EU Referendum Parliamentary Motion
I have signed the Commons motion calling for a referendum on our relationship with the European...
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Visit to Greetland Academy
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Greetland Academy, the first primary school in Yorkshire to convert to Academy status. Whilst there...
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I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Surgeries are next available in the new year....
Read this entry » Tackling Metal Theft
Thefts of metal have caused alarm and distress throughout the country. Some people are taking advantage of high prices for metal in order to...
Read this entry » Brighouse ‘Street Surgery’ at the Totally Locally Christmas Fayre
Saturday the 26th of November saw us holding a Street Surgery in Brighouse at the Totally Locally Christmas...
Read this entry » Calder Valley Conservatives 2011-11-21 16:05:23
Surviving Winter is a UK-wide campaign created to encourage individuals to donate to help older and vulnerable people affected by the cold winter....
Read this entry » Weekly Update w/c 14th November 2011
W/c 14th of November has been a quiet week in Parliament because of the short week. A recess was called for part week because of the lack of...
Read this entry » Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Have your say… help to shape the future of your local ambulance service is looking to apply for foundation trust status in 2012. NHS foundation...
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Proposed Changes to Calder Valley’s Constituency Boundaries
The Boundary Commission for England have issued a report in which they propose ways of achieving the Coalition’s objectives of reducing the number of MPs while...
Read this entry »Proposed Changes to Calder Valley’s Constituency Boundaries
The Boundary Commission for England have issued a report in which they propose ways of achieving the Coalition’s objectives of reducing the number of MPs while...
Read this entry »Unemployment
The recent rises in the unemployment figures have caused understandable alarm and despondency. Especially worrying is the fact that 18-24 year olds are particularly...
Read this entry »Fundraising Casino Night with Baroness Bottomley
This enjoyable event, organised by Halifax Conservative Association, raised a lot of money for campaigning. Baroness Bottomley, better known as Virginia Bottomley,...
Read this entry »Microsoft Donating Software to Charities
Do you run or are you involved with a charity that could benefit from this offer from Microsoft? As the email below makes clear, good causes in Calder Valley have...
Read this entry »Ending Child Poverty and Improving Children’s Life Chances
The charity Save the Children hosted a lunch for MPs and others, which I attended, to discuss ways of building a cross-party consensus on breaking the link between...
Read this entry »Supporting Small Businesses
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) represents small firms across the country, supporting them in growing and financing their business, and providing advice in areas...
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