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We must tread carefully on Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

Press Release
25 March 2008
Anne Main comments on the upcoming debate on the Government’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
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Genito-Urinary Medicine: Waiting Lists

Parliamentary Question
20 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health about the percentage of GUM-clinic patients offered an appointment within 48 hours.
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PM backs Secretary of State’s attempt to gag coroners

Press Release
20 March 2008
Anne Main challenged the Prime Minister yesterday to ensure that the verdicts of coroners are not diluted by the government
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Free chess a good move

Press Release
20 March 2008
Anne Main has today written to all schools in the St Albans constituency to encourage them to take advantage of an English Chess Federation scheme to provide free chess sets to schools.
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[Gypsy and Traveller sites] EERA small print means ever-increasing pitch numbers

Press Release
20 March 2008
Anne Main has today highlighted small print in EERA’s consultation documents which shows that, beyond 2011, St Albans would be expected to provide an additional 3% more pitches for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation each year,
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Post Office cuts should have been put on hold

Press Release
20 March 2008
Following yesterday’s Opposition Day debate on Post Office closures, Anne Main has expressed disappointment that the Government refused to put proposed Post Office network closures on hold.
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Prime Minister's Question Time

Parliamentary Question
19 March 2008
Anne Main calls on the PM to stop his colleagues trying to gag the coroners in Captain Philippson case.
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Departmental Property: N Ireland

Parliamentary Question
19 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland about the number of residential properties owned by his Department.
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Departmental Property: DEFRA

Parliamentary Question
19 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the number of residential properties owned by his Department.
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Departmental Property: Scotland

Parliamentary Question
18 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Scotland about the number of residential properties owned by his Department.
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Departmental Property: Defence

Parliamentary Question
18 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Defence about the number of residential properties owned by his Department.
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Air Pollution: East of England

Parliamentary Question
17 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funds each local authority in the East of England has received from the Department’s air quality grant programme.
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Air Pollution: East of England

Parliamentary Question
17 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many areas formerly designated as air quality management areas have had that designation lifted in each year since 1997.
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Departmental Property: Health

Parliamentary Question
17 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Health Secretary about the number of residential properties owned by his Department.
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Departmental Property: Home Office

Parliamentary Question
17 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Home Secretary about the number of residential properties owned by her Department.
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IT Projects

Parliamentary Question
17 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on IT projects in 2007-08.
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Departmental Property
Parliamentary Question
14 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about residential properties owned by her Department.
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Departmental Property: FCO

Parliamentary Questino
13 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Foreign Secretary about residential properties owned by his Department.
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Anne Main: Minister accepts MD sufferers are being failed by system

Press Release
13 March 2008
Yesterday, Anne Main, MP for St Albans, secured a debate to challenge the Health Minister, Ivan Lewis, on the provision of services for sufferers of Dry Macular Degeneration (MD).
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Dry Macular Degeneration

Speech
12 March 2008
Anne Main leads a debate on the provision of support and equipment for sufferers of macular degeneration - the leading cause of vision loss in people over 65 in the UK.
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Reopening of Buncefield is insensitive

Press Release
12 March 2008
Anne Main comments on the announcement that BP is to recommence operations at the Buncefield Oil Terminal site.
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Departmental Property
Parliamentary Question
12 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about residential properties owned by his Department.
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Departmental Property: Justice

Parliamentary Question
12 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Justice about residential properties owned by his Department.
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Gypsy and Traveller pitches: £46,000 of tax payers’ money wasted on consultations

Press Release
11 March 2008
Anne Main has today expressed concern at Government figures which show the real cost of consultations conducted into the revised totals for Gypsy and Traveller pitches in the East of England.
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Taking pictures in the Chamber is unacceptable

Press Release
11 March 2008
Anne Main calls a point of order to protest to the Deputy Speaker over the taking of photographs in the Chamber of the House of Commons.
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Chlamydia: Screening

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health which PCTs met their targets for chlamydia screening.
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General Practitioners: Contracts

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health for a breakdown by PCT of the cost of delivery of the new GP contract.
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Education Maintenance Allowance

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
In a question to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Anne Main asks how many young people not resident in the UK are receiving the education maintenance allowance.
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Education Maintenance Allowance: Fraud

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about the number of fraudulent claims of education maintenance allowance.
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Foreign Workers: Restaurants

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Home Secretary for as assessment of the likely effects of a points-based immigration system on recruitment in the restaurant industry.
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Departmental Property

Parliamentary Question
11 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about residential properties owned by his Department.
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Regional Planning and Development: Travelling People

Parliamentary Question
10 March 2008
Anne Main questions the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about the cost of consultations on the provision of Gypsy and Traveller accommodation in the East of England.
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Departmental Property
Parliamentary Question
10 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about residential properties owned by his Department.
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EU referendum: Joint statement by Anne Main MP and Peter Lilley MP

Press Release
10 March 2008
Anne Main and Peter Lilley, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, have today issued a joint statement on the vote taken last week for a referendum on the EU Treaty.
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Departmental Property

Parliamentary Question
7 March 2008
Anne Main asks about the number of residential properties owned by the Wales Office
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Dental Services

Parliamentary Question
6 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices have had to suspend NHS dentistry before the end of the current financial year due to budgetary constraints.
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Dental Services

Parliamentary Question
6 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health for an assessment of NHS dentistry provision in Hertfordshire.
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Anne Main calls on Minister for the Armed Forces to retract comments and apologise

Press Release
6 March 2008
Anne Main has today called upon the Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, to retract comments made following the Coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of the death of Captain James Philippson, and apologise to his family.
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European Union (Amendment) Bill

Parliamentary Debate
5 March 2008
Anne Main challenges the Liberal Democrat spokesman over his party's position on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
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Council Housing: Sales

Parliamentary Question
5 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about central government receipts from council house sales.
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Air Pollution: East of England

Parliamentary Question
4 March 2008
Anne Main asks the of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about air quality management areas in the east of England.
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Air Pollution: Health Hazards

Parliamentary Question
4 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Health Secretary for an assessment of the levels of respiratory diseases in areas which are subjected to air quality management orders.
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Air Pollution: Hertfordshire

Parliamentary Question
4 March 2008
In a written question, Anne Main asks the of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about air quality in St Albans.
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Primary Care Trusts: Agency Nurses

Parliamentary Question
4 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Health Secretary about the number of agency nursing staff employed in each PCT.
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Consultants

Parliamentary Question
4 March 2008
Anne Main questions the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about the employment of and costs of consultants in the EEDA over the last three years.
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British Nationality: Assessments

Parliamentary Question
3 March 2008
Anne Main asks the Home Secretary about the numbers of people taking citizenship tests over the last three years.
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St Albans can benefit from the Olympics

Press Release
3 March 2008
Anne Main calls upon local organisations to ensure that the city benefits as much as possible from the Olympic project.
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Welsh Affairs

Speech
28 February 2008
Speaking in the so-called 'St. David's Day debate', Anne Main calls on the Government to deliver on its promise of scrutiny committees for regional Ministers including those representing Wales.
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Child Support Agency Office

Parliamentary Question
28 February 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last visited a Child Support Agency office.
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Landfill Tax: Hertfordshire

Parliamentary Question
28 February 2008
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for an assessment of the effects of increases in landfill tax on the funding of public services.
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