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10 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to ensure that companies within his remit have put in place resilience measures to prevent cyber-attacks. full story

8 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Agriculture: Manpower

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to ensure sufficient agriculture engineers are trained to service the UK agricultural and food industry markets. full story

8 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights

In a question to the Foreign Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to seek to ensure that the Government of Equatorial Guinea improves its human rights record - and prison conditions in particular. full story

8 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Africa: Overseas Aid

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for International Development to contact counterparts in Egypt, Sudan and Ethopia to seek progress on re-negotiating the terms of the Nile Basin Initiative. full story

7 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs a series of questions relating to the trade of primates as pets. full story

7 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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In a question to the International Development Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks what role his Department is playing in the implementation of the Nile Basin Initiative. full story

3 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss with his Venezuelan counterpart the nuclear weapons capability of that country. full story

3 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Higher Education: Agriculture

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to ensure that agricultural science graduate and post-graduate courses are recognised as science disciplines for the purposes of the higher education science funding structure. full story

2 December 2009 : Parliamentary Debate

Click here for more Equality Bill Debate

Mark Pritchard criticises the lack of time given to debate such a wide-ranging and detailed Bill. full story

2 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Fire Services: Floods

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about contingency funding available to fire and rescue services for equipment and training to deal with floods. full story

1 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary if he will restart his Department's programme of human rights training and assistance for senior military personnel in Colombia. full story

1 December 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Europe: Politics and Government

Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary what discussions he has had on Hamas funding of minority parties in Eastern and Central Europe. full story

30 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls for greater powers to help teachers deal with cyberbullying. full story

30 November 2009 : Parliamentary Debate

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Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that Yemeni nationals form one of the largest groups operating within al-Qaeda and calls on the Prime Minister to work with the Government of Yemen to ensure that it does not become a failed state. full story

30 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Business: Hungary

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to discuss with the government of Hungary ways to improve their procedures for awarding private and public sector contracts to businesses from the UK and other EU countries. full story

26 November 2009 : News Release

Click here for more Mark Pritchard champions Lilleshall with gold medal Olympian - Jonathan Edwards

Mark Pritchard met Olympian Jonathan Edwards at the House of Commons to discuss how The Wrekin can benefit from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. full story

26 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls for a debate in the House of Commons on climate change and civil liberties - in particular the right of British people to eat beef. full story

25 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mark Pritchard asks about police training in respect of trade in endangered species. full story

25 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Pets: Retail Trade

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the enforcement of the model standards for pet shop licence conditions. full story

25 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the effect of the 2007 amendment to the Schedule of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act. full story

24 November 2009 : News Release

Click here for more MP speaks out for Indian church

Mark Pritchard chaired a special human rights session in Parliament today – concerning the destruction of 250 churches in the State of Orissa, India – earlier this year. full story

12 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to support calls for national insurance credits for spouses of armed forces personnel who have been refused state benefits on the grounds that they have not paid sufficient national insurance contributions. full story

11 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Wales about the numbers of residents of Wales using acute hospital services in Shropshire. full story

10 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Justice Questions: Violence against Muslims who convert to other faiths

Mark Pritchard calls for measures to prevent Muslim organisations who condone or encourage violence against Muslims who convert to other religions from receiving public money. full story

9 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Spoilation

Speaking about items looted during the Nazi era now held in UK museums, Mark Pritchard asks whether those that want compensation rather than their belongings returned will have their views taken into account by the Spoliation Advisory Panel. full story

9 November 2009 : Parliamentary Debate

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Mark Pritchard raises concerns that people who express their religious views could inadvertantly fall foul of this legislation. full story

9 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Armed Forces: Secondment

Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the number of UK military on secondment to foreign governments. full story

2 November 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard questions the Government about steps taken to reduce the number of cyber attacks on Government departments. full story

29 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary what contact his Department has had with the Monitor Group. full story

27 October 2009 : News Release

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Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard - who will present his Parliamentary Petition, against the downgrading of health services at the Princess Royal Hospital, to Parliament this week - has confirmed that his final Petition Tally stands at 16,303. full story

27 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Government if it is fair that in Scotland and Wales a 500-metre buffer zone between residential dwellings and open-cast mining applies whereas in England the requirement is only 250 metres. full story

27 October 2009 : Speech

Click here for more Petition Presented: Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

Mark Pritchard formally presents the Save the PRH petition to Parliament. full story

27 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Armed Forces: Dental Services

Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to make an assessment of mobile dental facilities introduced for service personnel in December 2008. full story

27 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if his Department has had contact with the Monitor Group. full story

26 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary to discuss with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the effect of the operation of Sharia councils on the policing of community relations. full story

22 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will report on Gerry Grimstone’s parts of the Operational Efficiency Programme. full story

16 October 2009 : News Release

Click here for more MP’s wears pink to help beat breast cancer

Mark Pritchard MP is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of for its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink, on Friday 30 October 2009. full story

15 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more St Margaret’s Church, Westminster

Mark Pritchard raises the issue of the £2 million appeal for restoration at St Margaret's Church in Westminster. full story

15 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more MP calls for urgent Commons debate on PRH

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard has called for an urgent Parliamentary debate on the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust proposals close the A&E ward and paediatric unit at the Princess Royal hospital. full story

15 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Church Commissioners to take into consideration the size of the diocese and level of pastoral activity when deciding the numbers of bisops appointed to Church of England dioceses. full story

15 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Defence Secretary to investigate the number of armed forces spouses refused state benefits because of inadequate payment of national insurance contributions. full story

14 October 2009 : Parliamentary Debate

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Mark Pritchard raises the plight of local students who are facing real financial hardship as a result of administrative failures at the Student Loans Company. full story

14 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more North Korea: Nuclear Power

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to ensure that the sale of nuclear technology by North Korea to the government of Burma is put on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. full story

14 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

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Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to discuss with the FA the inclusion of Lilleshall National Sports Academy in its bid to host the 2018 World Cup. full story

13 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Breaking the Silence: Finance

Mark asks the Foreign Secretary about UK embassies providing funding for the NGO 'Breaking the Silence'. full story

13 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Yemen: Armed Conflict

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss the conflict in Yemen with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia. full story

13 October 2009 : Parliamenary Question

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Mark asks the Health Secretary what is being done to assist acute hospitals in which levels of accident and emergency department admissions have increased as a result of the swine influenza pandemic. full story

12 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Iran: Sanctions

Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to extend economic sanctions against Iran to include exported refined oil products. full story

12 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Overseas Residence: Pets

Mark Pritchard calls for action to reduce the number of pets abandoned by UK expatriates returning to the UK. full story

12 October 2009 : Parliamentary Question

Click here for more Pets: Animal Welfare

Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to take steps to reduce the number of pets abandoned by UK nationals emigrating from the UK. full story

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