Local News
- 8th May 2006
Mike Penning joins Harbour Lights Scuba Diving Club and learns about their environmental project, Operation Spiny Spider Crab. read more »
- 5th May 2006
Secret Government U-turn on poisonous chemicals permitted in our water supply. read more »
- 5th May 2006
Mike Penning hosted the launch of Kids Count – a grass-roots think tank aiming to find practical solutions to the broad spectrum of issues that affect children and young people in urban and rural communities. read more »
- 2nd May 2006
As Hertfordshire’s firefighters vote by 8 to 1 in favour of a fire strike, the Government must act to provide military cover to protect the people of Hemel Hempstead and other Herts towns. read more »
- 29th April 2006
Mike Penning has tabled a motion in the House of Commons condemning the NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommendation that new inhaled insulin treatment for diabetes patients should not be available on the NHS. read more »
- 29th April 2006
Mike Penning has tabled a motion in the House of Commons supporting the Royal College of Nursing’s ‘Keep Nurses Working, Keep Patients Safe’ campaign. read more »
- 27th April 2006
Mike Penning joins front-line NHS nurses in criticising Patricia Hewitt’s running of the NHS. read more »
- 25th April 2006
West Hertfordshire MPs, Mike Penning and David Gauke, have criticised the Government for failing to provide military cover to Hertfordshire in the event that local fire fighters go on strike. read more »
- 21st April 2006
Mike Penning calls on the Government to make an urgent statement on the situation at Hemel Hempstead hospital. read more »
- 21st April 2006
Mike Penning, calls for the Flag of St George to be flown from public buildings in England on St George’s Day. read more »