James Duddridge, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, has expressed his delight at having 500 followers on social networking site Twitter. Twitter is a micro-blogging social media site, in which members have a profile, are able to follow each other, and must write status updates and messages using 140 characters or less....
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James Duddridge, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, has said that he is ‘delighted’ that the controversial Home Information Packs (HIPs) will be banned. HIPs were brought in by the Housing Act 2004. A HIP was a document which was to be provided before a property could be placed on the market...
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James Duddridge, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, has been given a role as a Lord Commissioner; a party Whip in the new Coalition government. A whip is an official role within a party. Whips enforce uniform voting on particular issues from the MPs. The role will mean that Mr Duddridge is...
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Rochford and Southend East Conservative MP James Duddridge has spoken out on the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition formed on Tuesday. Mr Duddridge, who won his seat in Rochford and Southend East with a majority of 11,000, told the Echo today: “It’s an interesting time to be an MP, whatever happens. “People think we spend all...
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By Rachel Charman Southend Borough Council’s chief executive Rob Tinlin has stressed the importance of the 2011 census to funding for Southend. The National Census will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011. At the last census in 2001, it is believed that Southend’s population was undercounted by up to 17,000 people. The Council...
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By Rachel Charman The report from the public consultation on MPs’ expenses, led by Sir Ian Kennedy’s Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority was released yesterday. The report recommends that MPs living within commuting distance of Westminster will no longer be able to claim expenses for a second home. Those outside commuting distance are allowed to...
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By Rachel Charman Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge has asked questions in Parliament about the support for armed forces veterans with mental health care needs. In a Parliamentary debate yesterday, Mr Duddridge asked Kevan Jones, Parliamentary under secretary for veterans at the MOD: “What recent assessment he has made of...
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By Rachel Charman Rochford and Southend East Conservative MP James Duddridge has continued his campaign against Home Information Packs (HIPs). Mr Duddridge has raised various objections to HIPs in the past since their introduction in 2007. In a Parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Mr Duddridge asked Ian Austin, Minister of State for Regional Affairs: “If...
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By Rachel Charman Rochford and Southend East Conservative MP James Duddridge yesterday enquired into illegal drugs sold in Southend by people of Somalian origin. Mr Duddridge yesterday addressed his question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department Alan Johnson. He wrote: “to ask what assessment he has made of the trends in...
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Residents of Foulness and the surrounding area are opposing James Duddridge’s call for the noise limit to be raised. In Parliament this week Mr Duddridge, Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, asked the Defence Minister to raise the noise limit that prevents military trainees from detonating bombs during exercises at the QinetiQ testing...
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