20 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
RAF Regiment Field Squadron
In a question to the Secretary of State for Defence, Mark Pritchard asks when he expects to announce the UK basing arrangements for the new RAF Regiment Field Squadron.
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20 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Arabic Language
In a question to the Foreign Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about increasing the number of Arabic speakers in the Department.
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20 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Human Rights
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to discuss with the Association of Tour Operators the introduction of a traffic light system to classify foreign tourist destinations as having good, fair or bad human rights records.
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20 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Health Services: Buildings
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Health on the use of portable buildings for provision of medical and clinical services in acute hospitals.
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16 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
In a question to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Mark Pritchard asks when the first of the new nuclear power stations is expected to start producing energy for the National Grid.
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15 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Circuses: Animal Welfare
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the future use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
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15 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Primates
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to bring forward legislation to prohibit the keeping of primates as pets.
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14 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Health Care (Shropshire) debate
Mark Pritchard tells MPs that it is vital that local acute hospitals retain their 24-hour, seven-days-a-week accident and emergency facilities so that patients are not rushed by blue light all the way to Shrewsbury.
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13 July 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Dead Bodies: Identification
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Justice about unidentified remains of people who died in the last 10 years.
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25 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Cross-Border Transport Networks
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to meet Arriva Trains Wales to persuade them to provide more carriages to deal with dangerous overcrowding on the service from Wales to Shropshire and on to other parts of the UK.
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25 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Open-cast Mining
Mark Pritchard calls for a Parliamentary debate on open-cast mining and the inequalities that exist between England, Scotland and Wales on the permitted distance between an open-cast mine and someone's home.
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10 June 2009 :
News Release
MP offers support to AGA
Mark Pritchard recently showed his support for AGA employees by visiting their foundry in Coalbrookdale and finishing workshop and display area in Ketley.
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9 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Knife Crime debate
Mark Pritchard raises concerns about young peoples' attitude to murder and questions whether all young people understand it is morally wrong and not just a crime which attracts a custodial sentence.
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8 June 2009 :
News Release
MP joins football hero to promote new technology to deal with landmines
Mark Pritchard recently joined 1966 World Cup winner and ex-England Captain, Sir Bobby Charlton, to promote new technologies to deal with legacy landmines.
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8 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Topical Question: Julius Caesar
Mark Pritchard congratulates the Royal Shakespeare Company on its new production of “Julius Caesar” and suggests today's politicians could learn a lot from the Shakespeare play...
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8 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Health Bill: Tobacco Displays
Whilst recognising the need for health promotion Mark Pritchard raises concerns that plans to ban tobacco displays could result in the closure of many small shops.
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1 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Piracy
Mark Pritchard questions the Armed Forces Minister over concerns about the safety of cruise ships around the horn of Africa.
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1 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
St. Margaret's Church: Repairs and Maintenance
Mark Pritchard asks about representations the Church Commissioners have received on funding for repairs to the roof of St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster.
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20 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Social Enterprises
Mark Pritchard calls for an investigation wherever there is clear evidence of discrimination by local authorities and other public sector bodies against faith-based social enterprises.
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20 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Electronic Communications
Mark Pritchard calls on the BBC - as a taxpayer-funded organisation - to follow the lead of Parliament and open up its books, in particular on salaries paid to all its staff.
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19 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Columbia
Whilst acknowledging that there is still some way to go, Mark Pritchard welcomes improvements in human rights made in Columbia under the Government of President Uribe and pays tribute to the work of the courts in bringing the killers of many people to justice.
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18 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Front-line police officers
Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary for a commitment that there will be no cuts in front-line police this year.
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18 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Nazi War Crimes
Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary for her estimate of the number of UK residents suspected of having committed war crimes under the Nazi regime.
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12 May 2009 :
News Release
MP backs Stroke Association Campaign
Mark Pritchard had his blood pressure tested at a Parliamentary “Know your blood pressure day” held by The Stroke Association in Westminster.
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11 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Equality Bill
Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that the Equality Bill will make no difference to Muslim women who may be suffering discrimination under the extension of the powers of sharia councils.
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5 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Burglars not receiving custodial sentences
Mark Pritchard condemns the "complex web of fines and cautions" for burglars resulting in burglars committing up to 12 burglaries before receiving a custodial sentence in some part of the west midlands.
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5 May 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Defence Act 1842
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of the Defence Act 1842 since 1997.
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1 May 2009 :
News Release
Boost for campaigners
Campaigners against plans to extract 900,000 tonnes of coal from New Works near Telford got a boost today when Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, agreed to speak at the Planning Inquiry.
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30 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Women's rights
Mark Pritchard calls on the Leader of the House of Commons to schedule an urgent debate on women's rights.
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30 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Colleges: Applications
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to discuss with the Association of Colleges on the number of new students applying for college places in 2010.
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28 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Credit Unions
Mark Pritchard questions the Government's position in relation to credit unions which charge excessive rates of interest of up to 27 per cent.
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27 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Building Colleges for the Future
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to commit funding for the proposed expansion of the Telford college of arts and technology.
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21 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Telecommunications: Security
Mark Pritchard calls on the Minister of State at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to hold high-level discussions on the resilience of the IT and telecommunications components of critical national infrastructure.
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15 April 2009 :
News Release
MP welcomes findings of health report over mining plans
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has welcomed the findings of the Health Impact Assessment, which he claims “underscores the concerns over health related illnesses for residents living close to open cast mining areas”.
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2 April 2009 :
News Release
Let prisoners pay for their lodgings, says MP
Mark Pritchard has called upon Ministers to extend existing proceeds of crime legislation to enable the courts to require criminals to pay for their time behind bars.
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2 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Training: Defence
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to meet the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss potential European funding for the Defence Training Review project.
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2 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Vaccination
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health about the monitoring of incidences of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after vaccination.
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1 April 2009 :
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G20
President Obama arrives in Downing Street.
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1 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
MMR Vaccine
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Health to assess the merits of giving parents a choice over the means of vaccination of their children against measles, mumps and rubella.
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30 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Defence Training Review
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence for an estimate of the cost of the Defence Training Review contract.
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30 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Mosques
In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary how many complaints were received by the police alleging corporal punishment in mosques in England and Wales in 2008.
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29 March 2009 :
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Lady Thatcher shows support for Grammar Schools
Former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, joined Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, and Newport’s Girls High School headmaster, Mrs Edwina Gleeson, at a recent reception in Parliament - in support of grammar schools in England and Wales.
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26 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Community Relations: Islam
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to commission research into allegations of physical violence against people attending mosques in England and Wales.
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24 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Sodexo
Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary if he has received any reports of allegations involving Sodexo in breaches of human rights at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
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24 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Mark Pritchard calls on the Health Secretary to hold discussions with the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust on its reconfiguration of acute services.
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24 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Corporal Punishment: Mosques
In a question to the Solicitor-General, Mark Pritchard asks how many complaints were received by the Crown Prosecution Service alleging corporal punishment in mosques.
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23 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Vetting
Mark Pritchard calls for the Criminal Records Bureau to speed up the time taken to conduct vetting checks.
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23 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Physiology
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Health, Mark Pritchard asks about representations on state registration for qualified clinical physiologists.
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20 March 2009 :
News Release
Support trains, says MP
Mark Pritchard has met with WSMR Marketing Director, Thomas Ableman, to discuss direct train services from Wellington to London.
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20 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Welsh Language
Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about the Department's Welsh language scheme.
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