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*All Alan's expense receipts published early*
Alan Whitehead has published early all his MP expense receipts since the last election. View all of Alan's receipts, and a summary of what Alan has claimed.
*Update* Alan has also added a Q&A section on his expenses page to answer questions that have come in from constituents.
July 1st: Strong Schools Plan for Southampton
Alan has welcomed the new rights for children, parents and teachers set out in the Schools White Paper. The new measures include a right to one-to-one tuition for all who need it. More information.
June 22nd: Monthly Activity Report
Alan's monthly activity report for June is now online. It includes information on his many questions in Parliament, meeting with the head of Southampton PCT over health services in the city; and his new Private Members Bill on Fuel Poverty.
June 22nd: The week ahead
On Monday Alan will meet Department for Energy and Climate Change Minister, David Kidney, to discuss Alan’s Private Member’s Bill on fuel poverty. Alan will then attend the the Speaker of the House vote and a National Grid Young Offender Programme reception in the evening. See the rest of Alan's week.
June 18th: Alan secures commitment on green spending
Yesterday Alan pressed the Prime Minister to reaffirm his commitment to maintain and enhance spending on combating climate change... and also asked what the consequences would be if spending on these measures were to be cut by 10%
June 16th: Alan joins Redbridge school students on Uni taster day
Alan today joined Redbridge Community School students on a visit to the University of Southampton, as part of an art taster day designed to encourage more young people to think about going to university.
June 15th: May Activity Report now online
Alan's May Activity Report is now online. Apologies for the delay in getting this posted to the website- this was down to the webmaster being on leave!
Alan's May report covers national issues including MPs' expenses, the budget and smart meters, and local work including speaking to the Royal Mail workers,trades unionists and local residents. Read the report
June 12th: We can protect Britain's security without building Trident
In his latest article, Alan lays out how we could replace Britain's aging nuclear weapons system with something much more appropriate for the post-cold war world, and at a third of the cost of replacing Trident. Read the article.
June 1st: Speech on the Local Democracy Bill
Alan spoke on the second reading of the Local Democracy Bill today. You can read his full speech here.
"It is fair to say that regardless of Government, for many years we in this country have made a real pig's ear of working out where in sub-national government things should be dealt with. The truth of the matter is that local government, as we call it, is not just a number of local authorities, the boundaries of which have been determined by the local government boundary committee or, in the case of county councils, largely by the Plantagenets."
Press releases, articles and reports written by Alan are all reproduced on this page.
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