October 23, 2008 – 3:11 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Further to the Minister’s statement yesterday on small businesses, does he agree that a consensus is emerging that the public sector could make a real difference to small and medium-sized enterprises if the entire public sector paid its invoices on time? Will the Minister confirm that central Government, local [...]
October 22, 2008 – 3:09 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Does the Economic Secretary agree that sub-post offices are among the most important family-run businesses in both urban and rural areas? Does he also agree that as many of our constituents are currently moving money into safe post office and national savings accounts, now is not the time to [...]
October 21, 2008 – 3:16 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what plans she has to increase the number of women entrepreneurs. [228323] Maria Eagle: We published our Enterprise Strategy in March this year. It sets out the Government’s plans to encourage women to start-up and grow their own businesses, including: Setting up a fund providing [...]
October 20, 2008 – 3:08 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): May I refer the Secretary of State back to the Post Office card account? Surely a time of banking crisis, when more and more of our constituents are looking to safe deposits and the Post Office and National Savings, is not the time to threaten the future of the [...]
October 17, 2008 – 3:15 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when his Department expects to publish its substantive response to its consultation on Confidence and confidentiality: openness in family courts – a new approach. [227311] Bridget Prentice: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1031W, to the [...]
October 17, 2008 – 2:47 pm
North West Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham vowed to write to the Transport Minister in a bid to improve an A47 Junction. Mr Bellingham met with more than 60 campaigners by the roadside yesterday, where he was given a petition for new safety measures at the crossing point of Broadend Road, which contained nearly 2,000 [...]