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Archive 8
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8 June 2009 : Parliamentary 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. full story |
7 June 2009 : News Release
Mark Pritchard recently joined 1966 World Cup winner and ex-England Captain, Sir Bobby Charlton, to promote new technologies to deal with legacy landmines. full story |
7 June 2009 : Parliamentary Question
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... full story |
7 June 2009 : Parliamentary Debate 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. full story |
31 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Armed Forces Minister over concerns about the safety of cruise ships around the horn of Africa. full story |
31 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks about representations the Church Commissioners have received on funding for repairs to the roof of St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster. full story |
19 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
19 May 2009 : Parliamentary Debate 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. full story |
18 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
17 May 2009 : Parliamentary Debate Mark Pritchard calls on the Home Secretary for a commitment that there will be no cuts in front-line police this year. full story |
17 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
11 May 2009 : News Release
Mark Pritchard had his blood pressure tested at a Parliamentary “Know your blood pressure day” held by The Stroke Association in Westminster. full story |
10 May 2009 : Parliamentary Debate 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. full story |
4 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question
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. full story |
4 May 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of the Defence Act 1842 since 1997. full story |
30 April 2009 : News Release 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. full story |
29 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Leader of the House of Commons to schedule an urgent debate on women's rights. full story |
29 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
27 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Government's position in relation to credit unions which charge excessive rates of interest of up to 27 per cent. full story |
26 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to commit funding for the proposed expansion of the Telford college of arts and technology. full story |
20 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
14 April 2009 : News Release
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”. full story |
1 April 2009 : News Release
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. full story |
1 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
1 April 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health about the monitoring of incidences of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after vaccination. full story |
31 March 2009 : Photo President Obama arrives in Downing Street. full story |
31 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
29 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Defence for an estimate of the cost of the Defence Training Review contract. full story |
29 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
29 March 2009 : Photo
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. full story |
26 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
24 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
24 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Health Secretary to hold discussions with the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust on its reconfiguration of acute services. full story |
24 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question 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. full story |
23 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Criminal Records Bureau to speed up the time taken to conduct vetting checks. full story |
23 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Health, Mark Pritchard asks about representations on state registration for qualified clinical physiologists. full story |
20 March 2009 : News Release Mark Pritchard has met with WSMR Marketing Director, Thomas Ableman, to discuss direct train services from Wellington to London. full story |
20 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary about the Department's Welsh language scheme. full story |
19 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the broadband telecoms market to be opened up to true competition to improve service and cut prices. full story |
19 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question In paying tribute to the work of the Churches Conservation Trust in Shropshire, Mark Pritchard praises its contribution to the promotion of tourism and culture. He calls for the an increase in Government contribution which has been frozen since 2001. full story |
19 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on human rights in China and in particular the case of Shi Weihan which goes to trial tomorrow. full story |
18 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for Health for his assessment of the implications of the decision in the US case of Bailey Banks v. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for his Department's policy on the MMR vaccine. full story |
18 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to commission research into allegations of physical violence against pupils attending madrasas in the UK. full story |
17 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about CRB checks on staff and teachers recruited to work in Muslim schools and Mosques. full story |
17 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to investigate the implications for EU competition regulations of financial subsidies from the French, German and Italian to their car manufacturers. full story |
16 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the ProAct scheme, which helps to subsidise wages and training in many companies in Wales, be extended to England. full story |
16 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether charity, church and local authority funds managed by CCLA Investment Management Ltd are guaranteed or underwritten by the Government. full story |
16 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Mark Pritchard asks about overseas funding, complaints and the number of pupils attending Muslim schools. full story |
12 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls for an urgent debate on the car manufacturing sector as since the January launch of the so-called auto manufacturing rescue package hundreds of car manufacturing jobs have been lost. full story |
12 March 2009 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls on the Secretary of State for Health to ensure that members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation have no financial ties to pharmaceutical companies who provide vaccines. full story |
