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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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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 | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

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. | more
 

'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. | more
 

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. | more