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Parmjit Dhanda MP

Parmjit Dhanda MP

Working hard for you in Gloucester

 

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   A view from Westminster
  • The atrocities must stop in Gaza
    There are some lessons that we in this country have learned the hard way. But these important lessons sometimes need to be shared. Maybe the New Year is a good...
  • 3 December 2008 Regeneration continues
    The doomsayers will always find ways to talk Gloucester down. But the fact of the matter is that the City is on the way to changing and I do believe...
  • 28 November 2008 Tough economic times
    Today’s economic challenges are unprecedented. What was at first a problem in the American mortgage market has now become a global financial crisis. To protect local jobs and businesses we...
  • 13 November 2008 Baby P
    Maybe, as I grow older I’ve become a bit more squeamish. But on Tuesday night this week, I had to turn the television off when the news was on....
  • 31 October 2008 “Ayo Gurkhali” – forward Gurkhas
    I am told that it was quite a site. More than 100 Gurkhas packed into the public gallery of the High Court in London shouting in unison “Ayo Gurkhali” –...
  • 24 October 2008 Help for Gloucester's pensioners
    There’s no getting around it this is a difficult time for people throughout our City. Residents tell me that they’re really feeling the pinch as a result of the economic...
  • 17 October 2008 Protecting jobs in Gloucester
    As a little rule of thumb measure I’ve been asking people if they know how many zero’s there are in the figure 2 trillion. There are 12. According to the...
  • 10 October 2008 Shaping Gloucester's Future
    Over the last 6 months I’ve been running a consultation called “Shaping Gloucester’s Future” On all the big issues that face Gloucester, I’ve been out and about working...
  • 3 October 2008 A man with a plan?
    “The man with a plan” screamed the newspaper headlines the morning after David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference. Yet after listening to the Tory leader speak for over...
  • 26 September 2008 Labour Party Conference
    When the Prime Minister walked onto the stage to deliver the Leader’s speech at Labour Party Conference the atmosphere in the hall was electric. We all rose to our feet,...
  • 19 September 2008 A top of the range Fire Service
    When crises hit, like those we saw during the severe floods last summer, it’s our emergency service personnel that are on the front line. I moved into an office at...
  • 12 September 2008 transforming the railway subway
    I’ve lost count of the number of people over the years that have got in touch with me about the railway subway in Gloucester. Top of the list of concerns...
  • 5 September 2008 Railway Triangle
    As I entered the Trust Centre on Tuesday someone asked me if I was taking up residence there, such is the regularity of my visits to Conduit Street for meetings...
  • 29 August 2008 7/7
    Last week I had the privilege of meeting a woman called Gill Hicks who wrote the following passage: “On July 7th, 2005 I was a commuter traveling to work on...
  • 18 July 2008 - Pledging a better future for Javelin Park
    Last Friday afternoon a group of MPs, councillors and sports enthusiasts ventured down to Javelin Park to make a pledge – a pledge to build a new multi-purpose sports facility...
  • 11 July 2008 The G8 Summit
    In 2005 close to a quarter of a million people came together in Edinburgh to call on eight of the world’s wealthiest countries to do more to tackle absolute poverty....
  • 4 July 2008 The NHS at 60
    Last summer’s floods were the worst since records began in 1766. Hundreds were left homeless and thousands were left without water for two weeks. How far we’ve come since then...
  • 27 June 2008 Remembering the floods
    Last summer’s floods were the worst since records began in 1766. Hundreds were left homeless and thousands were left without water for two weeks. How far we’ve come since then...
  • 20 June 2008 A hat could save a child's life
    Over the past few months people from across the country have been frantically knitting tiny woollen hats for Save the Children. It might sound like a strange idea for a...
  • 13 June 2008 Education in Gloucester
    Just this very moment I left a meeting with Ed Balls the Secretary of State for Schools and Schools Minister Jim Knight. We had a very frank conversation about the...
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