Category Archives: Richard Ottaway MP

The week at Westminster: Lillian’s Law in Queen’s Speech

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING reviews the House of Commons work of the area’s MPs So that’s the first extended session of this Parliament over. The Queen’s Speech comes tomorrow. Gavin Barwell, the Conservative MP for Croydon Central, can look forward with deserved … Continue reading →

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Election votes all add up to more change across Croydon

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING, a former Assembly Member, crunches the first set of numbers from Thursday’s London elections and finds some interesting trends for politics in Croydon For a while on Friday, the Conservatives thought that they had lost out at City … Continue reading →

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Is Big Boris watching? ICO asked to investigate emails

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

A request has been filed to the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate how the “Back Boris” London Mayoral campaign managed to acquire the email addresses of Croydon residents in the run-up to today’s elections. At least a dozen Croydon residents … Continue reading →

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The week at Westminster: life can be such a fag for our MPs

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

It was a busy week in Parliament for our local MPs, ANDREW PELLING reports Back at Westminster after the Easter break, and there were 22 visits to the voting lobby in just four days of the Parliamentary working week. That’s … Continue reading →

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Latest leaflet blunder is example of flawed funding system

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Oh dear. You know things are not going as well as they might when you get a grudging expression of sympathy on Twitter from Clare Hilley, the Conservative councillor for Waddon ward whose main claim to fame remains vomiting down … Continue reading →

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The (two-day) week at Westminster: Ottaway keeps busy

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING summarises the latest, truncated, week’s business for our local Members of Parliament A truncated week in Parliament last week, with just two days “in the office” before an elongated Easter break. Richard Ottaway, Gavin Barwell and Carshalton and … Continue reading →

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The week at Westminster: grub’s up for MP access

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

It might cost £250,000 to secure a meal at No10 with “Call Me Dave” Cameron, but a school dinner with Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell is a “mere” £30. Former MP ANDREW PELLING takes the budget option to chart the … Continue reading →

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Purley campaigners fear their pool is “under attack”

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Campaigners supporting Purley Pool are concerned that a council consultation process is laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the pool, car park and the former Sainsbury’s store. The council’s “spatial” planning team has issued a circular inviting submissions from developers … Continue reading →

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The week at Westminster: voting on the end of the NHS

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Former Croydon MP ANDREW PELLING reviews last week’s parliamentary activity from our local representatives Another lightweight week for our local MPs. Perhaps, with the Cheltenham Festival taking place, some influential, horse-loving parliamentarians preferred it that way. Or maybe the business … Continue reading →

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Farting cows not good enough reason to go vegan, says UKIP

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

UKIP has urged Croydon’s two Conservative MPs to look at the scientific evidence before going into Croydon schools to promote climate change as part of “Climate Week”. Climate Week describes itself as a campaign of “annual renewal of our ambition … Continue reading →

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