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24 October 2011 : News

Click here for more Mark speaks to the Telegraph calling for an EU referendum

Mark Pritchard explains that we should have a referendum on the EU because most of the UK's electorate have never had a chance to vote on membership. (Video) full story

23 October 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more PM's European Council Statement

Mark Pritchard asks the Prime Minister when greater fiscal union would trigger the referendum lock enshrined in the European Union Act 2011. full story

23 October 2011 : Speech

Click here for more National Referendum on the European Union debate

Mark Pritchard supports the motion calling for a Bill to provide for a national referendum on the Europe Union. full story

18 October 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Prime Minister's Questions

Mark Pritchard asks the Prime Minister whether he accepts that moves towards fiscal union in the eurozone will ultimately undermine the single market and the UK. full story

12 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Employment Agencies: Public Finance

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about the cost of local authorities' use of external recruitment consultants. full story

12 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Police: Incentives

In a written question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls for the Winsor Review to consider ending the payment of annual bonuses to senior police officers. full story

12 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Wind Power: Finance

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change about subsidies to onshore wind farms. full story

11 September 2011 : News Release

Click here for more Order! Order! It was time for some archery at the House of Commons

Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, proved himself Parliamentary hotshot when he took part in an archery tournament at Westminster. full story

11 September 2011 : News Release

Click here for more MP opens fun day

Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, officially opened Donnington Methodist Church Fun Day on Sunday. full story

11 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Animal Welfare: Slaughter Houses

Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about improving animal welfare standards in abattoirs. full story

11 September 2011 : Parliamantary Question

Click here for more Nguyen Van Ly

In a question to the Foreign Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks him to make representations to the government of Vietnam for the release of Father Nguyen Van Ly. full story

8 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Airports: Security

Mark Pritchard calls on the Prime Minister to consider placing all aviation security matters under the auspices of the Home Department. full story

8 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Libya: Terrorism

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to contact the Libyan Transitional National Council to discuss evidence that links the former government of Libya with the bombing of flight UTA 772. full story

7 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Wind Power: Birds

Mark Pritchard calls for research into the effect of wind turbine bird strikes on bird habitats and populations. full story

7 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Armed Forces

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about plans to extend the tour of duty periods for service personnel serving overseas. full story

7 September 2011 : Parliamenatary Queston

Click here for more Civil Contingencies Secretariat

Mark Pritchard calls for a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat. full story

7 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Abortion

Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary how many abortions in 2010 were carried out resulting from diagnosis of a club foot or cleft palate. full story

6 September 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill

Mark Pritchard deplores the increase in number of babies terminated after 24 weeks and calls for better counselling, especially for cases where modern cosmetic reconstructive surgery could correct a minor disability. full story

4 September 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Libya

Following the Prime Minister's statement on Libya, Mark Pritchard highlights the importance of freedom of speech and religion in the new constitution and in particular urges protection for Christian Churches. full story

4 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Plants: Diseases

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to implement measures to protect indigenous plants from diseases and pests borne on foreign plant imports. full story

4 September 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Trees: Disease Control

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about steps being taken to prevent the spread of sudden oak death in English woodlands. full story

10 August 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more PM's statement on the recent public disorder

Mark Pritchard welcomes the new initiatives announced by the Prime Minister and calls on local authorities to preserve youth services as a priority. full story

3 August 2011 : News Release

Click here for more Mark in dog house....again!

Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, helped to officially open the refurbished and extended Dogs Trust rescue centre based in Roden in his constituency. full story

19 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Somalia: Piracy

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to publish the legal advice he received concerning the use of private security companies on UK commercial shipping off the horn of Africa. full story

19 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Police: Health

Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary to introduce an annual basic fitness test for police officers. full story

19 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Piracy

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the deployment of military personnel on commercial shipping transiting through the Horn of Africa. full story

18 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more European Parliament

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary about ending sittings of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. full story

18 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Defamation: Conditional Fee Agreements

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to delay his decision to cap no win, no fee conditional fee agreements for cases involving the publication of libel by newspaper organisations until the Government's inquiry into the ethics and practices of the media has reported. full story

17 July 2011 : News Release

Click here for more Wrekin MP opens new factory

Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has opened the new STADCO factory on Hortonwood. full story

17 July 2011 : Photo

Click here for more Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has opened the new STADCO factory on Hortonwood.

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17 July 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more MP questions Home Secretary on Royal Family protection

Mark Pritchard questions the Home Secretary about the role of the Security Service following allegations concerning a royal protection officer selling personal and private details of members of the royal family. full story

17 July 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more MP backs Defence spending

Following the Secretary of Defence's announcement of increased spending on defence equipment, Mark Pritchard warns that any pressure from the Treasury to erode the MOD's proposals would have a direct impact on the defence of the UK. full story

17 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Libya: Armed Conflict

Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about ships that were refused entry into Libyan ports under NATO's Operation Unified Protector. full story

17 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Aviation: Primates

Mark Pritchard questions the Transport Secretary about the treatment of primates during air transportation. full story

17 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Electric Vehicles

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to commission research into the product life cycle and environmental sustainability of electic vehicles before further expenditure on the electric automotive sector. full story

11 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Libya: Armed Conflict

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about plans for the post-conflict stabilisation force for Libya. full story

11 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Egypt: Constitutions

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary if he has had discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on the constitutional declaration which states the principles of sharia law should be the basis of any new constitution. full story

10 July 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Piracy: International Cooperation

Mark Pritchard questions the Foreign Secretary about efforts to set up a new international legal framework to tackle piracy on the high seas and bring pirates to court. full story

22 June 2011 : Speech

Click here for more MP leads debate on banning wild animals is circuses

Mark Pritchard moves a motion in the House of Commons that would introduce a ban on the use of all wild animals in circuses from July 2012. full story

14 June 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more MP backs increase in aid budget

Speaking at Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard backs the increase in Britain's aid budget which will help save millions of lives across the world. full story

12 June 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Developing Countries: Abortion

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for International Development to commission research on the proportion of aid spent on promoting, facilitating and performing abortions. full story

6 June 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Middle East and North Africa debate

Mark Pritchard raises concerns that violence on the Israeli-Syrian border may well be a cynical strategy on the part of the Syrian regime to try to distract the eyes of the international community from the regime’s own brutality against, and murder of, its own people. full story

24 May 2011 : Article Published in The Independent

Click here for more This flawed decision must be reversed

Last week the Government reiterated its plans not to introduce a ban on wild animals in circuses. full story

2 May 2011 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Prime Minister's Statement on the death of Osama bin Laden

Whilst acknowledging the huge military sacrifices of the Pakistani army and the Pakistani people, Mark Pritchard asks the PM if he has received an assurance from President Zardari that should any elements of the Pakistan state be found to have been involved in the possible protection of bin Laden that the individuals involved will be brought before the courts in Pakistan. full story

25 April 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more NHS: Government's listening exercise

Mark Pritchard calls for confirmation from the Secretary of State for Health that the public, patients and medical professionals' views on improving effectiveness, efficiency and patient outcomes will be listened to. full story

4 April 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more MP calls for direct Shropshire to London service

Mark Pritchard calls for a direct rail service between Shropshire and London to be included within the new West Coast franchise. full story

28 March 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Developing Countries: Leprosy

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for International Development to allocate funding to reduce leprosy in the developing world. full story

27 March 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Nature Conservation: Mongolia

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to offer its experience in conservation to the Government of Mongolia as it develops its own conservation laws. full story

27 March 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Galileo System: Expenditure

Mark Pritchard questions the Transport Secretary about the cost of providing funding to the Galileo project. full story

27 March 2011 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Sri Lanka: Diplomatic Relations

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to improve bi-lateral relations with Sri Lanka. full story

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