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1. MP Asks "Who Speaks For NHS Patients?"
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is meeting representatives from the Lancashire LINk organisation this Friday, the 29th May. Lancashire LINk replaced the Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) Forums which the ...
2. Why we need an Iraq Inquiry
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Opposition Day debate on Iraq, called by the Conservatives on 25 March 2009 Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab): My friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) talked about pressure on the ...
3. Shock at Accident and Emergency Figures
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Gordon Prentice today expressed his serious concern at recently published figures which revealed that East Lancs Hospital Trust was at the bottom of the national table for  accident and emergency waiting ...
4. Shock at Accident & Emergency Figures
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Gordon Prentice today expressed his serious concern at recently published figures which revealed that East Lancs Hospital Trust was at the bottom of the national table for  accident and emergency waiting ...
5. Individual Voter Registration
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... of Upstairs Downstairs." "The Government's move is welcome." Note to Editors: A press statement from the Electoral Commission reads: The Electoral Commission welcomes the Government's announcement today ...
6. MP Backs Campaign to Save the Pub
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A UK Pubs Crisis Summit at Westminster tomorrow (Wednesday) will hopefully chart a way to save the great British pub says local MP Gordon Prentice.  It brings togther brewery chiefs, the Campaign for Real ...
7. Review Due on EMA Fiasco
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The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to consider a special review charting the breakdown in the delivery of Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) last year which left thousands of students without ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has today renewed his call for Sir Fred Goodwin to be stripped of his knighthood. He was awarded the knighthood in 2004 for “services to banking”.  The disgraced banker, who ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has called on the government to do more to deal with the menace of uninsured drivers. Speaking from Westminster the MP said: “According to the Motor Insurers Bureau the UK continues ...
10. MP Support for Whitefield School Proposal
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Pendle MP Gordon Prentice has responded to Lancashire County Council’s consultation on the expansion of Whitefield Infant and Lomeshaye Junior Schools, Nelson, which closed on Friday 13 February. In his ...
11. The Play's The Thing
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, wants young people to apply for free or reduced price theatre tickets. The MP said:  “The Department for Culture, Media & Sport are funding an Arts Council England scheme that ...
12. MP Calls for Review of Top Honours
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is calling for an urgent review of the honours system. He claims that people get honours but never seem to lose them except for treason and the most blatant corruption. The ...
13. MP Elected as Ramblers' Champion
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, was yesterday elected as Honorary President of the North East Lancashire Ramblers. Speaking at a packed meeting of Ramblers from all over East Lancashire at yesterday’s AGM ...
14. 163 MPs Back Move to Close Laidlaw Loophole
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Moves to prevent UK tax exiles from bankrolling British political parties are getting huge support from MPs.  Amendments to the Political Parties and Elections Bill, tabled by Pendle MP Gordon Prentice, ...
15. MP Gets Commons Debate on Lobbying
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is to call for a mandatory register of lobbyists in a special adjournment debate that he has been granted next Wednesday (11 February). Speaking from Westminster, the MP said: ...
16. "Real Help" Information Pack Gets Thumbs Up
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MP for Pendle, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the publication of a new booklet outlining what government help is available for people and businesses in Pendle. The MP said “The downturn is having a serious ...
17. Tax Exile Laidlaw to Stop Funding Tories
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed news that the Monaco based millionaire tax exile, Lord Laidlaw, is to stop donating money to the Conservatives until, says the BBC, "issues over tax are resolved". ...
From the Guardian 4 February 2009...Andrew Sparrow, senior political correspondent The Guardian, Wednesday 4 February 2009 08.00 GMT Article history Ministers are under pressure to back a proposal supported ...
19. Dementia Strategy Unveiled
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the Government's new strategy to care for people with dementia.  The MP says it will transform the lives of people with this condition and help their carers. Earlier ...
20. MP Demands Register of Lobbyists
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is calling for a mandatory register of lobbyists which would be set down in Statute and policed by an independent body. The MP’s Commons motion appears on the Order Paper today ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is backing an emergency Commons motion which calls on the BBC and Sky to broadcast an appeal for aid to Gaza.  The Motion, which will appear on the Commons Order Paper tomorrow, ...
22. MP Wins Road Safety Award
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, last night received the Parliamentary National Campaigner of the Year Award from the road safety charity, BRAKE, for his work in campaigning to stop the carnage of young people ...
23. Young Drivers on Course to Advance Skills
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has congratulated Barrowford Parish Council on getting a road safety initiative up and running for 2009.  Funding has been obtained from the local Safety Partnership to allow ...
24. Generals Say No to Trident
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... status in the international military scene is more likely to find expression through effective, strategically mobile conventional forces, capable of taking out pinpoint targets, than through the possession ...
25. Making Saving Pay
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A new savings account, designed for people who have not traditionally put money by for a rainy day, has been welcomed by local MP, Gordon Prentice. The Saving Gateway Accounts Bill, which has its second ...
26. MP Condemns Israeli Onslaught
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has called for an immediate and unconditional end to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Speaking from his office at Westminster, the MP said: "The carnage we have witnessed in Gaza ...
27. Return the Cash says Prentice
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is calling on the Conservatives to return a series of cash donations from a multi millionaire living in the tax haven of Monaco. The MP said: "The breathtaking news that the ...
28. Christmas Card Competition Prizewinners
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Earlier this month Gordon Prentice presented prizes to the winners of his annual Christmas card design competition for Pendle primary schools. The photo below shows (from left to right) winner Emily Spain; ...
29. The Future of the Royal Mail
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today spoke out against any moves to partially privatise the Royal Mail. The Business Minister, Pat McFadden, told the Commons on Tuesday that the Government was persuaded ...
30. Election of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is taking the unusual step of urging Commons Speakers who are thinking of retiring from office, to stand down towards the end of a Parliament rather than at a General Election. ...
31. MP Welcomes County Gritting Review
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the news that Lancashire County Council will be reviewing its gritting operations  following the recent icy conditions in the East of the county. The MP said: “The ...
Thousands of people, including many in Pendle, who entrusted the world’s oldest mutually owned insurance company, Equitable Life, with their savings and whose pensions have, in many cases, been savagely ...
Local MP, Gordon Prentice, is backing plans by the Government to prohibit the display of cigarettes and other tobacco products at the point of sale. He is signed up to a Commons Motion tabled by David ...
34. Christmas Card Prizewinners
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, will be presenting the winners of his annual Christmas card design competition with their prizes this Friday. The competition is open to children in local primary schools and ...
35. Gritting Problems
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Gritting Pendle's icy roads is proving to be a real challenge says local MP, Gordon Prentice. Speaking from his constituency office in Nelson today the MP said many of the town's roads are like skating ...
36. MP Backs Carers' Rights
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Friday 5 December is Carers Rights Day and Pendle MP Gordon Prentice is supporting the call for better information and advice to be made available to carers. The MP said: “Figures from the charity Carers ...
37. Youth Centre Wins Jackpot!
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, was delighted to learn of the success of Nelson’s Leeds Road Youth Centre bid for government funding. The MP said "£1.3 million has been awarded for a new youth and community ...
38. Books for Africa
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has joined over 50 fellow MPs to pledge support for Book Aid International, a charity working in twelve countries of Sub Saharan Africa to increase access to books and promote ...
39. MP Relief at Colne Health Decision
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has expressed his relief at the news that the East Lancashire NHS is bidding to buy the ‘Kwik Save’ site on Craddock Street, Colne, for the long awaited new Colne Health Facility. ...
40. MP Slams Liberata
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Liberata, the back office functions company responsible for the administration of Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs), which recruited 100 employees in Nelson in September and sacked them in October ...
41. MP Backs Warm Homes Campaign
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At a time of rising fuel prices, Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is backing this year’s Warm Homes Campaign which encourages people to apply for energy efficiency grants or advice. Yesterday in the Commons ...
42. Economy Gets Boost from Darling
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, today gave a £20 billion boost to the UK economy to steer it through the global recession which is now hitting employment and businesses everywhere. The ...
43. MP Gets Debate on EMA Fiasco
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The Speaker has granted Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, a special adjournment debate on the Administration of the Education Maintenance Allowance on Tuesday 25 November 2008. The Minister, Jim Knight, is expected ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed the news that Liberata, the back office function company, has forfeited its six year contract to administer Educational Maintenance Allowances which help students ...
45. Cowboy Garages Targeted
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed a new initiative aimed at targeting vehicle servicing and repair garages that carry out unnecessary or shoddy work and often overcharge their customers into the ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the news that over five thousand Child Trust fund Accounts have been opened in Pendle since the scheme was started. But he says more parents locally should be taking ...
47. Post Office Card Account
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed the news that the Government is to keep the Post Office Card Account (POCA) whose future, for the past two years, has been uncertain. In December 2006, Ministers ...
48. Check Up On Your Charity
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is encouraging local people to find out more about the charities they support by using a new online register.  The independent regulator for charities, the Charity Commission, ...
49. MP Wants Straw Moved to Transport
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, hopes Jack Straw will swap his Justice portfolio for Transport in a bid to force a change in Government policy and cut deaths on Britain's roads. Speaking from Nelson this week, ...
50. MP Hails Obama Victory
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed Barack Obama’s election as the 44th President of the United States.  The MP says Obama offers America a new and progressive future after eight years of foreign ...
51. MP Shocked at Increase in Card and Online Fraud
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, is warning people in Pendle that criminals are targeting bank cards and card details more than ever.  Latest figures show an overall increase of 14% in card fraud losses compared ...
52. MP Hails Pension Boost for Women
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... announced that it intended to make such a change by way of an amendment to the Pensions Bill 2007-08. A Department of Work and Pensions Press release of 24 October said: The government will today propose ...
53. MP Hails Pension Boost For Women
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... Government announced that it intended to make such a change by way of an amendment to the Pensions Bill 2007-08. A Department of Work and Pensions Press release of 24 October said: The government will ...
54. Prentice Wants Answers on Student Allowances Chaos
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... The contract to handle EMAs was given to Liberata, a company specialising in providing back office functions for local authorities. Yesterday, the MP pressed Education Minister, Jim Knight, to spell out ...
55. MP Backs Pensioners
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... meet. The MP said the Government had done a huge amount since 1997 but much more still needs to be done. Pensioners from all over the country arrived at Westminster today to press the case for higher ...
Local MP, Gordon Prentice, today expressed concern that, despite more stringent legislation to regulate businesses carrying out body piercing, there is still a one- third chance of complications of some ...
... with the disease.” “Many sufferers have to give up work early. Surveys have shown that people feel less depressed about their condition if they can stay in work but fewer than half say they have been ...
58. MP Welcomes Move to Stabilise Financial Markets
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed moves by the Government to restore confidence in the banking sector by injecting at least £200 billion into the system. Speaking at Westminster earlier today, ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is backing moves by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to get Foundation status, allowing local people a say in how the local NHS is run. Speaking from Westminster today, ...
Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has today written to the new Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, urging him to back proposals for a new graduated licence scheme as "a sure fire way of cutting road deaths". Speaking ...
61. MP Urges Action on Tax Havens
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is pressing for international action to deal with offshore financial centres, or tax havens. The MP claims offshore centres are routinely used by companies and individuals ...
62. MP Calls For Action On Unclaimed Billions
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is demanding action to tackle unclaimed benefits. The MP says that billions of pounds remain unclaimed every year. Speaking from Westminster, the MP said: “We need fresh ...
63. MP Welcomes Increase in Minimum Wage
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed news that the adult National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate is to rise from £5.52 to £5.73. The rate for 18-21 year olds will also increase from £4.60 to £4.77, while ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has ridiculed the decision of the Liberal Democrats to abstain on a crucial vote tonight at Westminster on whether there should be a referendum on the EU (or Lisbon) Treaty. ...
65. MP Calls for End to Hostilities Over Local NHS
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has told Pendle and Burnley Councils to sit down with the local NHS chiefs and discuss their concerns about recent changes to the local health service. The MP says it is in ...
Gordon Prentice has welcomed the news from Health Minister Ann Keen that new NHS training places will be made available to dentistry graduates. The MP said “The number of people studying dentistry is ...
67. "Steady As She Goes" Budget
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today welcomed a Budget which he claims is designed to keep the economy growing and on an even keel. Speaking from Westminster after the Chancellor's statement to the Commons, ...
68. Lib Lord and Lab MP in Rare Double Act
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A move to rid Parliament of tax exiles is being engineered by a Lib Dem peer, Lord Oakshott, and Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, in an unusual double act. Both say they will support the other’s Bill if and ...
69. MP Slams Attempt to Gag Local Press
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One of Pendle's most notorious car parking "enforcers", Matthew Brough, claims he has taken local newspapers to the Press Complaints Commission for allegedly misreporting his links with Effective Car Park ...
70. MP Angered by Post Office Closures
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, reacted with anger and disappointment to the news today that all six of the Post Offices branches in Pendle threatened with the axe are to close despite campaigns across Pendle ...
71. MP Challenges Lib-Dems to Hand Over NHS Dossier
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... without further delay or procrastination says local MP, Gordon Prentice. Speaking from Westminster, the MP said: “Horror stories drawn from this dossier have been appearing in the local press for weeks ...
72. Free Local Bus Travel Goes Countrywide
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the Government's move to extend countrywide free local bus travel for over-60s and disabled people. From 1 April every person over 60 and eligible disabled people ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has asked the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, to order the release of documents relating to the enoblement of Michael Ashcroft, now Lord Ashcroft, in March 2000.  ...
An independent review of the controversial changes to the NHS in East Lancashire has been called for by Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice. He says any review should sound out the views of doctors and medical ...
75. Pendle MP Wants Re-think on 10p Tax Rate
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is calling on the Prime Minister to re-think the abolition of the 10p tax rate which leaves some low income groups worse off than before. The decision to abolish the 10p rate ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is calling on the Government to take urgent steps to ensure the integrity of elections. He says the law must be changed to force every voter to register on the electoral roll. ...
77. MP Slams Council Absence at Key Meeting on NHS
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has slammed Pendle Council for failing to be represented at a key meeting called to discuss the recent changes to the local NHS – including the transfer of blue light A&E from ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has called on the local NHS to demand copies of the so-called "horror stories dossier" from Liberal Democrat Pendle and Burnley councils. The Lib Dem leadership of both councils ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, will be supporting an amendment to the Finance Bill next Monday (28 April) to compensate fully people who have lost out as a result of the abolition of the 10p tax rate. Speaking ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has pledged that all Pendle people who lost out as a result of the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax will be fully compensated and the money they lost will be backdated ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has stepped into the row over the 27 voters registered at 214-216 Manchester Road, Nelson, the home of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary hopeful, Afzal Anwar. The MP has been ...
82. MP Vows Action to Clean Up Elections
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed reports that the Government is prepared to look again at introducing individual voter registration. The BBC reported yesterday that Ministers are considering ...
83. MP Worried About M65 Tailbacks at Colne
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... of the M65. Leading Pendle councillor, Lord Greaves, recently accused Lancashire County Council of dragging its feet, telling the press: "The money for road improvements on the motorway is there and ...
84. MP Says Carnage on Our Roads Must End
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Figures released today by Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, show that hundreds of young people are being killed in car accidents every year where the driver was 21 or under. Speaking from Westminster, the MP ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is pressing Ministers to review the operation and effectiveness of the legislation on dangerous dogs. He says the number of people he sees in Pendle with ferocious looking dogs ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has called on senior and influential figures in the Labour Party to donate the money they make from their memoirs either to the Party or to charity. Speaking from Westminster ...
Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has revealed that the local NHS has received the “dossier of problems” put together and widely publicised by the Liberal Democrats in the run up to the local elections earlier ...
88. New Car Crash Death Figures for East Lancs
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today released figures showing car crash deaths in East Lancashire where the driver was 21 or under. The MP is stepping up his campaign for conditional or graduated driving ...
89. MP Calls for the Return of Dog Licensing
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today urged the Government to bring back dog licensing as one way of keeping ferocious animals in check. The MP spoke out today in the Commons, pressing the Commons business ...
... Human Rights: 42 Days and Public Emergencies) states on page 35: "It remains our view, expressed consistently in previous reports, that the Government has failed to make its case for further extending ...
91. MP Welcomes £255 Million Boost for Carers
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed the wide-ranging support for carers announced today by Health Minister Alan Johnson. Speaking from Westminster the MP commented: “There are some 6 million carers ...
... prior to the dissolution of Parliament against the intentions of the Neill Report and those expressed by all three main parties during the passage of the 2000 Act. Lord Neill chaired the Committee on Standards ...
93. MP Backs Post Office Bid to Keep Card Contract
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...  The MP added: “The Post Office has put in a very competitive bid and I am pressing Ministers to accept it. I have been inundated with letters and post cards from Pendle people who say the card Account ...
94. MP Says Data Loss by Revenue was “Inexcusable”
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has warned the loss of child benefit records by the Revenue and Customs must never happen again. “What happened was inexcusable.” Last year, the personal and bank details of ...
95. Heathrow Chaos Blamed on Bush
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today called on the Government to make a military airport available for Air Force One following the widespread chaos at Heathrow when President Bush arrived with a huge entourage. ...
... from Treasury Minister, Jane Kennedy, meant the amendment was not pressed to a vote. The MP said: “The 10p tax fiasco has badly damaged the Government’s credibility. It is important it is put right.” ...
97. Pendle MP Wishes John Moston Well
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has added his voice to those paying tribute to John Motson who has retired from the BBC after 37 years of reporting. The Commons motion congratulates him for his trademark superlative ...
98. NHS Reforms Must Focus on Quality Outcomes Says MP
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has given his backing to the latest round of NHS reforms which focus on quality of treatment and transparency. But he warns of the dangers of fragmentation as the role of the ...
... sentence came in. Speaking from Westminster, the MP said: "The figures are very impressive. Since the police are clearly giving as much priority to gun crime now as they did a few years ago, the only ...
100. Nuclear Clean Up Costs Soar
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The cost of decommissioning Britain’s older nuclear power stations has soared to over £73 billion and is still rising according to Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice. The MP called today for an urgent debate ...
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