Debate on Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit - Laws
Debate on Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit (Conservative Opposition Day)
15 Mar 2006
National News
Doubts remain over Welfare Reform plans - Alexander
Respondiing to the launch of the Government's Green Paper on Welfare Reform, Danny Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat Work & Pensions spokesman, said:
15 Mar 2006
Party leadership contest
New leader Ming hits green issues from the start
15 Mar 2006
More opposition to ID cards as Lords consider them for the third time.
Liberal Democrat MPs have been joined by a number of Labour backbenchers and the Tories in a united attack on the ID card plans. The criticisms are on a number of different fronts including cost, civil liberties and likely effectiveness. The scheme has now run into what is likely to be its final battle - between the Lords and Commons - and it has all boiled down to the issues of compulsion and Labour's election manifesto.
15 Mar 2006
Wow! Best Ever
That was the verdict of over 500 members who attended the leadership hustings and region's spring event in Slough.
15 Mar 2006
Government plans for choice
Speaking during the second reading of the Education and Inspections Bill, local MP Tim Farron labelled the Governments' proposals for creating choice in rural communities a nonsense. Tim also branded the bill as an 'urban bill' which ignored many of the issues faced by parents and pupils in South Lakeland.
15 Mar 2006