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20 Most Recent Speeches
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Speech by Paul Burstow on Wed 25th Mar 2009
I present the petition on behalf of tenants in the London borough of Sutton, which includes my constituency of Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park. It highlights what tenants in my constituency regard as daylight robbery: 38p in every pound of the rents that they pay to the London borough of Sutton goes to the Treasury rather than towards maintaining their homes in my constituency.
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP on Tue 24th Mar 2009
Motion for leave to introduce a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP delivered to Westminster Hall on Tue 3rd Mar 2009
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) on securing this important and timely debate. Today is a significant day in the lives of many parents and children who are waiting for the letter to drop through their letterbox or the e-mail to hit their inbox, telling them whether their child has got the school of their preference. Many of us can appreciate the anxiety that parents feel at any stage in their children's journey through education when they find that their child does not have a school place. It causes huge stress, anxiety and disruption to the whole family. I draw on personal experience, as I am waiting for one such letter to arrive today. I hope not to be cast into the limbo described by my hon. Friend and faced by many of our constituents with children of primary school age. Nevertheless, we know that those problems are at large in our high school system.
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Speech by Paul Burstow delivered to House of Commons on Thu 26th Feb 2009
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise in the House the issue of housing subsidy. I look forward to the Minister's response to our short debate on important issues that are of concern to my constituents, particularly those who pay rent to my local council.
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP on Wed 4th Feb 2009
I present this petition on behalf of many thousands of my constituents and my local authority, the London borough of Sutton. The petition seeks protection for garden land from the rapacious appetite of developers.
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP for Sutton and Cheam delivered to Jim Fitzpatrick MP for Poplar and Canning Town on Tue 31st Oct 2006
Paul Burstow;
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP delivered to Speech to the Sutton & Merton PCT Carers and Employment Conference, The Holiday Inn, Sutton on Thu 15th Jun 2006
Every minute of every day four new carers start caring.
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP on Tue 13th Jun 2006
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I am grateful for the opportunity to have an Adjournment debate on this topic. This debate is timely in a number of ways, given the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that was announced a couple of weeks ago and the fact that this week is national carers week.
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Speech delivered on Tue 7th Feb 2006
Mr. Paul Burstow: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the issue of the care and nutrition of older people. I think that the Minister will know of my interest in the subject, because I had the opportunity last week to host the launch in the House of a campaign by Help the Aged and Action on Elder Abuse to help raise awareness and promote action to tackle the hidden scandal that is elder abuse in our country. The Under-Secretary of State for Health, the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Mr. Byrne), also took part. The campaign is all about pressing for in-depth research to gauge the true level of the problem of abuse. The most recent figures obtained by the Select Committee on Health, during its inquiry in 2004, show that 500,000 elderly people time at any one may be the victims of abuse, including physical, psychological, financial and sexual abuse. Without a clear picture, however, it is impossible to know whether the current policy and practice, which have developed over the past five to 10 years, really are a fit response to the level of need.
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Speech delivered on Wed 11th Jan 2006
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I beg to move,
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP on Mon 5th Dec 2005
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the subject of medication reviews for older people. I do so because I believe that if good practice in medication review were to be the norm across the NHS, it could transform the lives of millions of people.
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Speech by Paul Burstow on Thu 1st Dec 2005
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): I want to speak to parts 1 and 2 of the Bill, starting with the section on infection control issues in part 2.
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Speech delivered on Mon 21st Nov 2005
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I shall endeavour to assist colleagues, to ensure that as many as possible get the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. One of the striking features of this debate compared to the one on the earlier version of the Bill—I read that debate—is the slight change in tone. The sounds off during this debate have been somewhat different from the debate before the election. That is interesting for what it says about where parties stand.
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Speech delivered on Tue 18th Oct 2005
Speech by Paul Burstow MP
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Speech delivered on Sun 18th Sep 2005
Speech by Paul Burstow MP to Sutton 4 Churches, Trinity Church
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Speech by Paul Burstow MP on Tue 19th Jul 2005
I am pleased to have secured this debate on mental health services in south-west London and to have the opportunity to draw the attention of the House to my concerns and those of several of my hon. Friends who represent south-west London constituencies about the development of services for people with mental health problems. I am also grateful to have this opportunity to ask several questions of the Minister responsible for these matters.
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Speech delivered to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference, Harrogate on Sun 6th Mar 2005
Do you remember on the eve of the 1997 General Election Tony Blair said the country had 24 hours to save the NHS? 24 hours to save the NHS from the Tories. 8 years later and the NHS still needs saving.
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Speech delivered on Wed 2nd Mar 2005
House of Commons Debate, 2nd March 2005
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Speech by Paul Burstow delivered to Westminster Hall, Adjournment Debate on Wed 26th Jan 2005
I congratulate the right hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron) on securing the debate. I share his disappointment that others cannot be present to take part in it, but I pay tribute to him for his work as chair of the all-party group on infertility and for giving us the opportunity to explore how far the Secretary of State's undertakings in respect of the NICE guidance have been implemented.
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Speech by Paul Burstow delivered to Adjournment debate on Tue 25th Jan 2005
I congratulate the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) on securing the debate. It is a useful opportunity to review progress and to pose some questions to the Government. The hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) talked about the need to be obsessive. I concur that he is obsessive about this issue—and rightly so. A litany of statistics has been set out during the debate. Like him, I do not propose to trot out many more, but they are compelling evidence of the need to take the issue seriously and for this to be a matter of consistent and clear focus for public policy. They are also make a compelling case for us as individuals to take stock of our own lives and the lives of those for whom we have caring responsibilities.
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