Grant Shapps makes a speech in Parliament about the future of the NHS
and mismanagement under the current Secretary of State Rt Hone Patricia
Hewitt
This 23rd May 2007
debate was in a motion to cut the salary of the Secretary of State for
Health. Grant Shapps highlighted problems of a lack of local
accountability in decisions which impact on our hospital healthcare.
Video here and
transcript here.
Grant's
initiates a debate in the House of Commons about the operation of the
Freedom of Information Act
Since
being elected as an Member of Parliament, Grant Shapps has taken a keen
interest in the operation of the Freedom of Information Act, but is now
concerned about the way that it is working with his own study showing
high rates of failure to answer enquiries either in time or accurately.
Now he's challenging the Government to justify their own proposals to
tighten up FOI regulations further. Watch the debate with the link
above.
Threat to QE2, new
Hatfield Hospital and reasons for cancelled operations
Welwyn Hatfield's MP takes part in an opposition day debate about the
staffing and funding crisis within the NHS. Grant Shapps discusses soon
to be released research that he's carried out into the reason that 1,000
NHS operations are now cancelled each day and tackles the Secretary of
State for Health on why a super-hospital was promised at Hatfield before
the election, but now looks very unlikely to proceed.
Hertfordshire
MPs are seriously concerned about lack of funding to local Hospitals
Grant Shapps joined 6 other Hertfordshire MPs to debate the failure of
the government to properly fund Hertfordshire Hospitals. In particular
the QEII in WGC is now likely to all but close as services are slashed
in order to try and cut a project £69m deficit within the next 3 years.
Grant Shapps argues with the minister that Welwyn Hatfield lives are
about to be put at risk.
Grant Shapps
stages his own debate about the cost to the NHS from Missed Appointments
When constituent
John Mitchell missed an appointment at the QE2 Hospital he felt bad
enough to send in a £15 cheque, only to have it returned by the bankrupt
NHS Trust saying that they didn't want the money. Grant Shapps
went on to uncover the true cost of missed appointments to the NHS which
total a staggering £614m. Watch the debate in Parliament where Grant
tries to persuade the government to come through on its previous pledge
to get a grip on the problem.
Grant Shapps calls for a Parliamentary debate on Student Council Tax
exemptions
Grant Shapps
asks the leader of the House, Rt Hon Geoff Hoon,
for Parliamentary time
to debate how Council Tax exemptions for students mean that long-term
residents are paying more.
Geoff Hoon suggests the Home Secretary is considering innocent
children's DNA
Grant Shapps
asks the leader of the House, Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, if a minister will come
to the House to say what's happening about innocent children who find
themselves stuck on the national DNA database. Geoff Hoon appears to
suggest that the Home Secretary is looking into it, but the Home Office
backtracked two hours later by issuing a Press Release denying it.
Debate into the Financial Deficit of Hertfordshire Hospitals - and the
affect on the QE2
Grant Shapps holding his own adjournment debate over the future of the
popular Welwyn Garden City hospital which is facing a severe financial
crisis liable to close down a large number of services years in advance
of a new hospital opening.
Grant Shapps MP challenges Government over pensions
deficit
MP Grant
Shapps asks whether the Chancellors £5bn a year raid on pensions is
partly to blame for the huge pensions deficit.
PMQs - MP Challenges Government Over
QE2
MP Grant
Shapps tackles the government over the possible closure of the QE2
Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.
Police Cautions and Data Protection
Friday 14th
October 2005. Grant's own debate in Parliament following the case of a
Welwyn man whose property was damaged, but where the police had refused
to release the name and address of the individual who had caused the
criminal damage.
Maiden Speech by Grant Shapps MP
Thursday
26th May 2005. Grant's maiden speech following his election
on 5th May 2005.
