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Archive 7

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Robert Jones

17 April 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning pays tribute to Hemel's former MP, Robert Jones. | more

Modernising Medical Careers

16 April 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning questions Health Secretary over who will pay for failure of scoring system. | more

Defence Secretary Statement

16 April 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning condemns Defence Secretary giving protracted answers in order to use up the limited time given to MP's questions and raises concerns about the difficult decision faced by the Marines captain on the scene. | more

Mental Health Bill

16 April 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning condemns the closure of wards such as St Julian's ward in St Albans and calls for more units providing mental health services to open. | more

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MP calls for fresh start at schools

4 April 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning calls on schools to hold a competition to name new, combined, school in Chaulden. | more

Parliamentary Diary

1 April 2007 : Article for Kings Langley Villager

As Parliament breaks up for Easter Recess I thought you might like to know what your elected representative has been up to! | more

Bullying (Armed Forces)

26 March 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

During Defence Questions, Mike Penning raises concerns about a reported increase in soldiers going absent without leave and asks if this is because of bullying or because the forces are being stretched too far. | more

Mike Penning: "Not enough in budget to help Dexion Pensioners"

23 March 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning joined Dexion pensioners campaigning outside the Houses of Parliament on budget day. | more

MP welcomes High Court decision on judicial review

22 March 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has welcomed today's decision that the legal challenge to closure of Hemels A&E can go ahead. | more

Mike Penning visits Netball Coaching Centre

17 March 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning had his eye on the ball when he paid a visit to the highly successful Shelley Netball Local Coaching Centre at Longdean School Sports Centre on Wednesday evening. | more

MP calls for action over assaults on emergency workers

14 March 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has tabled a motion in the House of Commons calling for the Government to do more to protect our emergency workers. | more

Hemel Hempstead hospital

12 March 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning calls for Health Ministers to clarify position over promised 'surgicentre' if hospital is closed, given that health trust Chief Exec says it isn't going ahead. | more

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NHS Deficits

12 March 2007 : Speech

In a debate on the findings of the Health Select Committee investigation into NHS deficits, Mike Penning highlights the unfair funding formula which is weighted too heavily on 'deprivation' and not on other contributing factors such as 'age'. | more

MPs call for action on Buncefield

9 March 2007 : Press Release

Local MP, Mike Penning, took Conservative Shadow Minister for Energy, Science and Technology Charles Hendry MP on a guided tour of the area surrounding the Buncefield Oil Depot | more

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Contaminated blood products

8 March 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning calls for a debate on contaminated blood products and the possible conflict of interests for the then Minister for Public Health by virtue of the fact that her husband was working for one of the companies implicated in the scandal. | more

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Mike Penning supports polygraph testing of sex offenders

1 March 2007 : Press Release

Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, Mike Penning supported a pilot for mandatory polygraph testing of sex offenders on licence in the community. | more

Creating sustainable communities

1 March 2007 : Article for Kings Langley Villager

In January my colleague, Nick Hurd MP, introduced a private member's 'Sustainable Communities Bill' into the House of Commons. | more

Offender Management Bill

28 February 2007 : Speech

Mike Penning welcomes polygraph testing of sex offenders on licence in the community, but is concerned that if a sex offender intrinsically believes that what he does is not wrong will this affect the results of a polygraph test? | more

Football premiership ticket prices

22 February 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning calls for a debate to discuss how to keep the working class involved in football, rather than being priced out of their game. | more

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Occupational Pensions

22 February 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Following the court ruling on the Government's response to the ombudsman's report concerning the security of final salary occupational pension schemes, Mike Penning condemned yet further delays and called for the government to speed up the process. | more

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Public Health

22 February 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning condemns cuts that will mean redundancies for district nurses. | more

Mike Penning condemns government's NHS spending formula

22 February 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has yet again condemned the formula used by the government to allocate funds to local NHS Trusts which gives Dacorum £400 less per head than the Health Secretary's constituency. | more

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Acute Hospital Services

21 February 2007 : Speech

In a major speech in the House of Commons, Mike Penning condemns the government for spending £400 less per head on healthcare in Dacorum than in the constituency of the Health Secretary. | more

Acute Hospital Services - Consultation

21 February 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning challenges Hewitt's incredible statement that "The consultation process is absolutely real." | more

MP calls for Government to scrap road charging plans

19 February 2007 : Press Release

Hemel MP Mike Penning has taken a lead in condemning the Government's plans to introduce road charging by tabling an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons today. | more

Creating sustainable communities

16 February 2007 : Article for Markyate Monthly

Last month my colleague, Nick Hurd MP, introduced a private member's 'Sustainable Communities Bill' into the House of Commons. | more

MP in call for Inheritance Tax Debate

9 February 2007 : Press Release

Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, Hemel MP Mike Penning called on the Government to permit a debate on the "nasty and abhorrent inheritance tax". | more

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School closures: MP meets with Minister

6 February 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has met with Schools Minister, Jim Knight, to discuss the future of Hemel's threatened primary schools. | more

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Meeting with Minister casts doubt on the long term position of siblings at Hertfordshire schools

6 February 2007 : Press Release

The long term prospects for partially selective schools being able to maintain priority for siblings in their admissions policies looks grim | more

East of England Plan – it affects all of us

1 February 2007 : Article for Kings Langley Villager

Just before Christmas a government minister made a statement about the East of England Plan. | more

Labour ducks death tax debate

31 January 2007 : Article

Article in Daily Express | more

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NHS email - "morally and ethically wrong" says MP

29 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning shocked at NHS email telling doctors and nurses to save £2.50 a day. | more

Mike Penning: C.difficile - Government "took its eye off the ball"

27 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has condemned the Government for being too dependent on targets in trying to combat hospital-acquired infections. | more

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Armed Forces Welfare Packages

25 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning calls for a Commons debate on armed forces welfare packages for our servicemen and women serving abroad. | more

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Dexion Pensions: Penning calls on Government to recognise that it is fighting a losing battle

25 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning comments on today's European Court of Justice Judgement on Pensions. | more

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Alzheimer's Disease (Drugs)

25 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning presents a petition to Parliament from Dacorum residents condemning the NICE decision to restrict NHS prescriptions for Alzheimer's drugs. | more

Health Care-acquired Infections

23 January 2007 : Speech

Mike Penning calls on the Government to do more to tackle MRSA and other infections in our hospitals. He calls for health staff to have responsibility over cleaning so that they can recall cleaners if the job is not done to their satisfaction. | more

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School closures: MP calls for urgent meeting with Minister

19 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning seeks government funding for schools until negotiations over new homes proposal are complete. | more

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Penning backs Sustainable Communities Bill

19 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has given his support to a new law to give power back to local communities. | more

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PM won't step in to save Hemel hospital

17 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning got a rare chance to question the Prime Minister directly during Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons. | more

Defence Training Review

17 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

In response to the Secretary of State for Defence's statement on the Defence Training Review, Mike Penning calls for more explanation behind the decision. | more

Pensions Bill

16 January 2007 : Speech

Mike Penning welcomes the Bill, but warns that the Government must restore public trust in pensions which cannot happen until it accepts the ombudsman's report on maladministration. | more

Mike discusses the West Lothian Question on Radio 2

16 January 2007 : Radio

Listen to Mike on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show. | more

East of England Plan – it affects all of us

16 January 2007 : Article for Markyate Monthly

Just before Christmas a government minister made a statement about the East of England Plan. | more

MP calls for independent review of hospital "reconfiguration"

15 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has written to Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, calling for her to refer hospital "reconfiguration" to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. | more

MP congratulates Hemel nominee for Tiffin Cup 2007

15 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning visited Chutneys Indian Cuisine, 79-81 Waterhouse on Friday which has been voted best South Asian restaurant in Hemel Hempstead constituency and now goes through to the national round of the Tiffin Cup. | more

MP calls for more democracy

12 January 2007 : Press Release

Mike Penning has condemned the rising powers of unelected quangos and Regional Assemblies. | more

MP in call for more accountability

11 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

In the House of Commons today, Mike Penning called for more democracy in respect of quangos and regional assemblies, highlighting the East of England Development Agency proposal for thousands of new homes which local councils are powerless to oppose. | more

Community Maternity Services debate

10 January 2007 : Parliamentary Debate

Mike Penning calls on the Secretary of State for Health to re-open the midwife-led birthing unit at Hemel Hempstead. | more

New website

1 January 2007 : Article for Kings Langley Villager

To be a good Member of Parliament, it is important that I listen to the people who live in my constituency. | more

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