Westminster News

David joined politicians from all parties at an event hosted by the BUAV for its campaign to lift the secrecy on animal testing in the UK.

David maintains his commitment to social justice by signing Lindsay Hoyle’s EDM ‘That this House supports the Robin Hood tax campaign which calls for the introduction of a financial transaction tax; notes that by taking an average of 0.05 per cent. from speculative banking transactions..

On the 10th February David put forward a new EDM raising the issue of local waste disposal, ‘That this House condemns the current consultation on waste disposal in Gloucestershire ...

David joined 22 other MP’s in signing an EDM celebrating the 150th anniversary of Fish and Chips in Britain, ‘That this House marks the 150th anniversary of the marriage between fish and chips; celebrates with pride the culinary institution that the dish has become; notes the importance of fish and chips as the staple fare of the industrial north in the 19th century...

David recently joined celebrity Jenny Seagrove to urge Gordon Brown to block Europe’s imminent bid to ban thousands of vitamin & mineral food supplements, used safely in this country for decades.

David has this week pledged his support to tackle heart and circulatory disease – the UK’s biggest killer. David put his name to the pledge as heart patients, carers, and medics descended on the Houses of Parliament on the 4th February demanding a renewed commitment from all political parties to tackle heart and circulatory disease – the UK’s biggest killer – during the next decade.

‘Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept that the last thing that we need is another group of professionals being forced out of the NHS, as would happen if the Conservative party's proposals were taken seriously?

‘One of the putative benefits of the EU, if there are any, is that it could take joint action against tax havens. What action are the British Government proposing to take with their EU partners to make sure that everyone is paying the right level of tax?’

David attended a reception, recently that discussed the importance of keeping cancer high on the political agenda. MPs heard about Cancer Research UK’s new Commit To Beat Cancer campaign, which calls on the next Government to make the UK’s cancer outcomes among the best in Europe in the next ten years.

Reflecting the values of animal welfare support in the area and his own personal concern over the terrible cruelty associated with the illegal dog meat trade in the Philippines, David has signed Mark Pritchard’s EDM 774