Monthly Archives: January 2011

Protection Of Local Services (Planning) Bill

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1009. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the introduction by the hon. Member for Selby and Ainsty of the Protection of Local Services (Planning) Bill, via the Private Members’ Ballot, with cross-party support; notes that…

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Rights Of Tribal And Indigenous Peoples

Duncan Hames has signed EDM610. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the ratification of International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples by the Central African Republic, the first African country to do…

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MP gets back to nature

Duncan Hames MP joined the pupils and staff of Fitzmaurice Primary School to attend the opening of the Gardening Club’s polytunnel, on the 22nd January.
The polytunnel, built by local volunteers, will be used by the school’s Gardening …

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[Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] – The Army and RAF Lyneham | Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate my neighbour, the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray), on securing the debate and, in particular, on the dexterity and skill that went into securing a 90-minute one, which…

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Snares

Duncan Hames has signed EDM899. Motion reads: “That this House congratulates the League Against Cruel Sports for presenting a petition of over 20,000 signatures to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs calling for an end to the…

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Trident Replacement

Duncan Hames has signed EDM909. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the announcement of a reduction in operational warheads from 160 to 120 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and a delay in the Main Gate decision until 2016; regret…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Health | Commons debates

The NHS Litigation Authority has presented NHS Wiltshire with a bill for more than £3.5 million in clinical negligence scheme payments this year. Nationally, among closed claims, legal fees…

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Duncan joins constituent for Dyslexia Action briefing

Duncan Hames MP joined a local constituent and members of Dyslexia Action for a briefing on the organisation’s intervention research programme, ‘Partnerships in Literacy’, on the 18th January.

According to Dyslexia Action, the evidence of the school partnership programme between schools, …

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Hames meets with local School Council

Duncan Hames MP met with students, staff and parents during his visit to Queen’s Crescent School, Chippenham, on Friday.

Duncan was given a tour of the site by two of the school’s very articulate councillors before joining the school council meeting where …

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NHS: Negligence | Health | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS Trusts that are not primary care trusts are members of the NHS Litigation Authority’s Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts.

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