25 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Ian Tomlinson Statement
Following the CPS decision not to prosecute any police officer in connection with the death of Ian Tomlinson, Mark Pritchard asks if coroners should not appoint pathologists who have a relationship with the police force they are investigating?
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25 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Visas: Northern Ireland
Mark Pritchard questions the Home Secretary about the visa requirements for non-EU nationals living in the Republic of Ireland travelling to Northern Ireland.
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21 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Somalia
Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on Britain's counter-piracy policy which affects British interests in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
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20 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Offshore Financial Centres
During a debate on Offshore Financial Centres, Mark Pritchard welcomes the trend set by the British Virgin Islands to achieve OECD white list status.
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20 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Church of England: Anniversaries
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to meet with the Church of England events to consider ways to mark the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer in 2012.
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19 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Railways: Overcrowding
Mark Pritchard calls on the Transport Secretary to make an assessment on the merits of putting a legal limit on the number of passengers travelling in a train carriage.
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19 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
NHS: Abortion
Mark asks the Secretary of State for Health for his assessment of the number and cost of abortions carried out for non-EU nationals on the NHS.
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19 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Coinage: Anniversaries
Mark Pritchard calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss with the Royal Mint the striking of a coin to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer in 2012.
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18 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Police: Dismissal
Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about the number of police officers dismissed between 1997 and 2010.
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18 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Police: Firearms
In a question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls collate figures for the annual number of negligent discharges from police firearms in England and Wales.
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18 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Horn of Africa
Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to convene a summit in London to discuss the security situation in the Horn of Africa.
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12 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Animal Welfare: Convictions
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to commission research on convictions for offences in relation to animal cruelty and child abuse.
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7 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Defence
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to publish the full terms of reference of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
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4 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Defence Training Review
Mark challenges Ministers to make the right decision on Operation BORONA.
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4 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Shipping: Piracy
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to hold talks with the International Maritime Organisation about increasing anti-piracy security for cruise ships.
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4 July 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Tennis: Schools
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to discuss with the Lawn Tennis Association ways to increase participation in tennis by children from state schools.
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27 June 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Prime Minister's Statement on G8 and G20 Summits
Mark Pritchard calls on the Prime Minister to urge the Canadians to continue their support in Afghanistan after 2011 - perhaps in non-combat roles such as medical teams and air troop transport helicopter teams.
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19 June 2010 :
News Release
MP goes to United Nations
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, recently attended the ‘Fourth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate, the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons’, at the United Nations.
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19 June 2010 :
News Release
Mark meets Centcom
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has met with General David Petraeus, the Head of US Central Command at the Houses of Parliament ahead of a meeting of the parliamentary Group on Trans-Atlantic Security.
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1 June 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Sudan
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about the UK Government's view of the forthcoming referendum in Sudan and the effect on the humanitarian relief effort.
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26 May 2010 :
News
Mark elected Secretary of 1922 Committee
Mark Pritchard, has been elected as Secretary of the 1922 Committee.
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28 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Somalia
Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent Parliamentary debate on Somalia.
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28 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Holocaust Memorial Day
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard pays tribute to the Holocaust Educational Trust, which does great work educating young people about the Holocaust.
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28 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Airports: Security
Mark Pritchard questions the Government over measures to increase security at UK airports.
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27 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Get Safe Online Campaign: Money Mules
Mark Pritchard asks what the Government is doing to track down foreign international gangs behind fraud schemes involving people being used as money mules.
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27 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Debate
Dairy Farming Debate
Speaking in a debate on Dairy Farming, Mark Pritchard highlights the frustration felt by farmers in border areas over the different attitude to bovine TB between Wales and England.
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27 January 2010 :
Speech
Colombia (Human Rights) Debate
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to recognise that progress is being made in Columbia in the are of human rights, even if there is still more to do.
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26 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Freedom of Religion
Mark Pritchard raises his concerns about threats made against people who leave the Islamic faith.
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26 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Topical Question: Preventing Violent Extremism
During Communities and Local Government Questions, Mark Pritchard asks whether the Government believes that the current policy on preventing violent extremism is working.
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26 January 2010 :
Speech
Horn of Africa
Mark Pritchard leads a debate on security in the Horn of Africa and sets out why any attempts at the radicalisation of Africa must not succeed.
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22 January 2010 :
News Release
Local MP commits to safeguard the legacy of Holocaust Survivors
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who perished in the Holocaust.
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21 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Government Departments: Telecommunications
Mark Pritchard calls on the Minister for the Cabinet Office to discuss improvements to the resilience and security of BT telecommunications services to Government Departments.
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20 January 2010 :
News Release
Pledging to help bring back Living Seas
Mark Pritchard, has pledged to help bring back Living Seas around our coast.
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20 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Prime Minister's Questions: Airport Security
Mark Pritchard asks the Prime Minister what security support and advice is being given to airports in friendly middle eastern and African countries that act as regional hubs.
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20 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Overseas Development Assistance
During International Development Questions in the House of Commons, Mark Pritchard calls for greater transparency in respect of the Department's spending on overseas development projects.
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19 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Iran
Mark Pritchard raises concerns about Iran's destablising influence in Latin America, the horn of Africa, central Europe and Lebanon.
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13 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Prime Minister's Questions: National Security
Mark Pritchard questions the Prime Minister about the Government's control over national security given the high number of abuses of tourist, work and other visas.
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11 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Topical Question: Canadian forces in Afghanistan
Mark Pritchard pays tribute to the Canadians, who have lost 137 armed forces personnel and had 400 injured in Afghanistan, and hopes that they will continue their commitment beyond 2011.
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11 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Animal Welfare: Circuses
Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the Circus Feasibility Study.
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11 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to introduce a ban on the trimming of the beaks of laying hens in England from January 2011.
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6 January 2010 :
Parliamentary Question
Government Departments: ICT
Mark Pritchard calls for a review of the potential effect of the use of data sticks on the risk of importing viruses and spyware into Government IT systems.
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16 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Electronic Warfare
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Defence to instigate sufficient resilience policy and practical measures to prevent cyber-attacks on the bases it operates.
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16 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Al-Muhajiroun
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for his assessment of the re-establishment of the Al-Muhajiroun organisation in the UK on community relations.
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16 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Utilities
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to require energy utility companies to put in place resilience measures to prevent cyber-attacks.
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15 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Abortion
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health about the cost to the NHS of abortions undertaken on non-UK residents.
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14 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Energy Supply: Cybercrime
Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to consider legislation for a mandatory duty for energy utility companies to report breaches in their cyber-security.
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10 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Cybercrime
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.
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8 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Agriculture: Manpower
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to ensure sufficient agriculture engineers are trained to service the UK agricultural and food industry markets.
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8 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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8 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
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.
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