Category Archives: Press Releases

Conservatives aim to change plans to help prevent another Shipman case

February 24, 2009 – 3:05 pm

  In the house today Shadow Justice Minister, Henry Bellingham will lead a vote against Government plans to allow Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to appoint medical examiners.  Dame Janet Smith, who chaired the Shipman Inquiry, recently stated that although the Bill is a significant step forward, the only way to stop a repeat of the [...]

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Prime Minister’s Questions: Security Industry

February 11, 2009 – 2:48 pm

Q2. [255801] Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Does the Prime Minister recall that when the Home Office announced 15 months ago that over 7,500 illegal immigrants were working in the security industry—including one who was guarding his car—he and his Ministers announced immediate and tough action? Can he tell the House how many of [...]

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Bellingham: Legal aid litigants hit by penal interest rates

January 28, 2009 – 3:08 pm

 Conservatives have called on the Government to lower the interest rate charged on Legal Aid costs secured on a litigant’s property.   Shadow Justice Minister Henry Bellingham said:   ‘It is totally unacceptable that at a time when interest rates have fallen to an historic low the Government continues to charge a staggering 8% interest [...]

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Tories Press for Compulsory Sales Figures

November 25, 2008 – 3:05 pm

“It is completely unacceptable for Justice Minister Bridget Prentice to tell Parliament that she cannot release to the House the number of Compulsory Orders for sale made by the Courts.”   That was the view of Henry Bellingham MP, Shadow Justice Minister, in response to a recent written parliamentary question, which asked the Minister to [...]

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MP to launch new Norfolk Green Bus

March 28, 2008 – 3:56 pm

28th March 2008:   Henry Bellingham has been asked to help launch a new vehicle for the Norfolk Green Bus fleet.   Norfolk Green have invested nearly half a million pounds in continuing to update their fleet, starting with two 42-seat state-of-the-art buses, with ‘green’ low emission engines   One of the aspects which Henry [...]

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Visit of Mark Simmonds MP, Shadow Health Minister

March 7, 2008 – 6:38 pm

Friday 7th March 2008.   Mark Simmonds, Shadow Minister for Health and MP for Boston & Skegness is the Opposition spokesman on primary care.  He is currently on a tour around the country visiting as many GPs as possible in order to find out what is happening in primary practice and to get an update [...]

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