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28 September 2006 : News Release
The MP will join five other speakers at the University to speak on the motion: "This House would scrap Britain's nuclear weapons". full story |
22 September 2006 : News Release
MP says that mental health services in County need to recognise "rural" as well as urban mental health problems. full story |
18 September 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, was guest of honour at Wellington Medical Practice, to open the recently refurbished patient treatment area. full story |
18 September 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to David Miliband MP, the Secretary of State for the Environment, asking the government to make water companies statutory conslutees in the planning process. full story |
17 September 2006 : Article
No-one I meet is against changing the way healthcare is delivered. Modern times mean adapting, evolving, and developing new ways in which local health services can be delivered. full story |
17 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has hit out at new plans by the Liberal Democrats which, he claims, would see property taxes soar throughout the County. full story |
16 September 2006 : News Release Newport MP, Mark Pritchard, has agreed to be the guest of honour at Newport Chamber of Commerce's Christmas dinner on December 18th. full story |
13 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, showed his support for local graduates full story |
12 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, visited Shifnal Primary School to present a Quality Award from the Basic Skills Council. full story |
11 September 2006 : News Release Council must listen to concerns over High Street Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called upon Borough Council chiefs to undertake a "full review" of Newport's new High Street traffic calming arrangements. full story |
5 September 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has said that replacing Tony Blair with Gordon Brown "would give the Conservative Party a further boost in the polls" and he believed that the Chancellor "would not be able to shrug off his high tax reputation". full story |
4 September 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard, has called upon people throughout Newport to "make their views known loud and clear" as the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust begins its delayed public consultation over the future of acute hospital services. full story |
4 September 2006 : News Release
Shropshire's "excellent community relations record" could be underminded if the government fails to tackle "growing local concerns" over new inflows of economic migrants to the County, that's according to Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard. full story |
17 August 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called British Sugar's conditions of the new contract to Shropshire farmers "a complete betryal of local sugar beet growers". full story |
16 August 2006 : News Release
Later this year, probably in the Autumn, the government will decide the fete of RAF Cosford's future. full story |
8 August 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to Defence Secretary, Des Browne MP, asking the government "to extend the three year lease of life" the government has given to the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO)at Donnington, citing the commitment of ABRO's "loyal" workforce and "growing military deployments". full story |
2 August 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has "welcomed" the news that 70 jobs that were due to be cut at the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) at Donnington in his constituency are to be saved after the government cited "a changing world environment", which includes increasing deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. full story |
1 August 2006 : News Release
Newport MP, Mark Pritchard, has said that "there may be a case to answer" to the Local Government Ombudsman following Telford & Wrekin Borough Council's "debacle" over the High Street reconfiguration. full story |
1 August 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, is to Chair a public meeting to discuss "ways in which future flooding may be avoided" in Albrighton. full story |
31 July 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to Labour's Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt MP, "protesting" about plans to downgrade children's services at the Princess Royal Hospital. full story |
26 July 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard has called upon Telford & Wrekin Council to ensure that the borough's cyclists and motorcyclists are "fully considered and consulted" over any plans to deal with the borough's melting roads. full story |
25 July 2006 : Photo Mark Pritchard MP, joins Mps for Ludlow, Shrewsbury & Atcham and North Shropshire to discuss local policing matters and national police policy. full story |
24 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on a ballistic missile defence shield and whether Britain could be the third site sought by the USA. full story |
24 July 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the Welfare Reform Bill, Mark Pritchard highlights concerns about rising unemployment in Shropshire and discusses the two distinct roles of policing benefits and seeking work. full story |
19 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Pritchard asks him what steps he is taking to oversee the efficient development of defence policy. full story |
18 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Health Secretary to make a statement on mental health services in the West Midlands. full story |
18 July 2006 : Speech Mark Pritchard leads a debate on defence sector jobs in Shropshire and champions RAF Cosford's case in the Defence Training Review. full story |
18 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question During Health Questions about hospital cleanliness, Mark Pritchard asks about MRSA and other superbugs and condemns closure of the only isolation unit in Shropshire at the Princess Royal Hospital. full story |
18 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the PM if, given that the Government is "doing everything we can" why he has not spoken to President Assad of Syria? full story |
14 July 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, will chair a meeting of local sugar beet grower repetitive and the National Farmer's Union to discuss British Sugar's plans to close the Allscott sugar beet factory in April 2007. full story |
14 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mark Pritchard asks about legal measures the Government has in place to intervene should a catastrophic breakdown of computer systems occur. full story |
13 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard highlights the rise in unemployment in Shropshire over the past year. full story |
13 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary about the costs to NHS Trusts of removing tattoos. full story |
11 July 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has called upon government defence ministers to give more support to Newport's Combat Stress charity. full story |
11 July 2006 : Article Labour should scrap its plans to merge local police forces. full story |
11 July 2006 :
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, joined Albrighton traders on Saturday at the Albrighton Fair in support of RAF Cosford's bid to become the future for Defence Training in the UK following the government's ongoing Defence Training Review. full story |
11 July 2006 : Photo Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, hands in a petition in support of Defence jobs in Shropshire. full story |
11 July 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
During a parliamentary debate on the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report, Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about key lessons learned since 7/7. full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In view of the sharp increase in unemployment in Shropshire, Mark Pritchard calls on the Ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions to put pressure on the Defence Secretary to safeguard Shropshire's defence sector jobs in the defence training review. full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on the UK three-year commitment to deployment in Afghanistan given that the Defence Committee's report states that they "do not believe it will prove possible to complete the reform of the security and justice institutions in Helmand within the three-year commitment" full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Defence Secetary, Mark Pritchard asks for the timetable for withdrawing the Clansman radio from service with UK armed forces. full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Mark Pritchard calls for a statement on possible standards for reduced ignition propensity cigarettes to be introduced under the EU’s General Product Safety Directive. full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Health Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls for an assessment of fertility services in Shropshire. full story |
7 July 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard to Visit Flood Victims Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard is to visit flood victims in Albrighton today at noon full story |
7 July 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling on British Sugar to provide transitional financial relief and investigate the possibility of Allscott being used as a bio-fuels facility which can use sugar beet as a raw material. full story |
6 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for urgent action by the Government to create co-operatives with farmers to deliver biofuels using sugar beet. full story |
6 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a House of Commons debate on unemployment in Shropshire to highlight a 30% increase in unemployment since May 2005 and the importance to local jobs of RAF Cosford. full story |
6 July 2006 : Speech Mark Pritchard highlights and pays tribute to the work of defence organisations in Shropshire. He also raises his concerns about the haemorrhaging of forces personnel to private security forces and calls for the Government to look at the pay and conditions of service personnel when serving overseas. full story |
6 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Mark Pritchard asks about filtering of BBC World programmes in China. full story |
5 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Foreign Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about UK Government support for free Belarus radio. full story |
4 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls for Armed Forces Minister to face MPs his planned changes to the Defence Logisitics Organisation - which will mean job losses in Shropshire. full story |
4 July 2006 : News Release Shifnal and Albrighton MP, Mark Pritchard, hosted a meeting in Parliament this week (Wednesday 5th July) to agree the "next stages" of the campaign to keep and expand jobs at RAF Cosford. full story |
4 July 2006 : News Release Sugar Decision will Impact County Birdlife Migrating birds could also be lost to the County if the Allscott Sugar Beet factory closes, according to local MP Mark Pritchard. full story |
4 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to press for Telford and Wrekin Council to make provision for adult homelessness. full story |
3 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to properly fund cathedral repairs in recognition of the wider role played by our cathedrals as centres used by the whole community. full story |
3 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks what assessment has been made of the merits of an in-house bid as part of the Defence Training Review. full story |
27 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the human rights situation in Afghanistan. full story |
26 June 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has warned the Borough's Labour leadership that "he will not stand by and see Lilleshall turned into a key settlement", which could lead to scores of new houses being built. full story |
26 June 2006 : News Release
Newport MP, Mark Pritchard, has said that Borough Council chiefs must "completely re-think their decision" over highway works to Newport's High Street and act "swiftly to put it right" if an accident is to be avoided and important summer trading is to be saved. full story |
26 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for British troops in Iraq to start using Warrior armoured vehicles rather than Land Rovers. "Although winning hearts and minds is important, keeping our troops on the ground safe is even more important." he says. full story |
22 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much milk is imported to the UK. full story |
21 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about guidance issued to Government departments on cyber security. full story |
19 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks how many applications for judicial review of his decisions on the amalgamation of police forces have been made. full story |
15 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for greater incentives and a guaranteed market for Shropshire's sugar beet farmers to access the bioethanol market. full story |
15 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard call for a House of Commons debate on access to telephone services in rural villages, particularly those in Shropshire. full story |
14 June 2006 : News Release Call for more pastoral support Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called for the government to do more to recruit Army Chaplains. full story |
14 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development whether money the UK gives in aid to Russia wouldn't be better spent in areas of real suffering such as Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo. full story |
14 June 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During the European Affairs debate, Mark Pritchard raises concerns that with unemployment at a four-year high, people seeking manufacturing jobs in the coming months will find them already filled by EU migrants. full story |
13 June 2006 : Parliamentary Debate Full text of Mark Pritchard’s call for more army chaplains during the House of Commons debate following the Government's announcement of the publication of its response to the Deepcut Review. full story |
12 June 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard visited Newport's High School for Girls on Friday. full story |
12 June 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has joined forces with the Albrighton Traders Association to "ensure the voice of Albrighton's business community is heard" by government, as Defence Ministers decide on the future of RAF Cosford full story |
7 June 2006 : News Release MP Calls for Incentives for Farmers Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called on the government to "incentivise" Shropshire farmers and rural industries to help the government reach its climate change targets. full story |
7 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Scotland about dicussions held with Scottish ministers on the use of wave technology to produce energy in Scotland. full story |
7 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to make a statement regarding the future of regional airports in Wales. full story |
6 June 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has been inducted as President of 1130 Squadron of the Air Training Corps, based in Wellington. full story |
6 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to offer tax incentives or capital grants to farmers who want to invest in biomass and biofuels. full story |
5 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a Written Question to the Church Commissioners' representative, Mark Pritchard asks about funding for repairs to cathedrals in 2006-07. full story |
1 June 2006 : News Release MP Calls for More Youth Projects Mark Pritchard has called upon the Borough of Telford and Wrekin's leadership to make more youth projects available during school holidays, weekdays, and on weekends. full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has expressed concern for "some of Shropshire's small businesses" following the government publishing its Pensions Review. full story |
30 May 2006 : Shifnal News Mark Pritchard was guest of honour at the Federation of Small Businesses meeting at the Park House Hotel in Shifnal. full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard is to hold talks with Borough tourism chiefs over what the MP calls "a distinct lack of focus on promoting Newport's many tourism attractions and heritage". full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard has given his backing to a innovative project which is seeking to archive Newport's history. full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has said that "he is hoping for the very best outcome" and hopes that the High Court will move to "delay and eventually halt" the government's plans to merge West Mercia police into a new super force with Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and the West Midlands. full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to Telford & Wrekin Borough Council leader, Cllr Keith Austin, calling on the Council to agree a "summer blitz" on shops and off-licenses suspected of selling drink to under age children. full story |
30 May 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard will be going back to school next week to give his support to a national campaign to find more teachers. full story |
25 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for Mandarin teaching to be rolled out to all secondary schools. full story |
22 May 2006 : Article
It is absolutely wrong that people who are suffering from debilitating illnesses are denied access to the very drugs that can make them better, prolong their life, and increase the quality of their life. full story |
22 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question
During Defence Questions in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard calls on the Defence Minister, Adam Ingram, to ensure that there is an open, transparent and fair consultation regarding the potential co-location of defence jobs to the south-west. Further, he asks if this decision has not already been reached why have the MoD already purchased the building in Bristol? full story |
17 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the government plans to review the conclusions of the Northcote-Trevelyan Report (a report published in 1853 on the organisation of a permanent, impartial civil service). full story |
14 May 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, is supporting a cross-party move to allow children access to a free confidential helpline, available 24-hours a day, as part of the National Missing Persons Helpline. The move would ensure that a dedicated Runaway Helpline is made available as a key component of safeguarding vulnerable children and young people. full story |
12 May 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
During a debate on the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, Mark Pritchard calls for easier access to research grants for universities and research bodies to enable the potential of new energy technologies to be realised. full story |
11 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the level of unemployment in the West Midlands in 2004-05. full story |
10 May 2006 : Speech Mark Pritchard speaks in the Police and Justice Bill debate about the resultant lack of reciprocity of between the UK and US of the 2003 extradition treaty. He also makes contributions throughout the debate making the case against the merger of police forces in the West Midlands. full story |
10 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development to make a statement on UK aid to Nigeria. full story |
10 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Chacellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much land in Shropshire is owned by the Duchy. full story |
9 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Constitution Affairs Minister about the level of unpaid fines in 2004-05 and calls for tougher action against unpaid fines. full story |
9 May 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
During a Conservative-initiated debate on the financial crisis in the NHS, Mark Pritchard raises concerns that mental health patients may suffer worst as a result of financial cuts which could leave many with no support and no treatment. full story |
9 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Scotland to make a statement on the voting rights of Members representing Scottish seats on issues that do not affect Scotland. full story |
9 May 2006 : Photo Wrekin MP learns a few cricketing tips from England team player and Ashes winner, Ashley Giles at the House of Commons. full story |
8 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Highlighting the experience of a constituent who paid into a pension scheme for 25 years only to see it wound up, Mark Pritchard calls for Government assurance that there will be no more pension wind-ups. full story |
