate to their trade or profession. full story |
20 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard highlights his concerns over disunity within Europe on a lot of foreign policy areas and particularly highlights Iran and Russia. full story |
20 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to hold talks with the government of Egypt over the independence of the judiciary in that country. full story |
20 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary to hold talks with the Government of Pakistan on the representation of religious minority groups in the selection of candidates for the forthcoming Pakistan parliamentary elections. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Office to impress upon the Chinese Government support for the 14th Dalai Lama's position that the next Dalai Lama should be chosen by the people of Tibet through a referendum. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard challenges the Government's policy of closing embassies in Africa and uses the case of Simon Mann - where the UK has no representation in Equatorial Guinea - as an example. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the Bill to establish a new unitary authority in Shropshire, Mark Pritchard raises the concerns of council workers and the future uncertainty over their position. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to offer technical support to Ethiopia in developing its internal security infrastructure to help tackle international terrorism. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to hold talks with Russia in order to improve information on legacy mines to reduce mine casualties amongst UK armed forces personnel. full story |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about contingency plans should the Kajaki dam in Afghanistan cease to work. full story |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about international aid funding for Ethiopia. full story |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss with NATO allies the provision of Pashtun linguists for non-kinetic operations in Afghanistan. full story |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary to discuss with his German counterpart the provision of German troop transport support for OP Herrick 7 and OP Herrick 8. full story |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the nationalities of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began. full story |
18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Defence Secretary to hold discussions with his French counterpart on France increasing its air assets in Afghanistan. full story |
