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 I met with staff and...
Read this entry »Articles written by Craig Whittaker (Con)
HS2 Gets the Green Light
Craig Whittaker MP (Calder Valley) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that the proposed high-speed rail route (HS2) linking London...
Read this entry » Ripponden Civic Dinner and Todmorden Civic Service
Annually I get invited to attend events to support our local Parish Council Chairmen and Town Council Mayors. Recently I had the privilege...
Read this entry » Graduation from Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
As I’ve already said in the previous post, this is an incredible scheme whose criteria means that MP’s need to spend a minimum of 22 days...
Read this entry » Baroness Sayeeda Warsi visits Business Leaders in Calder Valley
We had the privilege of having Baroness Sayeeda Warsi come to the Calder Valley to speak to our Business Leaders. The Baroness spoke and also...
Read this entry » Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visit to Kenya
From Tanzania I travelled to Kenya to finish my year long attachment to the Army. Parliament has an Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme primarily...
Read this entry » Personal Trip to Mwanza, Tanzania
Following on from Singapore I took some personal time out to visit my daughter Sophie who works with Street Children in Mwanza, Tanzania. It...
Read this entry » Education Select Committee visit to Singapore
In Feb. the Education Select Committee travelled to Singapore as part of our enquiry on Attracting, Training and Retaining the best Teachers....
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Christmas
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. If you would like...
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 turn a fast buck for...
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 Fayre. We would like...
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. The campaign was...
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 legislation – we...
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 trusts are membership...
Read this entry »EU Referendum Parliamentary Motion
I have signed the Commons motion calling for a referendum on our relationship with the European...
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