ARCHIVE FOR JUNE, 2010
TREDINNICK WINS ELECTION TO INFLUENTIAL HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE
Posted on 29th June 2010 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick, MP for Bosworth, has been elected by other Conservative MPs to serve on the influential Commons Health Select Committee. David Tredinnick said: “The Health Select Committee will be one of the most important in this Parliament because of the changes proposed by the Coalition and the fact that the Health budget is ring-fenced”. [...]
WRONG PLACE FOR COMPOST SITE SAYS MP
Posted on 28th June 2010 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick MP is dismayed at news that the applicant is appealing against the County Council’s decision to refuse permission for an open windrow composting facility near Fenny Drayton. David Tredinnick said, “I really had hoped we’d heard the last of this compost proposal following the County Council’s decision to reject the application but this [...]
MP BATTLES FOR FAIR FUNDING FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Posted on 28th June 2010 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick MP is working with other Members of Parliament to highlight the unfair central education grant system that sees schools in areas such as Leicestershire receive much less funding per pupil. The funding difference between pupils in the county and those in the city of Leicester is now over £600 less per student. The [...]
TREDINNICK QUESTIONS PRIME MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN POLICE
Posted on 15th June 2010 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con): When I recently spoke to soldiers from the Grenadier Guards who had just returned from Afghanistan, they made the point that the Afghan national police equipment is incredibly poor but the police themselves are very good, so will my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister please address that as a key [...]
MP URGES MINISTER OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS TO GIVE GREATER CHOICE FOR ACCRUED PENSION FUNDS
Posted on 15th June 2010 in to David Tredinnick and Parliament
David Tredinnick: Will my hon. Friend be reviewing the rule on annuities? Many people with occupational pensions resent the fact that they have to invest 75% of their accumulated funds in that way and would prefer to put some in other places. Steve Webb: The coalition Government are sympathetic to the idea of giving people [...]

