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  Celia Barlow MP

Working Hard for Hove and Portslade  

Brunswick & Adelaide - Central -  Goldsmid - Hangleton & Knoll - North Portslade - South Portslade -  Stanford - Wish - Westbourne

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Parliamentary Life
  • Carers - PMQ
    On 11 June 2008, I asked the Prime Minister: "I am sure that the House will join me, in national carers week, in my admiration for the 6 million unsung...
  • Epilepsy question
    On 5 June 2008 I asked: "To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children in maintained schools have been diagnosed with epilepsy; (2)...
  • Continuing the smoke alarm campaign
    On 20 May 2008, I asked Parmjit Dhanda: "I have been delighted to be involved in my hon. Friend's campaign on smoke alarms. Has he also considered the huge importance...
  • Backing the Anthony Nolan Trust's call for a cord blood bank
    On 19 May 2008, I intervened in a debate to ask: "I note with interest the hon. Gentleman's mention of umbilical cord blood. Does he support the call of the...
  • Children's Centres progree
    On 19 May, I received an answer from my written question which was: "To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made towards...
  • Supporting my constituent in the House
    On 15 May 2008, I asked Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons, to make time to discuss consular services in the light of my constituent Norman Mark's case:...
  • Lap-dancing campaign
    On 19 March 2008, I intervened in a Westminster Hall debate to ask my colleague, Roberta Blackman-Woods: "With previous legislation under the 2003 Act, it was possible for local authorities to cover a...
  • Housing - PMQs
    One of the main issues people come to see me about it housing. There is a chronic shortage of homes in the city. On 19 March 2008, I asked our Prime Minister:...
  • Free bus passes in Hove & Portslade
    On 4 March 2008, I asked: "Is the Minister aware that the pleasure that pensioners and the disabled in Hove and Portslade take in their bus passes is tempered by being harried...
  • City in the Sea - PMQs
    On 20 February 2008, I asked Prime Minister Gordon Brown: "Climate change will create a challenging world, and all sane people now believe that. More than 600 of my concerned constituents have written...
  • Poverty and the voluntary sector
    On 18 February 2008, I spoke in a debate on poverty asking: "What steps he proposes to take to work with the voluntary sector to tackle poverty." James Purnell, the Minister responsible, said: "The...
  • Corston Report - written question
    On 11 December 2007, I asked: "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Corston report; and if he will make...
  • Lobbying for intervention over tree cutting
    On 4 December 2007 I asked: "What assessment her Department has made of the impact on railway safety of deforestation on chalk railway cuttings." The Minister responsible, Tom Harris, said: "As my hon....
  • Speaking up for local Post Offices
    On 29 November, I spoke in Parliament about the importance of local Post Offices: "Our local communities are the bedrock on which our wider society is formed. Hove and Portslade, which I...
  • Debating Climate Change
    On 22 November 2007, there was a topical debate on climate change. I had the opportunity to speak in the debate: "I welcome this timely debate, particularly as I had the honour of...
  • Post Offices
    On 22 November 2007 I asked: "My hon. Friend mentioned the macro-economic factors behind the closure of post offices. However, will he pressurise Post Office managers over the fact that the two...
  • Horse racing debate
    On 21 November 2007, I spoke in another debate on horse racing: "I congratulate the hon. Member for East Devon (Mr. Swire) on securing this very important debate. I agree with him that...
  • Network Rail tree cutting fight taken to the House
    On 23 October 2007, I asked: "Does my right hon. Friend realise that, on the overcrowded Hove to London line, Network Rail is about to remove the trees from the cuttings? Is she...
  • Supporting small community organisations
    On 23 October 2007, I asked: "What plans he has to support the work of small community organisations." Phil Hope, the Minister responsible, said: "Small community organisations are an essential part of a...
  • Drug trafficking question
    On 15 October, I asked: "Although I appreciate the concern of the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) about people trafficking, to return to drug trafficking, may I say that the figures...
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