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09/05/2008      MP Pledges Support To Tackle Cardiovascular Disease

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has pledged his support to combat cardiovascular diseases.

A total of 31 charities have joined forces to create the Cardio & Vascular Coalition (CVC), which last week presented a report to the House of Commons outlining challenges over the next ten years to tackle the
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28/04/2008      MP Lends Support To Local Nature Reserve

“ENJOY Monmouthshire’s wildlife habitats”. This was the message from Monmouth MP David Davies on a visit to the Pentwyn Farm Nature Reserve at Penallt.

Gwent Wildlife Trust has recently purchased Westwood Common adjacent to its existing reserve, which comprises a 14th Century medieval barn and a 17th Century cottage
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21/04/2008      MP Condems A4042 At Little Mill As Not Fit For Purpose

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has condemned a busy stretch of the A4042 as ‘not fit for purpose’.

Following a spate of accidents at the junction of the A472 and A4042 at Little Mill, there have been calls for the condition of the road to be improved and the speed
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21/04/2008      Bus Passes Should Work In England And Wales

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has spoken out at the confusion over free bus passes for cross border routes.

David has demanded answers from the Minister for Transport & Regeneration at the National Assembly for Wales as to why bus passes issued to pensioners in Wales will not be accepted
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07/04/2008      Minister Urged To Make Statement Over LHB Merger

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has called on the Health Minister Edwina Hart to make a statement on the future of Monmouthshire Local Health Board after the Chair Susan Pritchard was told that her contract was not being renewed and that the position would be taken on by the existing Chair read more »

21/03/2008      Prison Crisis Caused Prescoed Escapes, Says MP

“THE lack of space in the prison system has led to prisoners being placed prematurely into open conditions and then escaping," said local MP David Davies after a meeting with the Prisons Minister David Hanson this week at the Ministry of Justice.

Mr Davies demanded the meeting to discuss
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07/03/2008      Monmouth Politicians Promise To Honour The Covenant

THOSE who suffer injury or death in the service of their country deserve better. This was the message from local politicians David Davies MP and Nick Ramsay AM at a meeting organised by the Monmouth branch of the Royal British Legion last week.

The Royal British Legion believes that
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06/03/2008      MP Demands Meeting With Prisons Minister To Discuss Latest Abscond From Prescoed

MONMOUTH MP David Davies has demanded a meeting with the Prisons Minister to discuss the case of a violent robber who has absconded from Prescoed Open Prison.

Andrew Clifford Phillips was jailed for 11 years in 2005 after mugging a 50 year-old man in Cardiff Bay, who fell back
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06/03/2008      David Backs Campaign To Save The British Pig

MONMOUTH MP David Davies joined hundreds of farmers from across the country in a Westminster rally to save the British pig.

The Pigs are worth it! Rally, organised by the National Pig Association with the support of the British Pig Executive, aimed to raise awareness of the current crisis
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06/03/2008      MP Tackles Secretary Of State For Wales Over Funding Formula

MONMOUTH MP David Davies used the annual St David’s Day Debate in the House of Commons to grill the new Secretary of State for Wales over the funding formula for local authorities.

With council tax bills shortly due to arrive through letter boxes across the constituency, Mr Davies questioned
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