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Rating (Empty Properties)
Speech
10 May 2007
Anne Main raises questions on proposals to remove tax relief on empty commercial properties.
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Mobile phone mast sites - "communities should have greater say"
Press Release
10 May 2007
Anne Main has been pressing the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to revisit the Government’s decision on planning regulations affecting mobile phone masts
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Aerials: Planning Permission
Parliamentary Question
9 May 2007
Anne Main calls for a change in Planning Policy Guidance to take account of concerns about the potential health effects of mobile telecoms masts.
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NHS: Finance
Parliamentary Question
9 May 2007
In a written question, Anne Main asks the Health Secretary about guidance on media management issued to NHS trusts in financial deficit.
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Additional Gypsy and traveller sites not justified
Press Release
9 May 2007
Anne Main: "the calculations of need must take into account the current situation"
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Highways Agency acknowledge M25 Junction 19 trial chaos
Press Release
8 May 2007
Anne Main has been pressing the Highways Agency to look into the problems affecting the extended trial road scheme on the slip road at Junction 19, Watford.
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Network Rail: 'line needs upgrade for railfreight'
Press Release
8 May 2007
Anne Main chaired a meeting with representatives of STRIFE and Network Rail to discuss the logistical rail implications of the Railfreight Interchange proposal at Radlett.
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Planning rules were breached on housing totals
Press Release
25 April 2007
Anne Main has reacted angrily to responses by Bill Rammell, MP for Harlow who tried to explain away his meetings with Ministers from the Department of Communities and Local Government.
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Minister admits new mums and dads do need ante-natal classes
Press Release
25 April 2007
Anne Main met with Health Minister Ivan Lewis today to specifically discuss the withdrawal of ante-natal classes in Hertfordshire.
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Minister admits wheelchair services need to improve
Press Release
25 April 2007
This week, Anne Main met with Health Minister, Ivan Lewis, and drew his attention to the parlous state of wheelchair services in Hertfordshire.
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Carbon Emissions (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Parliamentary Question
24 April 2007
Anne Main asks about measurement and offset of carbon emissions at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Prisons: Drugs
Parliamentary Question
24 April 2007
Anne Main asks about the timescale of spending for the prisons integrated drug treatment system
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CSA a “woeful mess”
Press Release
24 April 2007
Yesterday, Anne Main tackled the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the appalling service received from the CSA by her constituents.
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Tesco agrees air pollution will be a priority
Press Release
24 April 2007
Following Anne’s strong representations to Tesco about the potential impact of traffic and pollution in the London Road area
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Child Support Agency
Parliamentary Question
23 April 2007
Anne Main highlights problems in the CSA involving discrepancies between money paid in by the father and money received by the mother.
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Drugs: Prison
Parliamentary Question
20 April 2007
Anne Main questions the Health Secretary about funding for the integrated drug treatment scheme for prisons
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Anne Main challenges Minister to “Scrap the discredited, environmentally damaging housing totals”
Press Release
19 April 2007
Anne Main secured a debate yesterday, 18th April, to challenge the Minister responsible for the East of England Plan, Meg Munn, about the proposed increases in housing totals for Hertfordshire.
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Ministerial Meetings
Parliamentary Question
18 April 2007
Anne Main asks the Deputy PM whether he gives the British taxpayer good value for money?
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Housing Hertfordshire
Speech
18 April 2007
Anne Main leads a Westminster Hall debate on housing totals in Hertfordshire.
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To defeat Tesco the Council must stiffen its backbone
Press Release
17 April 2007
Anne Main MP welcomed Parliamentary colleague Ed Davey MP, for Kingston on Thames, to a City Centre meeting on Friday 13th April, to debate the proposed Tesco development in her constituency.
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Probation Service must be “fit for purpose”
Press Release
17 April 2007
Today Anne Main met with Tessa Webb acting Chief Officer who was appointed in December to tackle the poor performance of the Hertfordshire Probation area.
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Business Link
Parliamentary Question
17 April 2007
Anne Main questions the Trade and Industry Secretary about the regionalisation of Business Link.
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Three Rivers Primary Care Trust: Wheelchairs
Parliamentary Question
16 April 2007
Anne Main questions the Health Secretary about waiting times and funding for electrically-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs.
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Housing Targets in Hertfordshire
Press Release
12 April 2007
Anne Main has secured a Parliamentary debate entitled - Housing Targets in Hertfordshire.
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Rowdy youths must get out of the Abbey habit
Press Release
4 April 2007
Following complaints from residents about intimidating youths, St Albans MP Anne Main has agreed to check the problems out for herself.
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Council tax rises up 115% in St Albans since 1997
Press Release
2 April 2007
The Government have published new figures revealing that council tax bills across England will rise from April by an extra £53 on a Band D bill, pushing the typical bill to £1,321 a year.
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St Albans' pensioners deserve answers
Press Release
2 April 2007
Anne Main has backed calls for an independent inquiry by the Government Actuary into the actual cost to pension funds of the tax reforms which Gordon Brown announced in his first Budget.
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Anne Main MP launches Early Day Motion to protect interests of motorbike users
Press Release
29 March 2007
Anne Main has tabled an Early Day Motion in an attempt to protect the interests of motorbike enthusiasts from the introduction of a costly and unnecessary licensing regime.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Vaccination
Parliamentary Question
29 March 2007
Anne Main asks the Health Secretary if she plans to introduce human papilloma virus immunisation for females aged 12 years and above in England?
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Overseas Aid
Parliamentary Question
28 March 2007
In a written question to the Secretary of State for International Development Anne Main questions the independent evaluation of British aid.
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International Whaling Commission: Poland
Parliamentary Question
28 March 2007
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Anne Main asks about his discussions with the Polish Foreign Minister on Poland's possible membership of the International Whaling Commission.
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Coroners: Armed Forces
Parliamentary Question
28 March 2007
Anne Main asks about the backlog of HM Coroner's Service inquiries into deaths of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Anne Main welcomes High Court decision on judicial review
Press Release
23 March 2007
Anne Main has welcomed today’s decision that the legal challenge to closure of Hemel's A&E can go ahead.
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Anne Main: Good news for passengers and Radlett station
Press Release
22 March 2007
Anne Main welcomes decision to include Radlett station in the comprehensive upgrading of train and station facilities.
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Drugs: Prisons
Parliamentary Question
22 March 2007
Anne Main questions the Health Secretary about actual spending on the integrated drug treatment scheme for prisons since the annual £40 million budget was announced in 2004.
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Prime Minister's Question Time
Parliamentary Question
21 March 2007
Anne Main tackles the PM about increased housing totals being imposed on Hertfordshire.
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Departments: Freedom of Information (Trade and Industry)
Parliamentary Question
19 March 2007
Anne Main questions the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry about the role of special advisers when replying to Freedom of Information requests.
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Financial Services: Advisory Services
Parliamentary Question
19 March 2007
Anne Main questions the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the registration fees of small to medium-sized independent financial advice practices.
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Financial Services: Advisory Services
Parliamentary Question
15 March 2007
Anne Main asks the Trade and Industry Secretary how many went into administration in each year since 1997.
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Prisons: Drugs
Parliamentary Question
15 March 2007
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Anne Main asks what additional funding has been spent on extra facilities and counselling for prisoners with drug problems.
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Anne Main: Withdrawal of cinema application "the right decision"
Press Release
14 March 2007
Anne Main has expressed her relief at the news that the City Centre Cinema planning proposal has been withdrawn by the developers, in order to come back with a more sympathetic proposal.
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Anne Main: Well done Muslim Mums Group
Press Release
14 March 2007
Anne Main has spoken of her admiration for St Albans Muslim Mums Group, following their curry evening in St. Albans in aid of Grove House Hospice.
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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Acute Services
Parliamentary Question
13 March 2007
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Health, Anne Main asks what representations she has received from the West Herts NHS Trust on the relocation of acute serivces.
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Anne Main: We need a fairer deal for St Albans
Press Release
13 March 2007
Ahead of the Government’s publication of its review of town hall finances later this month, Anne Main called for a fairer funding deal for St Albans.
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International Whaling Commission
Parliamentary Question
12 March 2007
Anne Main asks the Foreign Secretary about possible membership for Liechtenstein and Montenegro of the International Whaling Commission.
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NHS: Finance
Parliamentary Question
12 March 2007
Anne Main asks the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts she expects to be in financial deficit at the end of the 2006-07 financial year.
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West Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Parliamentary Question
12 March 2007
Anne Main asks the Health Secretary about representations she has received from St. Albans City and District Council on financial deficits within West Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
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Drug treatment in prison
Parliamentary Debate
8 March 2007
Anne Main calls for an update on the position regarding treatment of drug offenders in our prisons.
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Social Services: Hertfordshire
Parliamentary Question
8 March 2007
Anne Main calls for the funding formula for adult social services to take account of level of demand and demographic trends.
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Departments: Freedom of Information (Health)
Parliamentary Question
8 March 2007
Anne Main questions the Secretary of State for Health about the role of special advisers when replying to Freedom of Information requests.
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