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Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
8 May 2009 :
Speech
In a speech in support of the Green Energy Bill, Mike Penning pays tribute to the pioneering work being done in this country and highlights the work of RES based just outside his constituency.
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Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill
6 March 2009 :
Speech
Mike Penning supports a Private Member's Bill to make the payment of Business Rate Relief to small businesses automatic and raises problems faced by businesses whose premises were destroyed by Buncefield still having to pay rates.
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MP calls for action on fly-tipping
12 February 2009 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP has called for more prosecutions for fly-tipping.
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MP condemns 48 hour per week limit for retained firefighters
12 February 2009 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP has condemned European Parliament proposals to abolish the opt-out of the working time directive.
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MP leads top-level meeting on High Street One-Way proposal
19 January 2009 :
Press Release
Mike Penning led local Councillors and Council officials at a meeting with senior Herts Highways engineers to press the urgency of a one-way scheme in the High Street.
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Council Tax Benefits: Hertfordshire
6 November 2008 :
Written Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people he estimates were (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of council tax benefit in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.
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Inheritance Tax
3 November 2008 :
Written Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance is issued by his Department on the application of inheritance tax to individuals who were married outside the UK.
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Welfare Tax Credits: Hertfordshire
28 October 2008 :
Written Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints related to tax credits his Department has received from customers in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each year since their inception.
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Primary Care
16 October 2008 :
Speech
Mike Penning winds up the Primary Care debate on behalf of the opposition raising a number of issues of local concern.
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Mike Penning calls for quick action on local government Icelandic investments
10 October 2008 :
Parliamentary Question
As Herts County Council announces it has £28m in Icelandic banks, Mike Penning calls on the Government to explain how councils such as Hertfordshire are expected to survive.
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