Public Sector Debt
9 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Speaking in the Commons, Brooks Newmark challenges the Chief Secretary to the Treasury over off-balance sheet debt and asks what percentage of GDP that represents.
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Floods: Essex
20 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the funding of flood prevention schemes in Essex.
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Litter: Fines
26 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
In a question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Brooks Newmark asks about fixed penalty fines issued for litter offences.
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Brooks presses the Government to invest in local flood protection
2 March 2009 :
Press Release
On Thursday 26th February during DEFRA questions in the House of Commons, Brooks Newmark pressed the Government to commit to investment in local flood protection.
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Flooding
27 February 2009 :
Article for Braintree & Witham Times
Two weeks ago many of our villages were hit by substantial flooding. Roads and schools were forced to close and many people were left stranded as Essex received the whole of its expected rainfall for February in just two days.
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Floods: Essex
27 February 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about spending on flood prevention in Essex.
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Pitt Report
26 February 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the implementation of recommendations from the 'Learning lessons from the 2007 floods' report.
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Brooks seeks reassurance over local flood protection
10 February 2009 :
Press Release
Today, Brooks Newmark has contacted the Environment Agency seeking urgent reassurance about local flood protection.
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Brooks congratulates winners of Community Achievement Awards
16 January 2009 :
Press Release
On Thursday 15th January 2009 Brooks Newmark congratulated the six winners of Community Acheivement Awards at a reception in Gosfield Hall.
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Brooks supports bid to save the Black Notley swimming pool
12 November 2008 :
Press Release
Brooks offers his support to the Black Notley Community Association's bid to save its swimming pool.
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Broken Society
26 September 2008 :
Article for Braintree and Witham Times
Like all of you, I have a strong sense of community spirit and feel we have much to be proud of in our area.
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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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