Village Halls: Finance
19 March 2008 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she last discussed the funding of village halls with the Secretaries of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Culture Media and Sport.
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Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund: Braintree
28 February 2008 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which projects in Braintree constituency have been funded by the aggregates levy sustainability fund.
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Village Halls: Repairs and Maintenance
28 February 2008 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about his Department's support for the maintenance and improvement of village halls and community centres.
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Draft Stamp Duty Land Tax (Zero-Carbon Homes Relief) Regulations 2007
4 December 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark challenges the detail and cost of the Government's proposals for tax relief on zero-carbon homes
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Flooding: Prevention better than cure
3 August 2007 :
Article for Braintree and Witham Times
Fortunately our community has been spared the damage and misery suffered by so many people who have become the victims of flooding in recent weeks.
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Finance Bill - Tax relief for new zero-carbon homes
26 June 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark supports an amendment that requires the proposed tax relief for zero-carbon homes be kept reviewed annually to monitor its effectiveness.
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Finance Bill Clause 2
25 June 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark raises concerns about tax changes that are effectively implemented by ministerial statement and then rubber-stamped by legislation and speaks in favour of a principle of good practice for retrospective taxation legislation.
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Finance Debate - Air Passenger Duty
1 May 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark questions the reasons behind the date of implementation of the rise in air passenger duty.
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Budget Debate
26 March 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark looks at the failure of the Chancellor's budget to use environmental taxation to change peoples behaviour according to the 'polluter pays' principle in favour of more general stealth taxes.
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Budget Debate
21 March 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Brooks Newmark participates in the budget debate and highlights, amongst other things, the need for more spending on flood defences in places such as Coggeshall which faces severe flooding.
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Departmental Expenditure - EFRA
22 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on his department's spending on commercial, and particularly Microsoft, software.
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Road Pricing
21 February 2007 :
Article for Essex Chronicle
Ken Livingstone this week rolled London's congestion charging scheme westwards. But motorists in Essex might be forgiven for wondering whether the Government intends to wheel out a road pricing scheme eastwards.
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Biodiversity
19 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question, Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about impact of climate change on regions classified as biodiversity hotspots.
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Climate Change: Nature Conservation
19 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark calls for an assessment on the impact of climate change on rare and threatened species and wildlife in the UK.
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Floodwatch update
22 January 2007 :
Press Release
Major new flood defences to protect Coggeshall are not on the agenda, Ian Pearson MP, the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, has confirmed.
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MP slams Government's record of investment in flood defences
4 December 2006 :
Press Release
Brooks Newmark reacted angrily to the Deputy Prime Minister's complacency about flood control when he answered on behalf of the Prime Minister at last week's question time.
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Special Educational Needs
26 October 2006 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark calls on the Government to undertake a long-overdue "root-and-branch review" of Special Educational Needs provision to ensure all children have access to the support that they need.
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'Best rural retailer' competition
18 October 2006 :
Article for Essex Chronicle
Quality of life is firmly on the political agenda. We all think we know what 'quality of life' is, but the problems that affect it are complex and often interrelated.
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Don't Delay - Check Your Hearing Today Urges Brooks Newmark MP
11 October 2006 :
Press Release
Brooks Newmark took RNID's telephone hearing check last week at the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth.
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Victory for Stansted noise victims
26 July 2006 :
Article for Essex Chronicle
This week the aviation Minister, Gillian Merron, confirmed that the Government would not resume attempts to remove limits on the number of night flights using Stansted Airport.
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Light Pollution
3 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Brooks Newmark asks about plans to publish guidance on light pollution.
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Volunteers’ Week
5 June 2006 :
Article for Braintree and Witham Times
There are over 28 million people who volunteer their time each year. The Government estimates that half of all people in England volunteer at least once a month.
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Single Farm Payments
18 May 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
During questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, David Miliband, Brooks Newmark asks why some farmers received part-payments and others not?
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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
12 May 2006 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark supports the Bill and especially the duty imposed on local authorities to consider energy measures when exercising local functions - and he highlights Braintree District Council's council tax rebate for installing cavity-wall insulation.
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Road Traffic Accidents (Wild Animals)
27 March 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Transport Secretary about monitoring roads which have a high incidence of collisions between vehicles and wild animals.
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Brooks supports Essex recycling initiative
23 January 2006 :
Press Release
Brooks Newmark last week attended an event at the House of Commons to promote the work done by ReMaDe Essex (Recyclable Market Development Essex).
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Brooks Newmark holds A120 debate
20 January 2006 :
Press Release
Brooks Newmark MP today proposed the adjournment motion in the House of Commons on the future of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.
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A120 (Braintree to Marks Tey)
20 January 2006 :
Speech
Full text of Brooks' speech in the Adjournment Debate of the future of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.
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A120 (Expansion)
12 December 2005 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken to safeguard the efficient use of agricultural land affected by the proposed expansion of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.
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Highways Agency
12 December 2005 :
Parliamentary Questions
Brooks Newmark questions the Transport Secretary about the Highways Authority's criteria in assessing the impact of transport schemes and about guidelines for response times to objections.
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