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Archive 4
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3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Health about the number of cases of STDs diagnosed in the last five years. | more |
3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shailesh Vara asks about the number of deaths attributable to alcohol and illegal drugs in the last five years. | more |
3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an assessment of the effect of inward migration on economic activity and the labour market in the East of England. | more |
3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question Migrant Workers: East of England
Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an estimate of the number of migrant workers in the East of England in each of the last five years.. | more |
3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Foreign Secretary how many times the Information Commissioner was contacted about breaches of data protection security by his Department. | more |
3 December 2007 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks the Foreign Secretary about breaches of data protection security in his Department. | more |
29 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the PM about consultations he has had in relation to proposals to increase the number of days a suspect may be held under anti-terror legislation. | more |
29 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the PM about meeting held with Trade Union leaders since 27 June. | more |
29 November 2007 : Press Release HMRC data blunder affects 14,000 families in North West Cambridgeshire 
14,000 families have been affected by the HMRC data blunder in North West Cambridgeshire, the constituency represented by Shailesh Vara MP. | more |
29 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question Departmental Data Protection: Wales 
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Wales about breaches of data protection security in his Department. | more |
29 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question Departmental Data Protection: International Development 
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for International Development about breaches of data protection security in his Department. | more |
28 November 2007 : Speech 
Shailesh Vara condemns the Government's record on prison overcrowding. | more |
28 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question Child Benefit: Personal Records 
Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in NW Cambs had their personal information on the disks lost by HMRC. | more |
27 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the House of Commons Commission whether the antiviral drug Tamiflu have been purchased by the House authorities for use by their staff in the event of an influenza pandemic. | more |
27 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for depression in each primary care trust in each of the last 10 years. | more |
26 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about visitors to museums and galleries. | more |
26 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about average salaries. | more |
26 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question Shailesh Vara asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the number of suicides in each county. | more |
23 November 2007 : Press Release Peterborough Youth Group visit Parliament 
A group of teenagers from Peterborough Youth Services visited Parliament this week for a tour followed by a question and answer session with local MP, Shailesh Vara. | more |
22 November 2007 : Press Release
Shailesh Vara MP issues advice to constituents following HMRC data losses | more |
22 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Justice about details of the research used to support a reply to a previous question. | more |
21 November 2007 : Press Release HMRC data blunder a scandal, says Vara 
Shailesh Vara has expressed his shock that HM Revenue & Customs have lost the personal details of 25m people. | more |
21 November 2007 : Press Release Vara pleased at traveller site outcome 
Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) has rejected an application to turn a field near Somersham into a site for travellers. | more |
21 November 2007 : Press Release Vara speaks at Peterborough Rotary Club 
Shailesh Vara spoke at the 76th Charter Dinner of the Rotary Club of Peterborough on Friday, 16th November. | more |
21 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question Departmental Public Participation 
Shailesh Vara asks the Leader of the House about the number of responses received to its consultation on the Draft Legislative Programme. | more |
21 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Wales about the possibility of the transfer of primary legislative power to the Welsh Assembly in this Parliament. | more |
20 November 2007 : Press Release Vara backs villagers in new fight against pharmacy
Shailesh Vara is backing residents of Castor and Ailsworth in their fight against a planning application for a pharmacy. | more |
19 November 2007 : Press Release Vara speaks out on pensioner poverty 
Shailesh Vara today challenged the Government to address the way in which rising food prices are affecting pensioners living on small fixed incomes. | more |
19 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate
Shailesh Vara raises his concerns at the rate food prices are increasing and the affect this has on pensioners. | more |
19 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara questions the Foreign Secretary about the China Task Force. | more |
18 November 2007 : Article William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Campaigner by William Hague Reviewed by Shailesh Vara, MP for North West Cambridgeshire and Shadow Deputy Leader of the House | more |
15 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate 
During a debate on immigration, Shailesh Vara calls on the Home Office to ensure correct figures are used when allocating additional funding to local Police to compensate for migration. | more |
15 November 2007 : Press Release Vara challenges Immigration Minister over accuracy of figures 
Shailesh Vara has today criticised the Government's inability to produce accurate immigration statistics. | more |
14 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate N Ireland: Paramilitary Groups 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Government proposes to do to help individuals and communities who have suffered as a result of paramilitarism. | more |
12 November 2007 : Press Release Vara urges Minister to help save Westcombe Engineering from closure
Shailesh Vara has written to Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Employment at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), asking her to help save Westcombe Engineering. | more |
12 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Queen's Speech Debate: Foreign Affairs and Defence 
Shailesh Vara questions the Foreign Secretary over the appointment of Lord Malloch-Brown as Minister with responsibility for Asia given that he has had to be reprimanded over his use of terminology to describe Burma. | more |
12 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to raise standards in primary schools. | more |
8 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Queen's Speech Debate: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Shailesh Vara calls on the Government to be sure to use accurate figures for migration. | more |
6 November 2007 : News Release Vara facilitates Warboys landfill site meeting with Environment Agency 
This Friday members of the Warboys Landfill Action Group (WLAG) will meet with the Regional Director of the Environment Agency, Mr Paul Woodcock. | more |
5 November 2007 : Press Release Vara meets with local farmers to discuss Bluetongue virus 
Shailesh Vara met with a number of local farmers last Friday, 2nd November, to discuss the problem of Bluetongue Virus. | more |
22 October 2007 : Parliamentary Question
Shailesh Vara questions the Home Secretary about the numbers of assaults on police over the past 10 years. | more |
18 October 2007 : Speech Management and Services (House of Commons)
Shailesh Vara welcomes moves to increase public access to Parliament - such as the new visitor centre - and calls for improvements to the Parliament website. | more |
17 October 2007 : Press Release Vara expresses concern over outbreak of Bluetongue
Shailesh Vara today expressed his concern at the discovery of a case of Bluetongue on a farm in his constituency. | more |
17 October 2007 : Parliamentary Debate 
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for International Development what is being done to ensure that British aid money is being used effectively in Zimbabwe. | more |
16 October 2007 : Press Release Vara shows support for Marine Bill 
Shailesh Vara is supporting The Wildlife Trusts' call for a Marine Bill in next month's Queen's Speech. | more |
16 October 2007 : Parliamentary Debate 
Shailesh Vara raises concerns that research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ indicates a direct link between the introduction of HIPs and a 37% reduction in new instructions. | more |
15 October 2007 : Parliamentary Debate Home Office Questions: Inward Migration 
Shailesh Vara calls on the Home Secretary to address the lack of confidence in official immigration figures. | more |
15 October 2007 : Press Release Vara supports Breast Cancer Campaign 'Wear it Pink' day 
Shailesh Vara is backing Breast Cancer Campaign in its award winning Wear it Pink day, which this year is being held on Friday, 26 October. | more |
10 October 2007 : Press Release MP Vara anxious about Barclays job losses
Barclays Bank today announced the closure of their Wealth Operations Centre at Eagle Court in Peterborough. | more |
9 October 2007 : Press Release Vara opens Envar Visitor’s Centre 
Shailesh Vara opened a new visitor’s centre at Envar last Friday, 5th October. | more |