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Hemel MP Mike Penning welcomes Buncefield recommendations
17 July 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning welcomes the Buncefield Investigation's recommendations for a Minister to be given overall charge of major incidents with funds available immediately.
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Economic Reform Debate
17 July 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning welcomes plans to abolish regional assemblies and calls on the Government to let local councils decide their growth needs.
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Ministers for Women (Priorities)
17 July 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for funds for voluntary groups trying to help non-English-speaking women learn English.
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Mike Penning supports Proud of Pubs week
16 July 2007 :
Press Release
Hemel MP Mike Penning dropped in at The Leather Bottle in Leverstock Green on Friday 13th July as publicans across the country celebrated Proud of Pubs Week.
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Armed Forces - Homelessness
16 July 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning tackles the Secretary of State for Defence over the disproportionate representation of ex-forces among the homeless in London.
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Children, Schools and Families Debate
10 July 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning raises concerns that raising the school leaving age could have repercussions for armed forces recruitment.
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Flooding (England)
9 July 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During a debate following the government statement on the recent flooding in the north of England, Mike Penning calls on the Secretary of State to look at the work of loss adjusters following local experience after Buncefield.
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Mike Penning welcomes Luton Airport climbdown
6 July 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning welcomes the announcement by London Luton Operations Limited that they have withdrawn their draft 'Master Plan'.
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Mike Penning visits Robin Hood House
6 July 2007 :
Press Release
MP praises staff at Little Gaddesden care home.
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Mike Penning MP promoted to Shadow Minister for Health
5 July 2007 :
Press Release
Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, has invited Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning to join the shadow front benches.
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Mike Penning MP: Judicial review - the fight will go on
5 July 2007 :
Press Release
A defiant Mike Penning MP reacts to the failure of the legal challenge by Dacorum Hospital Action Group.
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Kosovo
27 June 2007 :
Speech
During a debate on the future status of Kosovo, Mike Penning pays tribute to NATO forces and calls on the Government to put pressure on the US not to impose a solution on the Balkans but instead work towards a negotiated agreement.
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MP calls on Attorney General to appeal paedophile sentence
25 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning has called on the Attorney General to appeal a sentence handed out to a man who raped a 10-year-old girl.
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Police should have taken action on demo
25 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP has reacted angrily to police inaction at the weekend demonstration in London against our country.
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MP calls for action over assaults on emergency workers
22 June 2007 :
Press Release
Figures obtained by Mike Penning using the Freedom of Information Act show that only 1 in 1000 assaults on hospital staff result in prosecution.
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MPs condemn Government policy on gypsy and traveller sites in Herts
21 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning joined other Hertfordshire MPs in calling for a rethink on proposals for new gypsy and traveller sites in the county.
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Gypsies and Travellers (Hertfordshire)
20 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning takes part in a Parliamentary debate on provision for gypsies and travellers in Hertfordshire.
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Private Roads
19 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
MP calls for Government money to maintain roads that had not been adopted when New Town Corporation handed over to local council.
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Defence Questions: Social Housing
18 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During questions to the Secretary of State for Defence, Mike Penning calls for the Royal British Legion to get better information from the forces about servicemen who leave so that they can assist with benfits and housing.
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MP calls for better food for our soldiers
14 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning has called for better food for our soldiers as families reveal they are sending out high-protein foods as our soldiers are not being properly fed.
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A Dogs Dinner
14 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning raises a Point of Order in the House of Commons querying why when he tabled written questions asking for the cost of feeding army dogs the MoD couldn't answer, yet a journalist was given the answer by telephone in 15 minutes.
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Deafened Service Veterans
12 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning condemns the treatment of war veterans who suffer from noise-induced hearing loss as a direct result of their service.
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MP welcomes Lords backing for Dexion 'Lifeboat Scheme'
11 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning has welcomed House of Lords amendment to the Pensions Bill to create 'lifeboat fund'.
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Local MP backs campaign for UK's six million carers
11 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP has teamed up with former Miss Great Britain, Preeti Desai, and pledged his support for Carers Week 2007 (11-17th June).
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MP furious at health trust plans to sell hospital site.
7 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning calls for an urgent statement from the Government.
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Hemel Hospital
7 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for Secretary of State for Health to explain plans to bulldoze Hemel's brand new hospital
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MP tackles Minister over 'Financial Assistance Scheme' payouts
5 June 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning continues to fight for Dexion pensioners to get their full pensions entitlement from the Financial Assistance Scheme.
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Financial Assistance Scheme
4 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During questions to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Mike Penning tackles the Minister about the number of beneficiaries of the FAS who are getting their full entitlement.
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Mike Penning’s Parliamentary Diary
1 June 2007 :
Article for Kings Langley Villager
You may recall from my last 'Diary' I have called for a debate on leniency in sentencing guidelines.
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Attorney General refuses to appeal 'toddler fight' sentences
18 May 2007 :
Press Release
Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, told Mike Penning today that he will not review the sentences given out in the 'toddler fight' case.
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Mike Penning visits interactive safety centre, Hazard Alley
18 May 2007 :
Press Release
Hemel MP Mike Penning visits Hazard Alley at the Safety Centre at Milton Keynes
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MP pays tribute to outgoing Mayor
17 May 2007 :
Press Release
Hemel MP Mike Penning pays tribute to retiring Mayor Catherine Appleby and welcomes the election of new Mayor of Dacorum, Cllr Brian Ayling.
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Buncefield
17 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
MP calls for a government statement on the progress of the Buncefield inquiry and future plans for the area.
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Post Office Closures
17 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During a debate about plans to close 2,500 Mike Penning condemns the consultation period as being too short and calls for sub-postmasters to be able to speak out this time.
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Medical Training Application Service
16 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
As the Medical Training Application Service - the new application system for junior doctors - is ditched by the Government, Mike Penning calls on the Health Secretary to resign.
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Young People of the Year
15 May 2007 :
Press Release
Mike meets Hemel finalists in the Hertfordshire Police Authority Youth Community Safety Award 2007
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Northern Ireland
9 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
On a day when the House of Commons welcomes the historic changes taking place in Northern Ireland, Mike pays tribute to the servicemen and women who served there and calls for the family of Capt. Robert Nairac to be told what happened to his remains.
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MP welcomes local election results
6 May 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, has congratulated all the Conservative candidates on their landslide election win in the local elections.
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No jobs for NHS-trained doctors - time for Health Secretary to go
2 May 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning condemns the situation where NHS-trained doctors are being forced to leave the NHS and calls on the Secretary of State to resign.
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Medical Training Application Service
1 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Following the Health Secretary's statement about security breaches of the medical training application service, Mike Penning condemns the distrust in the system that will result in large numbers of NHS-trained doctors being forced to leave the NHS.
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Parliamentary Diary
1 May 2007 :
Article for Kings Langley Villager
I am delighted that the judicial review is to go ahead.
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MP calls for debate on sentencing
26 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for a debate on leniency in sentencing guidelines following the 'toddler fighting' case.
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Defence in the UK (Housing)
25 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning condemns the Government for bad planning. He cites an example where new housing has had to be built after nearby married quarters was sold off.
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Modernising Medical Careers
24 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During a debate on the problems facing junior doctors looking for work, Mike Penning condemns NHS proposals to 'send them on VSO' as only delaying the problem.
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Mike Penning MP calls on Attorney General to appeal sentence
23 April 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning condemns lenient sentences handed to mother and family of toddlers incited to fight like dogs.
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Financial Assistance Scheme
23 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning speaks up for Dexion pensioners who, as non-union members, were not represented at meetings between the Government and the unions to discuss the pensions crisis.
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MP condemns plans for thousands of new homes without the necessary infrastructure
19 April 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning spoke in a Parliamentary Debate called by St Albans' MP, Anne Main yesterday.
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Penning disappointed at Labour MPs' lack of support for Dexion pensioners
19 April 2007 :
Press Release
Pension Protection Lifeboat Fund amendment lost by 22 votes.
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NHS Trust Accounts
19 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls on the Health Secretary to tell MPs why so many hospital trust boards are refusing to sign off their accounts.
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Pensions Bill
18 April 2007 :
Speech
Mike Penning makes a moving speech on behalf of the Dexion Pensioners and calls on MPs of all parties to support the 'lifeboat' amendment to the Pensions Bill.
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