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Michael Connarty MP condemns Scottish Tory and SNP Government’s decision not to use money intended to fund educational visits by Scottish school children to Holocaust sites
02.05.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency is supporting a Motion in the UK Parliament condemning the Scottish Executive's decision not to use money intended to fund educational visits ...
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Michael Connarty MP to take part in Drop the Debt Fast
01.05.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow & East Falkirk who is calling for the cancellation of poor country debts is taking part in a 36-day rolling fast, ahead of the tenth anniversary ...
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Update on Ineos situation
29.04.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk is in Edinburgh today along with John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise who is here to help things move ...
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Local MP Michael Connarty stands firm and wins compensation for 10p tax band losses
25.04.2008
After several meetings with the Prime Minister, the Parliamentary Labour Party and the Labour Back Bench Treasury Committee of which Michael Connarty MP is a member, the Government accepted they had ...
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Michael Connarty MP calls for a 50mph limit on Torphichen to Bathgate road
04.04.2008
Michael Connarty MP for the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency is calling for a 50mph limit to be set on the Torphichen to Bathgate road, following a nasty accident, witnessed by ...
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“Claim the tax credits you’re due”, says Michael Connarty MP
02.04.2008
On Sunday 6 April the rates of tax credits are increased and Michael Connarty MP is encouraging local low-paid workers to claim, even if they don’t have children.
The Government has raised ...
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Michael Connarty MP welcomes improved disabled access to relocated Linlithgow Post Office
31.03.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has been campaigning for improved disabled access to the relocated Post Office in Linlithgow.
Post Office Ltd have now confirmed to Michael by letter ...
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Michael Connarty MP on Child Mobility Fact-Finding Mission
25.03.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has added his support to a campaign by national children’s mobility charity Whizz-Kidz to improve the wheelchair services for disabled children and young ...
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Suspend ALL Post Office closures, says CWU
13.03.2008
The CWU welcomes next week's parliamentary debate calling for the suspension of Post Office closures but wants to see franchising of Crown offices included.
In response to the Conservative Party's announcement of ...
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Michael Connarty MP urges local Primary Schools to enter National Technology Competition
13.03.2008
The 2008 ‘Make IT Happen’ technology competition for primary school students aged nine to eleven has been launched by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and e-skills UK, in partnership with the Institution ...
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MICHAEL CONNARTY MP STANDS UP FOR BRITAIN IN EUROPE
13.03.2008
Michael Connarty, Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee, once again supported the United Kingdom’s leading role in Europe and the benefits that the Lisbon Treaty will bring. The Bill was read ...
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Michael Connarty MP welcomes Ofgem Inquiry into Energy Prices and Profits.
11.03.2008
It would appear that Michael Connarty MP’s question to the Prime Minister in January 2008 when he suggested that it was “surely time for Ofgem to return to its original role of ...
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MICHAEL CONNARTY MP WELCOMES BILL TO INCREASE THE RIGHTS OF VULNERABLE AGENCY WORKERS
27.02.2008
On 22nd February 2008 Michael voted in support of the Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Private Members Bill. Due to the large support of over 147 Members of Parliament the Bill ...
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Michael Connarty MP WELCOMES NEW POST OFFICE CHRISTMAS CLUB
25.02.2008
SPECIAL ‘BONUS’ FOR NEW MEMBERS WORTH £100
Michael Connarty, MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, today (Monday 25 February 2008) threw his weight behind the new Post Office® Christmas Club.
Michael visited a local Post Office® ...
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Michael also visited the Grangemouth Post Office® branch to help launch the Post Office® Christmas Club
25.02.2008
Michael with Alan Brown in Grangemouth P.O.
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Michael writes to the Prime Minister in support of calls for medals for three other civilians involved in terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport in June 2007
21.02.2008
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
The Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
Dear Gordon
Terrorist Attack on Glasgow Airport – Saturday 30 June 2007
Reference: Mr Michael Kerr, Kelly Drive, Denny FK6 6EN
I read, with some ...
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Audio description for TV: Making the story clear for people with sight problems
20.02.2008
If you’ve ever sat there struggling to see what’s on TV then there’s a service called Audio Description that could transform your viewing experience.
Audio Description is a free service available now ...
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Michael Connarty MP welcomes the Community Use of the Braes High School
19.02.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has welcomed the move to open up the Braes High School in the evenings and weekend to the community.
Michael said “When I came to ...
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Michael Connarty MP asks for an enquiry into price increases by fuel suppliers
05.02.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk raised in the House of Commons the subject of Fuel Suppliers increasing charges to customers, despite these companies already declaring large profits.
Michael said:
‘It ...
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Prime Minister to meet Michael Connarty MP to discuss Tips Rip-Off being Counted Towards Minimum Wage
05.02.2008
Michael Connarty, MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, has been campaigning on this issue since 2003, to ensure that all tips paid to hospitality staff cannot be counted towards the Minimum ...
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Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps
30.01.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow & East Falkirk has welcomed the Government’s decision to award a badge of recognition to female war veterans who worked on the Home Front to provide ...
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Michael Connarty MP backs Blue Blindfold campaign
29.01.2008
Michael Connarty MP for East Falkirk gave his support to the Blue Blindfold Campaign launch in the House of Commons on Tuesday 29th January. The campaign, initiated by the UK Human ...
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Michael Connarty MP asks “if you became disabled would your employer support you to carry on working?”
29.01.2008
Roger Lewis, registered blind, had reached the last 10 minutes of a period of notice from his employer. He was about to lose the job he had been doing for 20 ...
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Michael Connarty MP continues to pursue issues with relocated Linlithgow Post Office
29.01.2008
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has again contacted the Post Office to raise issues arising with disabled wheelchair access at the site of the relocated Linlithgow Post Office.
Michael ...
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Michael Connarty MP celebrates achievements of young people in Grangemouth and Bo’ness who have received an award in the Help Yourselves scheme at special awards ceremony in Westminster.
22.01.2008
Michael said, “I am delighted that the Rock the Talk project has been recognised for their work in East Falkirk. This group has done the most to raise awareness of health issues ...
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LOCAL MP CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO END DISABILITY POVERTY
12.01.2008
Michael Connarty MP is backing a new campaign to make tacking disability poverty a top government priority.
The MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has backed a Parliamentary motion supporting a new ...
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BT offers support for Schools and Charities
09.01.2008
I have recently been contacted by BT who asked that I make my constituents aware of the way that they are active in various areas of the Linlithgow and East Falkirk ...
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Michael Connarty MP's New Year Message to constituents
01.01.2008
Trying Harder in 2008
After the Christmas presents and festivities people often think of what has gone on over the past year and what might lie ahead in the New Year.
What has ...
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Michael Connarty MP urges surviving Bevin Boys to claim their unique Veterans Badge
04.12.2007
Michael Connarty MP for East Falkirk is urging all surviving Bevin Boys to come forward to claim a unique veterans badge as a tribute to their sacrifices during and after the ...
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Michael Connarty MP warns high charges to access patient health records may be
26.11.2007
Michael Connarty MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk has expressed his deep concern over the fact that patients may be getting charged too much if they wish to see their health ...
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