Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has continued his investigation of abortions in the UK. Mr Amess, an outspoken pro-life campaigner, wrote to the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed in the UK last year where the unborn children in question had cleft lips or palates. Mr Amess received statistics...
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Rochford and Southend East Conservative MP James Duddridge yesterday asked for information on male breast cancer. Mr Duddridge wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office to ask how many men have died from male breast cancer in England and Wales in each year since 2005. The MP received a reply from Karen Dunnell...
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Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge called for confirmation from the Prime Minister yesterday that all ties have been cut with Damian McBride. Mr McBride, ex-advisor to Gordon Brown, was held largely responsible for a leaked internet smear campaign against the Conservatives. The incident brought scandal to the Labour party, which...
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Last week, Liberal Democrat candidate for Southend West Peter Welch sent David Amess a letter asking him to explain various points in his expenses paperwork. This included requests to explain why Mr Amess claimed for more travel expenditure than other MPs from the same area, and what he employed “Westminster Consultancy” for, as this...
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Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has requested information on abortion rates in the East of England region. Mr Amess wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, asking for the figures on how many women and teenaged girls had abortions in each region. He wrote to ask: “what the abortion rate among...
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As the furore over MPs’ expenses rages on, the expenses claimed by local councillors has also come under scrutiny. Councillors, unless they are leaders or deputy leaders of the council, are not paid a salary, whereas MPs are. In Southend, just under half of councillors claimed no expenses at all for both 2007-08 and...
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