Parliamentary Questions

Dave questions government Ministers on a wide range of issues.
A full account of Dave's questions in the House is here.

Elderly people should receive the best possible care

29 Jul 2010
Dave has written of the need to establish a fair system to provide for people on their old age.
He says we are all living longer and that care for the elderly should be viewed in the same as way care for the ill.

Region to be 'cut adrift'

23 Jul 2010
Dave has said the government's plans to abolish the government offices for regions will 'doom the region to lag behind'.
He accuses the government of espousing localism while in fact centralising and of being prepared to cut the North-East adrift.

MP 'depressed' on academies consultation

21 Jul 2010
Dave has hit out at the academy consultation which is taking place during the school holidays.
He says six weeks, even if the staff were at work, is far too short and that staff are going to be told, 'take it or leave it'.

Lending a hand in a time of cuts

21 Jul 2010
Dave writes that the job of being an MP is to lend a hand.
He cites to people and groups who are fighting for justice such as those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome as well as those who create employment, in particular small firms with cash flow problems.

Repeating the mistakes of the past

14 Jul 2010
Dave has written of his past experiences in the 1980s and those of his family much earlier.
In an article echoing his Commons speech, he describes the social collapse of the 1980s and argues that instead of hitting the people, banks should pay more for their mistakes.

Repeating the mistakes of history

7 Jul 2010
Dave has made a speech in the House in which he said that Britain is in danger of repeating the mistakes of the 1980s.
He said the economic policies then led to the collapse of industry and of division in society and said that successful Regional Development Agencies should be retained.

Parliament is for the people

7 Jul 2010
Dave has written of his work with Social Investment Business (SIB), which works hard in our area, and is the fastest growing social investor in the UK.
He also tells of his work in parliament looking after the interest of the coalfield communities and of his election to the Backbench Business Committee.

Unions cut out of asbestos talks

30 Jul 2010
Dave has reacted to the government's decision to exclude unions from talks on asbestos compensation.
Jonathan Djanogly, a junior minister in the Justice ministry, has said that talks will involve "representatives from claimant solicitors, insurers and the judiciary".

Pleural plaques in the lungs caused by asbestos

Backing for campaign to be FA Charity

28 Jul 2010
Tyneside anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card may score promotion as the Football Association's charity for next year.
The possibility is signalled in a cross-party Commons motion tabled by Dave and which is supported by many MPs in the North East and welcomes the possibility that the campaign could be selected as the Football Association Charity of the year for 2011.

The Right to Play

28 Jul 2010
Dave writes this week about a child's right to play, and about racism in football.
He points to Playday on 4 August urging more space for children to play, and is urging recognition for the Show Racism the Red Card campaign, which is the subject of a Commons motion he has tabled.

Dave welcomes new EU mobile charges rules

23 Jul 2010
Dave has welcomed new rules from the European Union giving mobile phone customers a break from 'bill shocks'
Mobile phone companies must apply a cut-off limit once a customer's mobile internet bill reaches £40 per month in the EU though customers can set their own limit.

Dave supports Proud of Pubs week

21 Jul 2010
Dave is popping down to the local pub but strictly in the line of business.
MPs have been asked to support the fourth annual Proud of Pubs Week which aims to celebrate all that is great about British pubs.

Dave with Karen Burnett at the Fox and Hounds, Coalburns.

Green cuts will cost jobs - and money

20 Jul 2010
Dave has said that cutting government support for low carbon technology will lose jobs and cost the public even more.
The government appointed Committee on Climate Change has said that cuts of up 40% will hit the region's lead in these new technologies.

Nissan Leaf - an example of the North-East's lead in green technology

Call to Iraq on travel rights

20 Jul 2010
Dave has called on the Iraqi government to reverse a law restricting travel for trades unionists.
In a parliamentary motion, he praises the way the trades unions have rebuilt after Saddam, but deplores new restrictions placed on Iraqi trades unionist travelling to international conferences.

Consulting with academy workforce

19 Jul 2010
Dave has raised the issue of the position of the workforce affected by the academy programme.
He said that many did not know where they stand or what the future holds for them, and he pointed out that the consultation period coincides with the holiday time.

Backing for lung cancer nurses

16 Jul 2010
Dave has backed Lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists whose workload is increasing so much that they cannot devote enough time to those with lung cancer.
He met clinical nurses at an event in the Commons and said they are the first port of call for people whose lives are about to change dramatically and sometimes for the very worst.

Nicola Bell with Dave at the Commons event

One North East 'slow death by a thousand cuts'

13 Jul 2010
The successful regional development agency in the North East is suffering a slow death by a thousand cuts before it is needlessly scrapped in 2012, according to Dave.
Dave is a long-standing champion of One North East's work in fostering public-private partnership. He believes that ONE is being scrapped for dogmatic reasons, calling it vandalism for which its instigators would not be forgiven.

Police will need to provide answers

12 Jul 2010
Dave has said he is glad Northumbria Police referred themselves to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Commenting on apparent confusion on the Rothbury riverbank, he said it is important to avoid a 'knee jerk' reaction.

Plea to speed up government payments to small businesses

12 Jul 2010
Dave has taken up the case of small businesses that are being squeezed.
This is despite a government initiative that requires prompt payments for companies providing services to the public sector, according to a new survey by the not-for-profit Forum of Private Business.

Mobile switching made faster

8 Jul 2010
Dave has welcomed the news that Ofcom is halving the time new mobile phone contracts are put on hold when customers switch providers but wish to keep their number.
From April switching should take just one working day rather than the current two days and the authorisation code should be texted within two hours.

Get guns off the street

7 Jul 2010
Dave asked the Prime Minister for an assurance that lessons will be learned from the Raoul Moat affair.
Highlighting the fact that the rampage started in Birtley, he especially asked for another look at ways of getting guns off the streets. Dave later said, "I was disappointed and concerned that he didn't respond to my question about getting guns off the streets given what has happened where we live and what happened in Whitehaven a few weeks ago."

Dave in the House at Prime Minister's Questions

Praise for Dave's invaluable work

6 Jul 2010
Nic Bungay of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has expressed his delight that Dave has been re-elected lead the All Party Parliamentary Group for Muscular Dystrophy.
Dave said he was pleased to have been re-elected and took pride in what had been achieved so far but said there was still much to do.

'Ideologically driven' cuts hit schoolchildren

6 Jul 2010
Dave has claimed the government's school building cuts are driven by ideology.
He says local schoolchildren are paying the price and that the government has led councils along.

Four Blaydon schools cut

5 Jul 2010
Dave has said that the real cost of the Coalition cuts is being borne by the children of Blaydon.
This came in the Commons when it was announced that the Building Schools for the Future programme was being cut back, with Blaydon affected.

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