Press releases 2006

Press releases and press coverage

Press releases 2006

23rd Dec: Local MP wins promise to reduce noise on Lewes bypass

23rd Dec: Norman Baker wins promise of safety improvements for A27

22nd Dec: Local MP warns of bogus charity callers over the festive season

22nd Dec: Local MP calls for constituents to make a new year's resolution to protect themselves from carbon monoxide poisoning

20th Dec: Local MP saddened over loss of arts centre

19th Dec: Local MP calls on County Council to step up their game after government criticises local bus services

19th Dec: Local MP uncovers further evidence of hazardous road conditions on A26

15th Dec: Local MP condemns figures as evidence of "breathtaking" government attitude

15th Dec: Local MP condemns government's "death-knell" plans for legal aid

12th Dec: Raymond Blanc praises local MP's stand on junk food ads

12th Dec: Battle lost in bid to keep Best Bitter in the Lewes Arms

11th Dec: Local MP speaks out against County Council cuts - closure of Avis Way is "heartless"

9th Dec: Local MP supports Carers' Rights Day

9th Dec: MP tackles A27 problems

6th Dec: Families of soldiers killed in Iraq should not be forced to pay for answers, says local MP

5th Dec: Bring forward bus solution or forget your redevelopment plans, MP tells developers

28th Nov: The announcement of a Climate Change Bill in the Queen’s Speech has been welcomed by Norman Baker MP.

17th Nov: Update on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital - from your MP Norman Baker

17th Nov: MP welcomes police action to tackle anti-social behaviour in Polegate

17th Nov: Stay of execution for Harveys bitter at the Lewes Arms

7th Nov: Local MP puts planet before party at national climate change rally

7th Nov: Local MP quizzes public accounts commission over controversial Cuckmere Valley plans

6th Nov: Local MP says incinerator permit approval is 'disappointing' but the battle goes on

1st Nov: Norman Baker's expenses for 2005-06

27th Oct: Local MP challenges minister in Commons over funding for Lewes flood defences

26th Oct: Local MP serves up his first pint of Harveys at the House of Commons

25th Oct: Local MP meets with Southern to push for local rail improvements

25th Oct: Government must rethink abolition of the Post Office Card Account

19th Oct: Local MP calls on Eurostar to maintain Ashford service

17th Oct: MP calls for independent inquiry into BA flight 149

14th Oct: Local MP says Sussex NHS is in crisis

14th oct: Local MP nominated for environmental campaigner award

10th Oct: Local MP joins campaign to keep Harveys in Lewes Arms

10th Oct: Local MP challenges minister over flood defence funding for Lewes

8th Oct: Norman Baker promises to question government over Polegate roundabout chaos

23rd Sep: Local MP Calls for national Trident debate

8th Sep: Princess Royal could become a cottage hospital, MP told

8th Sep: Continuation of Newhaven-Dieppe ferry and port improvements will be prerequisites for port sale, MP assured

8th Sep: MP backs campaign to save Eastside recreation ground

6th Sep: Local MP calls for powers to make East Sussex GM free

22nd Aug: Local MP Objects to Polegate Homes Proposals

21st Aug:MP concerned by slow death of Lewes bus station

18th Aug:Parker Pen: Newhaven MP regrets job losses but welcomes commitment to future manufacturing

7th Aug:MPs will no longer be strangers to the joys of Lewes beer

7th Aug: Local MP deplores DEFRA budget cut - what about our flood defences?

1st Aug: Regrettable loss of local heritage protection

28th Jul: Tory County Council tells District: Don’t Recycle More Than 27% of your Waste

26th Jul: MP puts Treasury Minister under pressure over Lewes flood defences

26th Jul: Local MP claims victory over DVLA data sales scandal. Polegate’s “Creative Car Park Management” will have to change, he says

23rd Jul: Cuckmere Valley Call-In Plans

11th Jul: Local MP backs ban on monkey experiments

6th Jul: Local MP speaks out after revelation of further local NHS job losses

6th Jul: Local MP unanimously re-elected as chair of All-Party Environment Group

4th ul: MP Calls On Minister To Cut TV Licence Fee - only 25% of local households able to receive all BBC services

28th Jun: Norman Baker wins fare reduction for Seaford – Bishopstone travellers

26th Jun: MP quizzes ministers on Lewes Prison

26th Jun: Cocaine Find At Newhaven

22nd Jun: Local MP calls for more government support for Harveys brewery

22nd Jun: Local MP quizzes government over lack of research into non-conventional medicine

9th Jun: Norman Baker MP quizzes Mikhail Gorbachev. US has been 'ill with superiority complex' says former Soviet President

9th Jun: Local MP joins celebrities to back Carers' Week 2006

6th Jun: MP delighted at go ahead for Wivelsfield School

6th Jun: Local MP says tax credit chaos is still failing local families

26th May: Local MP challenges DTI to think under the pylon

25th May: Newhaven incinerator would drain away 50 million litres of water, MP reveals

23rd May: 57 varieties of nuclear incident since 1997

16th May: MP welcomes Seaford railway track spruce up

8th May: Baker to highlight sorry state of NHS services in East Sussex in Parliamentary debate

28th Apr: "A private school is not a fish and chip shop" - independent schools must be better protected, local MP's new Bill says

28th Apr: Local MP quizzes government over action to curb Chinese human rights abuses

28th Apr: Local MP battles with Treasury over Lewes flood defences

27th Apr: MP pledges support for Dial-a-Ride service

24th Apr: Seaford's appearance suffers as slabs give way to blacktop

24th Apr: Local MP calls for more government support for Harveys brewery

20th Apr: County Council must listen to recommendation to refuse planning application for incinerator - Baker

20th Apr: Local MP introduces bill to protect children in independent schools facing closure

11th Apr: Towermill residents will be forced to move by council

11th Apr: Wealden District Council use direct surveillance techniques 80 times over last four years compared to 29 by Lewes District Council and only 8 for East Sussex County Council

11th Apr: MP criticises County Council inaction over Lewes parking

11th Apr: Government should wipe off hospital debt in exchange for action to cut costs, says Norman Baker MP

5th Apr: Local MP in fight to save Newlands School

4th Apr: Norman Baker is promised a 'face lift' for Valley Road Newhaven

4th Apr: Locals cut off as Barcombe bus service is cut to pieces - free bus passes for pensioners, but no buses to use them on

3rd Apr: Local MP joins actress Amanda Redman to support 'hot water burns like fire' campaign

30th Mar: Local MP calls for faster trains to London

30th Mar: Lewes prison conditions progressively worse as government fails to tackle overcrowding says local MP

29th Mar: Local MP advises Gatwick Airport how to be greener

29th Mar: Local MP slams "unbelievable incompetence" of BT and demands meeting with chairman - BT 'replicates Monty Python Gas Board Sketch'

28th Mar: Local MP congratulates Sompriti on successful funding bid

21st Mar: 'Every little helps?' Local MP says greedy Tesco are only helping themselves

21st Mar: Local MP joins campaign to stop seal hunting

15th Mar: Local MP says government must act after Ombudsman's damning report

14th Mar: Local MP welcomes Southern's decision to lay on more trains

5th Mar: Gunning for Tasmania's trees - MP takes part in global day of action to save the forests

6th Mar: Don't treat patients says NHS body - MP condemns cost saving measures

2nd Mar: Baker salutes Campbell victory and steps down from environment role

1st Mar: Keeping MPs dry costs the earth

28th Feb: Congratulations on new grant to South Downs Council for Voluntary Service - Baker

22nd Feb: Local MP and champion of Tasmania's forests sees destruction first hand

16th Feb: Wilderness or woodchips? Lib Dem MP travels to Tassie to save the trees

10th Feb: Shock for fans as leaked documents reveal Brighton and Hove Albion secrets

10th Feb: Local MP congratulates Willie Rennie and celebrates by-election win

10th Feb: Local MP calls for government to include Climate Change Bill in Queen's Speech

10th Feb: New hospital bus service welcome says MP, but don't forget the villages!

9th Feb: Local MP challenges government to right wrongs of the past and remove pylon at Southerham

8th Feb: Norman Baker calls for better deal for Sussex farmers

1st Feb: Norman Baker MP highlights rise in unemployment in Lewes

1st Feb: Local MP may be the one that made the difference

31st Jan: MP requests Council consider increasing commitment to rebuild Tideway School

30th Jan: Norman Baker MP urges Council to drop "heartless" plans to cut services for the visually impaired

27th Jan: Local MP leads cross-party consensus to tackle 'the most serious threat we face'

26th Jan: Local MP to join 12 year-old Hazel Pattinson to voice young people's concerns over incinerator

26th Jan: Local MP sets wheels in motion to get bikes back on rush-hour trains

19th Jan: Norman Baker leads charge against nuclear power

19th Jan: Animals not 'as safe as houses' under new animal welfare bill reveals local MP

18th Jan: Local MP demands immediate action by DFES after Jackson case

13th Jan: MP questions port authority's disappointing decision to close Newhaven's piers

11th Jan: Local waste plan can not be left to County Council, delegation tells Minister

11th Jan: Local MP dismayed at further question mark over local NHS Trust

11th Jan: Local MP takes flood funding battle to Westminster

11th Jan: MP says closure of Arla processing plant "very regrettable"

6th Jan: Local Lib Dems take incinerator fight to Westminster

4th Jan: MP supports council's call for access to road accident data

4th Jan: MP wins Herceptin funding for constituent

4th Jan: £394,000 already spent by Environment Agency on controversial Cuckmere Valley plans

4th Jan: Aspartame not so sweet after all?

4th Jan: County Council action to improve road safety in Alfriston welcome says Baker

Norman Baker MP Member of Parliament for Lewes constituency

Press releases and press coverage

Press releases 2006