Let’s not sell Romney Marsh short; I believe it has and deserves a better future than being the dumping ground for all of Britain’s high level nuclear waste. Shepway Council [...]
Folkestone has applied to become one of the government’s ‘Portas Pilot Towns’. The selected towns have to come up with a strategy to improve their town centres and in return [...]
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Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012) Monday, 30 April 2012, 3:30 pm
Damian Collins: Does the Prime Minister agree that, even if the matter should have been referred to the independent adviser, they would almost certainly be heavily guided by the Secretary of State’s evidence in front of the Leveson inquiry anyway, given that it provides for the highest level of public scrutiny possible?
Amendment of the Law (22 Mar 2012) Thursday, 22 March 2012, 5:37 pm
Damian Collins: We have heard a number of Members today say that the Government have no industrial strategy and no strategy for jobs. I say that they should make that argument to the people who will benefit from the £500 million investment in this country that GlaxoSmithKline announced this morning following the Budget; to the people who will benefit from the 2,000 jobs being created by Nissan in…
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Football Governance (22 Mar 2012) Thursday, 22 March 2012, 10:30 am
Damian Collins: Does the Minister agree that the proposed FA regulatory authority needs to have real teeth and that there should not just be a rebadging of rules that have failed, in some cases, to identify the ultimate owners of clubs or to protect communities from the impact of a club’s insolvency?
Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (19 Mar 2012) Monday, 19 March 2012, 2:30 pm
Damian Collins: Will the Home Secretary consider producing a wide-ranging study of the effectiveness of community sports programmes run by organisations such as the Active Communities Network in reducing crime and antisocial behaviour, particularly among young people?
Written Answers — Home Department: Firearms: Forensic Science (14 Mar 2012) Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 12:00 am
Damian Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the letter of 24 January 2012 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security to the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe, whether she has received a response from the Forensic Science Regulator as to whether a review is necessary into firearm discharge residue testing; and if she will make a statement.
Written Answers — Home Department: Boothby Report (14 Mar 2012) Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 12:00 am
Damian Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the letter of 24 January 2012 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security to the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe, whether a copy of the Boothby Report has been located; and if this will be made available to the hon. Member’s constituent, Mr Paul Cleeland.
Football (Financial Transparency) (13 Mar 2012) Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 4:27 pm
John Mann: I rise to point out briefly a fundamental flaw in the Bill, but I commend the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) for the work he has done in this field and through the Culture, Media and Sport Committee-its reports are excellent and we look forward to the report on racism in football. He identified a particular problem that is dear to my heart: the opaqueness of the…
Backbench Business: Adult Social Care (8 Mar 2012) Thursday, 8 March 2012, 5:27 pm
Damian Collins: Would my hon. Friend include more informal forms of care, such as referring patients who are socially excluded to local walking or singing groups where they can participate and be with other people? There are some good models of that in my constituency.
Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (6 Mar 2012) Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 2:30 pm
Damian Collins: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Schmallenberg Virus: Kent (6 Mar 2012) Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 12:00 am
Damian Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the spread of Schmallenberg virus; how many cases have been reported in Folkestone and Hythe constituency; and if she will make a statement.
