Andrew George MP welcomes Scillies Fuel Rebate Scheme

February 29, 2012

Local MP, Andrew George, will welcome the launch of HM Treasury’s fuel discount pilot scheme when he visits the Scillies this week. The scheme, which is aimed at remote island communities, will come into effect on Thursday (1st March 2012). Mr George has consistently pressed the case for fairer fuel prices and especially for remoter [...]

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Let’s Get Small Business Growth at the Top of the Political Agenda- Watson

February 29, 2012

South West Euro-MP Sir Graham Watson is joining a Europe-wide campaign initiated by his parliamentary group the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament to improve business conditions and opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and create local jobs and economic growth in the process. Europe’s approximately 23 million [...]

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Climate adaptation essential for South West’s prosperity – Watson

February 29, 2012

South West Liberal Democrat MEP Sir Graham Watson, who is Chairman of an international network of MPs and MEPs from all political parties called the Climate Parliament, yesterday delivered the keynote address at the opening of a conference in Brussels entitled “Adapting for tomorrow: opportunities and risks of climate-resilient growth”. The conference will bring together [...]

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Making Health Bill “less bad” is better than nothing

February 27, 2012

Commenting on plans of some Liberal Democrat Peers in the House of Lords bringing forward amendments in this week’s Health Bill debate which would further constrain the impact of the Government’s plans to introduce a market for health care, Liberal Democrat Health Select Committee member, Andrew George MP, welcomed them as “better than nothing”. Mr [...]

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Health Bill – limping to the finish line?

February 27, 2012

Andrew George (MP for the west Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Constituency of St Ives and member of the Health Select Committee) has said that the Health Bill now resembles a Greek tragedy. As there’s now no chance of a dignified withdrawal, he said, “Ministers are caught in a political virility contest endgame in which [...]

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George calls on Government to act now and end supermarkets’ unfair ‘food fight’

February 22, 2012

Andrew George, MP for West Cornwall, St. Ives and Isles of Scilly, is today renewing his calls for the Government to stop wasting time in creating a supermarket watchdog that will regulate big supermarket chains and protect the interests of producers and consumers. The need for a supermarket watchdog was made clear in the Competition [...]

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Tory-led Cornwall Council condemned for “devil in the lack of detail”

February 22, 2012

Cornwall Council’s Liberal Democrat Group have welcomed the adoption of their Council Tax Freeze proposal but have warned about the “devil in the lack of detail”. The Lib Dems had proposed a freeze for local tax payers last November which was reluctantly taken on board by the Council’s Tory-led administration after initial indications they might [...]

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“Are Health Ministers not listening?”

February 21, 2012

Liberal Democrat member of the Health Select Committee, Andrew George, asked Health Ministers to drop the Health and social Care Bill in the House of Commons today. Mr George said, “After all of the debate, the massive opposition is still mounting and the meagre support for the Bill is ebbing away. A more rational process [...]

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PRESSURE MOUNTS ON GOVERNMENT’S HEALTH BILL

February 21, 2012

Liberal Democrat Health Select Committee Member, Andrew George MP, will call on the Health Secretary to drop the beleaguered Health and Social Care Bill today in the House of Commons. Mr George, who has been a consistent critic of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s Health Bill, last month urged the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to drop [...]

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Gathering evidence on Out of Hours Doctor cover concern

February 20, 2012

The MP for the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, is calling upon constituents for information they have about the successes or failings of the Serco Out of Hours GP cover for the region. Mr George has received much individual casework about the length of time constituents have had [...]

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