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Colin Breed MP - Standing up for South East Cornwall
Hello and welcome to my website. I am proud to have served South East Cornwall for the past 12 years, and will continue to do so until retirement at the next election. Please feel free to contact me at breedc@parliament.uk if you ever need my help.
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Thu 18th Jun 2009
The Members Estimate Committee has decided that printed documents and receipts relating to MPs' ACA, IEP and Communications Allowance claims dating back to 2004/05 and up to 2007/08, together with details of stationery and postage costs covering the same period, will be published this morning. Full details of Colin's expense claims for that period can be found at www.parliament.uk.
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Fri 22nd May 2009
Colin Breed has spoken to the Cornish Times regarding the MPs expenses fiasco. Colin is the lowest claiming MP in the entire South West region, and came 426th out of 646 MPs.
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Tue 21st Apr 2009
Earlier today, all five Liberal Democrat Cornish MPs were in the House of Commons as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announced his economic forecast for the coming year. As always, the true impact of what was announced will not be known until more detailed analysis has taken place. Nevertheless, if forecasters are correct, then the country as a whole and Cornwall in particular will suffer for years to come.
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Wed 8th Apr 2009
Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall visited schools in the United Arab Emirates last month to view the links that have been built between UK schools and their Middle East counterparts under the British Council's 'Connecting Classrooms' programme.
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Fri 20th Mar 2009
Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall has today leant his support to a campaign to ensure fair water charges for the Constituency's local Scout Groups and other voluntary organisations. Water regulator Ofwat has issued guidance on payment for waste water runoff, which will lead to massive increases in costs for voluntary groups already struggling to make ends meet.
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Thu 19th Mar 2009
Cornwall's Liberal Democrat MPs will be in Parliament tomorrow to lend their support to a new parliamentary bill aimed at ending fuel poverty. The Fuel Poverty Bill, tabled by David Heath, Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome, receives Second Reading on Friday 20th March and calls for a massive home insulation programme intended to halve the energy needed to heat the average home. The Bill also aims to address the use of higher rates for those with pre-pay meters.
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Wed 18th Mar 2009
Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall has today met with members of South East Cornwall Tourism Association, the Tamar Valley Tourist Association and the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership at Paddington Station, to promote tourism in the Constituency to rail users.
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| Cornwall South East General Election Result |
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Turnout: 53455 (66%)
46.7%
Liberal Democrat: 24986 (+0.8%)
34.6%
Conservative: 18479 (−0.9%)
11.4%
Labour: 6069 (−1%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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