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Robert Jones
17 April 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning pays tribute to Hemel's former MP, Robert Jones.
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Modernising Medical Careers
16 April 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning questions Health Secretary over who will pay for failure of scoring system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Public Health
22 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning condemns cuts that will mean redundancies for district nurses.
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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.
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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.
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Acute Hospital Services - Consultation
21 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning challenges Hewitt's incredible statement that "The consultation process is absolutely real."
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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
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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.
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Labour ducks death tax debate
31 January 2007 :
Article
Article in Daily Express
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mike discusses the West Lothian Question on Radio 2
16 January 2007 :
Radio
Listen to Mike on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MP calls for more democracy
12 January 2007 :
Press Release
Mike Penning has condemned the rising powers of unelected quangos and Regional Assemblies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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