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Archive 2
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19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary for the number of people arrested for domestic violence offences in each of the last five years. | more |
18 March 2008 : Press Release Vara awards prizes at Arthur Mellows Village College 
Shailesh Vara is to attend the prize giving ceremony at Arthur Mellows Village College today, Tuesday 18th March. | more |
17 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question General Practitioners: Working Hours 
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary for an estimate of the number of GP surgeries that routinely open out of hours. | more |
13 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Palliative Care: Cambridgeshire 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Health what data are used by commissioners in North West Cambridgeshire to determine the need for specialist palliative and neurological care. | more |
13 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Palliative Care: Cambridgeshire
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary whether National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on supportive and palliative care has been implemented in North West Cambridgeshire. | more |
13 March 2008 : Press Release Vara visits Opportunity Peterborough
Shailesh Vara will tomorrow meet Tony Allum and Steve Compton, Chairman and Chief Executive respectively of Opportunity Peterborough. | more |
12 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for International Development for his assessment of the effectiveness of UK aid in reducing poverty in developing countries. | more |
11 March 2008 : Press Release Vara quizzed by students at Abbey College 
Shailesh Vara visited Abbey College in Ramsey last Friday and took questions from a group of sixth form students. | more |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary for details of the proportion of staff in each acute hospital trust classified as non-medical. | more |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Chronically Sick: Cambridgeshire 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Health about progress in implementing the targets for the National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions in North West Cambridgeshire. | more |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question Voluntary Organisations: Contracts 
Shailesh Vara questions the Government about three year contracts awarded to third sector organisations that provide services in North West Cambridgeshire. | more |
11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were given a custodial sentence for domestic violence offences in each of the last five years. | more |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara questions the Government over the number of suicides by teachers in the last 10 years. | more |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for an estimate of the amount of time teachers spend preparing lessons. | more |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks about the number of teachers assaulted by pupils and parents in each of the last five years. | more |
10 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about teachers taking time off for depression or stress-related illnesses. | more |
9 March 2008 : Press Release RAF Wittering MP disappointed with latest decision by Station commander
Shailesh Vara MP has expressed disappointment at the decision by Group Captain Rowena Atherton, the Station Commander, to uphold the ban on her service men and women wearing their uniforms in Peterborough. | more |
7 March 2008 : Press Release Local MP calls for march of local servicemen through Peterborough so public can show their support 
Shailesh Vara has called for personnel from RAF Wittering to hold a march through the City of Peterborough so that local people can show their support. | more |
6 March 2008 : Speech 
Speaking on behalf of the Conservatives, Shailesh Vara winds up a House of Commons debate in recognition of Saturday’s International Women’s Day. | more |
4 March 2008 : Press Release Vara congratulates local centre chosen to play host to Olympic teams 
Shailesh Vara today welcomed a decision by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to include a local venue in its Pre-Games Training Camps Guide. | more |
4 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary for figures relating to the number of arrests and convictions for human trafficking offences for the each of the last five years. | more |
3 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara questions the Defence Secretary about plans for the future number of attack submarines in the Royal Navy. | more |
28 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary about the proportion of non-medical staff in each acute hospital trust. | more |
25 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Treaty of Lisbon - International Development 
Shailesh Vara asks that given that EU accounts have not been signed off for many years, how the public can have confidence that EU development money is getting to those in need. | more |
25 February 2008 : Speech European Union (Amendment) Bill
Shailesh Vara puts the case for a separate commissioner for international development at the EU. | more |
21 February 2008 : Speech 
Shailesh Vara calls the Government to account over a long list of broken promises – notably the lack of sufficient time for a full debate on every aspect of the Lisbon Treaty. | more |
21 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate 
Following the Home Secretary's statement about the bugging of an MP when he visited a constituent at Woodhill Prison, Shailesh Vara asks if any other MP has been bugged because they happened to be part of a bugged conversation. | more |
20 February 2008 : Speech Policing (Peterborough and Cambridgeshire)
Shailesh Vara calls for additional funding for the police in Cambridgeshire. | more |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara calls on the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the political situation in Kosovo. | more |
19 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks how much has been spent in preparation for and on development of the Government’s identity card scheme. | more |
11 February 2008 : Press Release Vara helps secure greater transparency for scrutiny of EU legislation
Shailesh Vara plays a leading role in increasing the parliamentary scrutiny of European Union legislation. | more |
7 February 2008 : Speech European Scrutiny (Standing Orders)
Shailesh Vara winds up the debate for the Conservatives and highlights concerns about the inadequacies in the scrutiny of the seemingly ever-increasing flow of legislation from the European Union. | more |
7 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary how many of the people who voluntarily provided DNA samples were later arrested and charged with an offence before the decision was made to keep their sample on the national database. | more |
6 February 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Shailesh Vara calls on the Government to recognise that there is insufficient Government information assurance for schemes such as ID cards and national road pricing | more |
6 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question Departmental Data Protection: Home Office 
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about breaches of data protection security in her Department. | more |
1 February 2008 : Press Release Vara meets World’s top entrepreneur, Bill Gates
Shailesh Vara has recently met with Microsoft Chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates. | more |
30 January 2008 : Press Release Vara challenges PM over prisons policy 
Shailesh Vara today challenged the Prime Minister over the Government's policy on prisons. | more |
30 January 2008 : Press Release Vara backs Blue Blindfold campaign 
Shailesh Vara lent his support to the Blue Blindfold Campaign at its launch in the House of Commons yesterday. | more |
29 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks how many doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu have been bought for use by Government staff in the event of an influenza pandemic. | more |
28 January 2008 : Press Release Vara supports Holocaust Memorial Day 
Shailesh Vara has shown his support for Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment, which honours those killed in the Holocaust. | more |
28 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question Departmental Data Protection: Treasury
Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about breaches of data protection security in his Department. | more |
25 January 2008 : Press Release Vara unveils award plaque at Stanground College 
Shailesh Vara will today unveil a plaque at Stanground College to mark the school being awarded the Leading Parent Partnership Award. | more |
21 January 2008 : Press Release Vara visits City Council’s Customer Service Centre 
Shailesh Vara MP visited Peterborough City Council's Customer Service Centre on Friday 18th January. | more |
21 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Justice about people smuggling drugs into prisons. | more |
16 January 2008 : Parliamentary Debate 
Shailesh Vara calls for extra funding for the police to deal with organised crime involvement in human trafficking. | more |
16 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary whether specific financial provision is made for each primary care trust to provide care to injured service personnel once they have left the military. | more |
15 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question Government Departments: Data Protection
Shailesh Vara questions the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about data handling procedures in Government and the Cabinet Secretary’s interim progress report. | more |
10 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about the effect of the Review of the Postal Services Sector on the recent round of post office closures. | more |
9 January 2008 : Press Release Vara criticises Government for U-turn on self defence laws
Shailesh Vara today criticised the Government for doing a U-turn on its promised changes to self defence laws. | more |
9 January 2008 : Parliamentary Debate Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Shailesh Vara urges the Government to honour its promise to “review the balance of the law” with regard to the use of reasonable force for self defence. | more |