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Buncefield
7 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for a government statement on the progress of the Buncefield inquiry and reconstruction.
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Occupational Pensions
7 December 2006 :
Speech
Mike Penning makes a Commons speech calling on the Chancellor to use unclaimed assets to compensate victims of failed pension schemes.
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Pre-Budget Report
6 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
During the debate on the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report, Mike Penning calls on the Chancellor to accept the parliamentary ombudsman's report about maladministration over failed pensions schemes.
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Falkland Islands
1 December 2006 :
Article for Kings Langley Villager
Last month I mentioned that I was looking forward to a visit to the Falkland Islands.
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Mike Penning: "NHS patients are being fleeced".
30 November 2006 :
Press Release
Hospitals ban mobiles so that they can charge patients up to 75p a minute to use bedside phones.
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Mike Penning: "It's a set up".
27 November 2006 :
Press Release
Hospital Trust hires former Labour PR man's company to conduct 'independent' review of Accident and Emergency closure.
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MP returns from Falklands
24 November 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning visited the Falkland Islands as a guest of the Falklands Islands Government (FIG) on a tour of their remarkable islands.
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MP slams Hewitt in meeting
23 November 2006 :
Press Release
Hemel's MP Mike Penning furiously rounded on Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt at the meeting of the Commons Health Select Committee on Tuesday.
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Penning attacks Hewitt over unequal NHS funding
22 November 2006 :
Article in the Telegraph
Interviewed for an article in the Telegraph, Mike Penning said Hewitt had given "the most complacent, arrogant and patronising evidence I have ever heard."
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Anger at 'Labour bias' in health funds
22 November 2006 :
Article in The Independent
"it's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard." says Mike
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MPs support Alzheimers Society
20 November 2006 :
Press Release
Dacorum's MPs Mike Penning and David Gauke today joined Alzheimers campaigners on a protest walk in Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead.
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MP reacts angrily to hospital announcement
16 November 2006 :
Press Release
"This is an insult to the people of Hemel Hempstead," he said.
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Falkland Islands
16 November 2006 :
Article for Markyate Monthly
I know I am not the first this year to write in the Markyate Monthly about British Territories in the South Atlantic
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Queen's Speech - Health
16 November 2006 :
Speech
In a wide ranging speech in the House of Commons, Mike Penning calls on the Secretary of State to intervene in the Trust's decision and listen to the respondents to the consultation process, 85 per cent of whom want Hemel hospital to remain unchanged.
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Queen's Speech - Health
16 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
Speaking in the House of Commons prior to the announcement, Mike Penning tackled the Government over claims that redundancies in the NHS are being exaggerated.
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MP attempts to juggle 'three planet' lifestyle
8 November 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning supports WWF One Planet Living Campaign.
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MP joins RNID to hand in petition to Downing Street
6 November 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning supports veterans call for justice for deafened veterans.
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Sex Offenders Register
2 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for an urgent debate on whether the sex offenders register is protecting people as it was designed to do.
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Falkland Islands visit
1 November 2006 :
Article for Kings Langley Villager
On 2nd November I will be leaving on a visit to the Falkland Islands.
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MP visits Dacorum Rent Aid
31 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning joined one of his 'charities of the year' Dacorum Rent Aid on CSV 'Make a Difference Day'.
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MPs present hospital petitions to Parliament
26 October 2006 :
Press Release
West Herts Hospital Trust consultation "flawed" and "seeks to damage our local health service" petitioners tell Parliament.
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"The worst year ever in the NHS"
26 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
As West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust considers the closure of Hemel hospital, Mike Penning calls for a House of Commons debate entitled "The worst year ever in the NHS".
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Petitions presented to Parliament
25 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning presents two petitions with over 15,000 signatures collected by Dacorum Hospital Action Group and other local residents calling for Hemel hospital to be saved.
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MP calls for provision of BSL interpreters for visitors to House of Commons
25 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning has called on the Speaker of the House of Commons to provide better services for hard of hearing and visually impaired visitors.
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Mike Penning to visit Falkland Islands
24 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning offers to act as postman for any constituent who has friends or family serving in the Falkland Islands.
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MP condemns school placements that will split families
24 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning condemned Government plans to end automatic placement of siblings in the same school to promote "equal access".
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House of Commons facilities for the hard of hearing or visually impaired
24 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
Mike Penning calls for better facilities for welcoming visitors to the House of Commons who are hard of hearing or visually impaired.
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An inch or two from Diabetes?
23 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning is supporting Diabetes UK's "Measure Up" campaign.
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Mike Penning seeks best South Asian Restaurant for Tiffin Cup 2006.
23 October 2006 :
Press Release
Following last year's success when local restaurant, Bengal Spice, who reached the national final - Mike Penning wants to go one better this year and select the national winner from Hemel Hempstead constituency.
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Mike Penning supports National Will Week
23 October 2006 :
Press Release
A recent survey has shown that up to two thirds of UK residents do not have a will.
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Mike Penning commits to 'Save your 20% campaign'
23 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning has signed up to the Energy Saving Trust's "Commit to Save Your 20%" campaign.
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Mike Penning supports Post Office lobby
23 October 2006 :
Press Release
In rural areas in particular, the Post Office is the "heart of the community"
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Bed Push to Save Hemel Hospital highlights national concerns
15 October 2006 :
Article for Markyate Monthly
On Sunday 8th October I joined with South West Herts MP, David Gauke, to lead a bed push from Hemel to Watford.
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MP calls for more funding for neonatal care
13 October 2006 :
Press Release
MP tells Parliament how parents "have ended up in Yarmouth or Nottingham".
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More and more people with drink and drug problems are being condemned to a life on benefits
12 October 2006 :
Article in the Telegraph
Interviewed for an article in the Telegraph, Mike Penning said "More and more people with drink and drug problems are being condemned to a life on benefits"
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Local MP supports 'The Big Ask' to tackle climate change
12 October 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP highlights the need for a climate change law to be included in the Queen's speech at the opening of Parliament in November.
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Neonatal Care
12 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
During an adjournment debate on neonatal care, Mike Penning raises concerns that parents have to travel long distances to see their babies in special care units and calls for better location of special care units.
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NHS Workforce and Service Development
11 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
During an NHS debate in the House of Commons, Mike Penning highlights the 750 key medical workers who jobs in Hemel Hempstead are under threat.
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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill
10 October 2006 :
Speech
Mike Penning supports the Bill but raises concerns his that the exemptions for Crown immunity go too far.
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My busy recess...!
1 October 2006 :
Article for Kings Langley Villager
During the Parliamentary recess I have taken the opportunity to visit many clubs, groups and other organisations throughout the constituency.
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Cowardly Hewitt visits Hemel...but won't meet hospital campaigners.
29 September 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP condemns Hewitt's "private" visit to Hemel Hempstead to meet "carers and service users".
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Mike Penning supports World's Biggest Coffee Morning
29 September 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP joined MacMillan Cancer Support's fundraising coffee morning.
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Additional NHS funds for 122 Labour Constituencies
22 September 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning MP questions the fairness of NHS funding allocations
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MP joins Battle of Britain Parade
19 September 2006 :
Press Release
Hemel Hempstead's MP, Mike Penning, joined well over 100 members of Herts & Bucks Wing Air Training Corps, and members of the public to mark Battle of Britain Sunday on 17 Sep.
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MPs Hospital Bed-Push, March and Rally
18 September 2006 :
Press Release
Local MPs Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) and David Gauke (South West Herts) are organising with the help of Dacorum Hospital Action Group and others within the local community a protest march from Hemel Hempstead to Watford on Sunday 8th October.
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Mike Penning MP: Threat of restaurant and take-away tax on Dacorum's residents
18 September 2006 :
Press Release
Labour calls for new 'minor taxes' in town hall finance shake-up
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MP opens Phase One of South Hill Centre.
18 September 2006 :
Press Release
Local MP, Mike Penning, opened the Early Years Centre for pre-schoolers in South Hill.
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Letter to the Hemel Hempstead Gazette from Mike Penning
15 September 2006 :
Article
Another Sham Public Consultation
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Help us save Hemel Hospital!
15 September 2006 :
Article for Markyate Monthly
This month I call on all residents of Dacorum to help save Hemel Hospital…so I ask you to put ‘Bed Push’ in your diary for Sunday 8th October 2006 and underline it in red!!
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MP presents cheque to Hospice
1 September 2006 :
Press Release
Mike Penning visited the Hospice of St Francis to present a cheque.
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