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Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme // March 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson has announced a pioneering scheme that will improve protection for children by giving members of the public a formal mechanism to make enquires about people who are in contact with children.
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure scheme has already had success after more than 60 children were protected from potential abuse during [...]Birmingham High-speed Rail Link // March 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Gisela Stuart and Steve McCabe met with Transport Secretary Lord Adonis to lobby for an early decision on the High Speed Rail Link for Birmingham.
Both MPs stressed that this is a vital part of the Midlands strategic transport structure, essential for jobs and economic growth.
To have Birmingham linked to London and Paris would mean [...]International Women’s Day // March 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Quinzone will be holding an event on Saturday 27th March 2010, in support of International Women’s Day and to celebrate the role of women in the Edgbaston Constituency.
The event will run from 10am - 3pm and also support the Edgbaston Arts Showcase being held from 2pm - 4.30pm at Four Dwellings Community Leisure Centre
Gisela Stuart said: “I [...]Polls Apart // March 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Scope’s Polls Apart Campaign on access to voting for disabled people, is supported by Gisela Stuart.
At the 2005 General Election, 68% of polling stations had one or more serious access barriers that could prevent a disabled voter from voting independently. Despite disabled people making up a considerable proportion of the electorate, some still find it [...]Every Disabled Child Matters Constituency Pledge // March 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
As a supporter of the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign, Gisela Stuart has formally pledged to meet regularly with local disabled children and their families, visit the services that they use and raise their issues of concern in Parliament.
Gisela said:
“It is important to ensure that disabled children, their families and the service providers all have [...]Lets Make IT Happy // February 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Gisela urges local primary schools to help the community get online.
MPs and e-skills UK have launched the fourth year of the Make IT Happy competition, a UK-wide technology challenge for primary school students aged 9 to 11. The competition is run by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council [...]Government £500M Boost for Affordable Homes // February 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
The Government this week announced a boost to housebuilding in England, by confirming nearly £500 million funding to build around 8,000 affordable homes across the country. This takes total Government funding for housebuilding to over £3.3 billion since June.
Every region of the country is benefiting from this extra cash to build much-needed affordable homes for [...]MP Welcomes Closure on End of Custody Licence scheme // February 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Gisela Stuart welcomed the announcement in the House of Commons, to close the End of Custody Licence Scheme.
The ECL scheme was introduced in June 2007 as a temporary measure to manage pressures upon the prison estate and to guarantee that prison places were available for all those sentenced to custody.
ECL enabled prison governors, under existing [...]More water fire sprinklers needed… says MP // February 23rd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Constituency News
Evidence suggests that where fire sprinkler systems have been fitted, fire deaths have been almost eliminated and property damage reduced by over 80%, with a considerable reduction in the volume of water taken from service mains.
Unfortunately, there is a key barrier to the installation of domestic automatic fire sprinkler systems.
The Water Industry Act 1991 (as amended) does not [...]Choose Fairtrade // February 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Constituency News
Buy Fairtrade products during this Fairtrade Fortnight (22rd February - 7th March) Gisela Stuart tells shoppers in her constituency.
Gisela welcomed the Government’s plan to boost funding for the Fairtrade labelling system and urged shoppers in the constituency to look for the Fairtrade Mark on food, gifts and other products in the shops.
Over 4,500 products have [...]
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- trying to work out who is ultimately taking responsiblity for vulnerable children in Birmingham. We should know. Anybody stepping forward. 1 day ago
- must take another look at the way Harborne Swimmingpool closure arrangements impact on Quinborne Centre. something not quite right there 2 days ago
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