Norman Baker has been an effective campaigner for our area for 15 years on local and national issues.
Some of Norman's recent local achievements
Some of Norman's recent national achievements
1st July: Norman tells Southern: up your game on coastway east services. More..
25th June: Norman calls for House of Commons rules to be reformed to require Cabinet Ministers based in the House of Lords to be able to give statements to, and answer questions from, MPs in the Commons. More.
23rd June: Norman welcomes the government's announcement that it will push ahead with its plans to develop new offshore wind farms. These plans could benefit Newhaven by creating over 100 jobs and safeguarding the economics of the port. One of the areas earmarked for these developments lies around 10 miles off the coast of Newhaven. More.
19th June: Norman calls on all pet owners to ensure that their pet is microchipped as part of National Microchipping Month 2009, run by Petlog. More.
18th June: Norman welcomes publication of new book about Thomas Paine in Lewes. Publication is part of the Thomas Paine and Lewes: Revolution and Reason festival taking place in Lewes this summer. Festival events, which include a debate led by Norman on the death of David Kelly, are listed here.
18th June: Norman calls for top civil servants to give up £10,000 bonuses. More..
11th June: Norman is interviewed about the expenses scandal by Catch21 TV - "the UK's first political internet television channel based at Westminster - run by young people, for young people".
10th June: Lewes and Newhaven patients face longest wait for screening. More..
9th June: Norman says Southern must improve south central services. More..
2nd June: Norman reveals the French owners of Newhaven Port have been busy preparing radical options to secure the financial future of the port. More..
11th May: Norman writes in the Daily Telegraph: "MPs' expenses: I've never seen voters so angry before. The Commons can no longer be trusted to put its own House in order."
29th May: Norman says drop Ringmer Plashett reservoir plans now. More.
29th May: Norman slams "useless" Post Office as pensioners are left on the pavement for hours. More.
15th May: Norman has released figures showing that the cost of bus and train fares has shot up in the past 12 years, while motoring and aviation are now cheaper in real terms than they were in 1997. More..
8th May: Norman took on the government on the floor of the Commons in an adjournment debate this week to demand an hourly service between Lewes and Plumpton. More..
8th May: Norman visits no. 10 to support Seaford School's "Send my friend to school" campaign More..
5th May: Norman shows proportion of jobseekers to vacancies in Lewes rises by 50% in a month More..
28th Apr: Norman shows that there has been no progress on disruptive engineering works to lines through Lewes, with little change in the numbers of replacement bus services at the start of this year compared with 2008. More.
27th Apr: Norman has today received confirmation that East Sussex County Council failed to consult the Treasury before deciding to award a 5 year extension to Veolia without inviting rival bids. More.
27th Apr: The Sustainable Energy Partnership (SEP) today congratulated local MP Norman Baker for signing House of Commons Early Day Motion No: 1010 on the Green Energy Bill More..
24th Apr: Norman tells the Commons the Department for Transport must stop derailing climate change strategy. More..
21st Apr: Norman Baker today secured a pledge from Community Secretary Hazel Blears to meet to discuss the action being taken by the European Commission following their decision to uphold the complaint against East Sussex County Council submitted by Norman. More.
25th Mar: Norman welcomes growing cross-party support for his Parliamentary motion in calling for 112 year-old Henry Allingham, the oldest surviving veteran of the First World War, to be honoured by the government More..
31st Mar: Norman has cautiously welcomed progress towards the adoption of The Fairway in Newhaven More..
25th Mar: Norman says government must do more to support small businesses More..
25th Mar: Is Alfriston the worst casualty in Sussex of sat nav directed HGVs? More..
25th Mar: Norman backs calls for lasting legacy for Henry Allingham More..
20th Mar: Norman calls for end to best before dates on food. More..
13th Mar: Norman says Ministers must reveal more about their interests - Guardian article here - (external link). Norman says, "Yesterday's release of the list of ministerial interests is welcome, if long overdue. I have long campaigned for greater transparency in public life, and I believe that this list goes some way towards improving standards of accountability in parliament. Unfortunately, it doesn't go quite far enough....
10th Mar: Gordon Brown avoids answering questions - video here - (external link).
10th Mar: Norman says county is cheating small businesses. More.
10th Mar: Norman holds government responsible for timetable chaos in local area. More. His Commons intervention can be found here.
3rd Mar: Norman today slammed the government over the creation of a new parliamentary Select Committee for the South East packed with Labour members, and branded it a "kangaroo committee". More.
3rd Mar: Norman has today renewed calls for a new railway station to be built in Newhaven after the government admitted that Newhaven Marine station has been unsafe for passengers for two and a half years. More.
26th Feb: Norman welcomes the launch of the Liberal Democrats' Freedom Bill, intended to reverse the increasingly authoritarian measures passed by both Labour and Conservative governments. Members of the public are invited to sign the Freedom Bill petition. More.
19th Feb: Norman has written to the East Sussex County Council's Director of Transport and Environment, asking him to reconsider his recommendation to install a variety of traffic calming measures including speed humps in the village. More.
17th Feb: Documents leaked to Norman show that local taxpayers in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove face enormously rising costs over a 50 year period to pay for the hated incinerator now being built in Newhaven. More.
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