Archive for the ‘Select Comittee’ Category
Posted on: 17th December 2020
Many thanks to our expert panelists at last evening’s Covid “Lessons learned” Webinar. We can see why Conservative Ministers have been so keen to avoid even a quick Public Inquiry so that we can learn important lessons to improve on the UK’s shockingly poor handling of the pandemic and the tens of thousands of avoidable […]
Posted on: 31st January 2019
Credit to Conservative MP Heidi Allen. She appears to speak out against her own Government’s policies which have done so much to create a big rise in poverty and homelessness. Conservative MPs (including all our local MPs) have consistently voted to: cut working tax credit, slash support for the sick and disabled, reduced housing […]
Posted on: 12th July 2011
On the morning of Tuesday 12th July, Andrew George MP, attended the Health Select Committee. The committee held its fourth oral evidence session on public health, where MPs had the chance to question officials and experts about public health policy reforms. Giving evidence at the session were the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally C Davies, […]
Posted on: 29th June 2011
On Tuesday 28st June, Andrew George MP, attended the public Health Select Committee. The committee discussed regulatory bodies, and heard evidence from Dame Jo Williams DBE, Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and Amanda Sherlock, Director of Operations Delivery at the Care Quality Commission. Andrew George MP is a member of the Health Select […]
Posted on: 21st June 2011
This morning, Andrew George MP, attended the public Health Select Committee. The committee held its third oral evidence session on Public Health, where they heard evidence from Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, Professor Stephen Morris, Professor of Health Economics and Dr David Halpern, Head of the Behavioural Insights Team at […]