News from April 2008
Wednesday, 16 Apr 2008
Local MP calls for more help for women in developing countries affected by HIV and AIDS
Local MP John McDonnell has signed a motion in Parliament calling on the UK Government to help women affected by HIV and AIDS in the developing world. The Women Matter campaign, which is spearheaded by leading international development charity VSO is asking the UK’s Department for International Development to put women at the heart of its new global HIV and AIDS strategy and to use its influence to encourage other international agencies to do likewise.
World Development Movement commend local MP John McDonnell’s position on climate
John McDonnell MP has been commended by the World Development Movement for supporting attempts to strengthen the climate change bill.
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Friday, 11 Apr 2008
Heathrow consultation process under fire from TCPA
Local MP John McDonnell today highlighted the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)‘s comprehensive and critical response to the Department for Transport’s report Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport.
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Teenagers rush for CitizenCard ID as local shops expand No ID No Sale! policy
Dozens of teenagers throughout Hayes & Harlington have started to apply for CitizenCards, the credit-card size ID cards that allow them to prove their age. The rush is on because Hayes & Harlington’s supermarkets, newsagents and convenience stores have teamed up to promote a stringent No ID No Sale! message. Supported by Trading Standards and the Police the message is designed to prevent illegal sale of tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, solvents and other age-restricted goods to teenagers who are too young. The legal age for selling alcohol, solvents and fireworks is 18. For lottery tickets it is 16. And on 1st October the tobacco age rose from 16 to 18.
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Local MP John McDonnell calls on Porton Down veterans to come forward
Local MP John McDonnell today highlighted a ministerial statement which extended the deadline for Porton Down veterans to bring claims against the Ministry of Defence. The deadline has now been extended to 30th June 2008.
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