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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 11 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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Tue 15th Jul 2008
The Post Office will today release the names of the Post Offices they propose to close in South East Cornwall. 11 Post Offices will be closed entirely, 4 mobile services will close, and a further 8 will see reduced hours under the Outreach programme. They are:
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Wed 9th Jul 2008
Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall, yesterday met representatives of the Charity Commission to talk about the needs of local charities, and how they can best use the resources at their disposal. Of the 190,000 charities across England and Wales, 418 are based within the boundaries of South East Cornwall, from national and multi-national charities through to smaller ventures running village halls and parks.
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Fri 4th Jul 2008
Cornwall's five Liberal Democrat MP's have today criticised the Government for failing dental patients across Cornwall after they obtained figures which show that 7,905 fewer patients have been seen by an NHS dentist since the Government introduced reforms which were designed to improve access to dentistry.
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Wed 18th Jun 2008
The Finance Bill is of course the legislation which enacts the Government's tax proposals as laid down in the Budget. It is unusual because it does not go to the Lords for scrutiny and so the Committee stages are most important. The Committee, of which I am a member, sits for around ten hours a week in sessions scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday mornings and afternoons.
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Wed 11th Jun 2008
Today in Parliament we will debate the Government's proposals to extend the current detention limit without trial to 42 days. I am determined to vote against this for the following reasons.
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Tue 3rd Jun 2008
Colin Breed has today called upon the Government to implement a support package for our fishermen similar to that agreed between the European Union and France. Whilst under normal circumstances operating aid for the fisheries sector contravenes EU rules, the recent fuel price increases have put our fishing industry in jeopardy.
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Wed 28th May 2008
Nick Clegg MP, Liberal Democrat Leader, last weekend joined Colin Breed MP and Karen Gillard, Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South East Cornwall to visit a mixed use farm at the end of Mr Clegg's two day visit to Cornwall.
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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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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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