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Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole |
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| Annette Brooke | <info@middorsetlibdems.org.uk> | 29th August 2008 |
20 Most Recent Stories From Annette Brooke's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)Tue 22nd Jul 2008: Children: Employment | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress he has made in updating regulations and guidance on child employment; and if he will make a statement. SATs Testing | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates. Head teachers have reported the need to check their SATs results against the teachers' assessments. I thought that the purpose of the national tests was to check the teachers' assessments. Is it... Housing (Disabled Children) | Westminster Hall debates. I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate, and I concur with her about the difficulties with two-tier authorities. Does she agree that some problems are made worse by the... Mon 21st Jul 2008: Bercow Review | Bill Presented | Commons debates. I congratulate the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) not only on his review and his leadership, but on the persistence with which he has raised these issues since his election to... Wed 16th Jul 2008: Microfinance | International Development | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department is giving to microfinance initiatives in developing countries. Mon 14th Jul 2008: Children: Disabled | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department issues to local authorities (a) on the status of a disabled child whilst in short-term respite care... Tue 1st Jul 2008: Extended Schools | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what (a) numerical and (b) core offer targets his Department has set to increase the number of extended (i) primary and... Mon 30th Jun 2008: Literacy | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what representations he has received on the literacy goals for the early years foundation stage. Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations | Defence | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what mechanisms are in place to monitor the adequacy of equipment deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. In what ways can the Secretary of State encourage grammar schools to support secondary modern schools in the same local authority if those secondary modern schools, not surprisingly, happen to... Tue 24th Jun 2008: Social Workers: Manpower | Health | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase the number of practising social workers. Mon 23rd Jun 2008: Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques | Justice | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will publish the report of the review of restraint of young people in the secure estate. Thu 19th Jun 2008: Paramedical Staff | Health | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of paramedics qualifying in 2007 who have not been employed by the NHS. [Ann Winterton in the Chair] - Deprivation/Child Poverty | Westminster Hall debates. I simply think that they are worth considering. Sweden, for example, does have issues relating to ethnic minorities; perhaps those countries have some of the same problems that we have here.... [Ann Winterton in the Chair] - Deprivation/Child Poverty | Westminster Hall debates. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there are plenty of them. The Liberal Democrats are proud to have signed up to the child poverty targets. That is not a vacuous promise. I felt that the... [Ann Winterton in the Chair] - Deprivation/Child Poverty | Westminster Hall debates. Thank you, Lady Winterton. I welcome this first opportunity to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the Works and Pensions Committee on its extensive report, "The Best Start in Life?",... Wed 18th Jun 2008: Educational Visits: Safety | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the recommendations of the report into the Glenridding Beck tragedy have been... Mon 16th Jun 2008: Education: Children in Care | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on allocating personal education allowances to improve outcomes of... Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords] | Orders of the Day | Commons debates. I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I understand the point that we do not want people doing this just for money; it has to be more than that. On the other hand, I hope we can make... Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords] | Orders of the Day | Commons debates. I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I shall certainly come on to that point, but at this stage I shall just say that independent advocacy is particularly important for those severely... Earlier Stories Complete archive on the official site.
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