MP Press Releases

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Laws welcomes post office re-think

David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil Constituency, has welcomed the news that Postcomm, the Postal industry’s regulator, is to delay opening up the postal industry to full competition. Th... more

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Laws wins w.i. market fees reduction

David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil Constituency, has today been informed that he is likely to be successful in his campaign to have registration fees for Women’s Institute Country Mark... more

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Local MP launches campaign for right to bank holidays

David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil Constituency, has today tabled a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to give workers a statutory right to take bank holidays or to receive double ... more

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Laws hopeful of fsa rethink

David Laws, Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil Constituency, has today said that he is hopeful that his campaign to have registration fees for Women’s Institute Country Markets reduced will be succe... more

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David Laws welcomes cocaine trafficking clampdown

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, welcomed the news that the British Government is to co-operate with the Jamaican Government to prevent people smuggling crack cocaine into the country. ... more

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David Laws welcomes court ruling on gulf war illness

David Laws, Deputy Defence spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, has welcomed yesterday’s ruling by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal that Gulf War syndrome is a recognisable illness. The Tribunal ma... more

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Local MP welcomes timetable apology

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has today welcomed the apology he has received from South West Trains after he wrote criticising their inability to set up a timetable for the Jubilee w... more

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Local MP calls for government to act now over bovine tb

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, is calling on the Government to take action to combat the spread of Bovine TB in farmer’s cattle. At the moment the Government is trying to tackl... more

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Local MP calls on government to act over high hedges

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has criticised the Government for not having acted over the problem of high hedges. David Laws is now calling on the Government to introduce a High Hed... more

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Yeovil MP wishes paddy good luck in bosnia mission

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has wished Paddy Ashdown the best of luck in response to the news that he will be travelling to Bosnia at the end of this week to take up his post as th... more

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Local MP spells out five point plan to tackle crime surge

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has used his Commons debate on crime in South Somerset to spell out how to tackle the recent rocketing in local crime. Recorded crime surged by 19% in A... more

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Local MP slams plunge in police specials

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has called for more action to stem the loss of special constables in the Avon & Somerset Constabulary. This is in response to Home Office figures showi... more

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Laws calls for tougher abandoned cars rules

David Laws, Lib Dem MP for Yeovil constituency, has called on the Government to tighten car registration laws to make sure that the last registered owner of a car is responsible for it. This is in re... more

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David Laws blasts government over school class sizes

David Laws, the Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil constituency, has strongly criticized the Government for failing to give rural Somerset the funds it needs to keep secondary school class sizes down. He... more

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Gulf war illness inquiry still necessary- laws

David Laws, the Liberal Democrat Deputy Defence Spokesman, yesterday won a confirmation from the Minister of State for Defence that the Government has not ruled out a full public inquiry on Gulf War i... more

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