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| Contact Julie Constituency Office 17 Plasnewydd Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 1NR Tel: (029) 20 624166 Fax: (029) 20 623661 Westminster Office House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Tel: (020) 7219 6960 Fax: (020) 7219 0960 E-mail: [email protected] |
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| In this section |
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| See the Written Questions Julie's asked |
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| See the Early Day Motions she's tabled |
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| In the Chamber |
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| The Record Julie's activity in Parliament |
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| Spoken in 58 debates in the House of Commons in the last year (including asking oral questions of Ministers) |
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| and has received answers to 59 Written Questions |
| See Julie's full voting record, from publicwhip.org.uk [Figures from TheyWorkForYou.com, correct as of 24/07/2006] |
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| Members of Parliament can ask oral questions of Ministers and make speeches in debates in the House of Commons Chamber. They also take part in Select and Standing Committees. Julie is in the top 10% of MPs for the number of contributions since the General Election in May 2005. Below you can find links to Julie's most recent interventions in the Chamber. Confused as to how the Commons operates? At the Parliament website you can find out how the two Houses work, and browse over 60 factsheets on varied subjects. Children and young people can visit eXplore Parliament - their own dedicated site. |
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| Julie is a member of two Select Committees of the House: the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Public Administration Committee. These two Committees have a remit to carry out enquiries into Government expenditure and policy. So far this Session the two Committees have held evidence sessions and produced reports on subjects as varied as the publication of memoirs by former politicians and civil servants, ID cards and the Ministry of Defence scheme which compensates former Japanese prisoners of war. Here are links to the two most recent reports which both Committees have produced (pdf files - download Adobe Acrobat reader here): |
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| Julie welcomes tougher sentences for the worst criminals July 20: Julie has welcomed Home Secretary John Reid's announcement that he is to toughen up the sentencing guidelines for those who commit particularly heinous offences. Citing the appalling case involving Craig Sweeney, Julie told the Commons that "sentencing guidelines should be aimed at the most dangerous offenders and those who are the greatest risk to the public". Read the full transcript |
| Llanishen Reservoir: Julie takes WPD to task 6 July: Julie has raised WPD's abuse of Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs in the Commons. During the weekly Business Questions session, Julie said: "Western Power Distribution is planning to partly concrete over the reservoir, despite huge public opposition. The area has been a beauty spot for many years, but that is being replaced by spiked metal poles and barking Alsatians." Read the full transcript |
| Julie presents Ten Minute Rule Bill on security of tenure 4 July: Julie has presented her own proposed law to make provision for security of tenure for Gypsies and Travellers. Her Bill, introduced under the Ten Minute Rule, would place occupants of local authority official sites on a par with occupants of local authority "bricks and mortar" accommodation. Read the full transcript |