Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

4 December 2006 Charles Walker calls for fines to be used to compensate the losses of families where a loved one has been killed by corporate failing. | more

Queen's Speech - Treasury and Work and Pensions

27 November 2006 Charles Walker questions whether it is the role of Government to tell people how long they may work. | more

Queen's Speech - Health

16 November 2006 During a debate on the Queen's Speech, Charles Walker condemns hospital closures in Hertfordshire and calls for a commitment from the Government to use the new mental health Bill to ensure provision of first class mental health services. | more

Companies Bill

6 November 2006 During a debate about new reporting obligations for company directors where they must provide details of "key relationships", Charles Walker asks for a definition of "key relationships". | more

Firework Nuisance

6 November 2006 Charles Walker calls for the firework season, which now seems to last for six weeks, to be shortened. | more

Legislative Process

1 November 2006 Charles Walker calls for more time for back-benchers to have adjournment debates to hold Ministers to account and does not see any need for an increase in MPs' communications allowances. | more

Crossrail Bill

31 October 2006 Charles Walker puts the case for disproportionate investment in London's transport infrastructure as London is the 'engine room of the UK economy' and London the east and south-east are expected to attract an additional 5 or 6 million people in the next 2 | more

Climate Change - Stern Report

30 October 2006 In response to the Government statement on the Stern Report, Charles Walker asks about the future role of nuclear power to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. | more

Alcohol Disorder Zones

30 October 2006 Chalres Walker welcomes the introduction of alcohol disorder zones in the Violent Crime Reduction Bill. | more

Drinking Banning Orders

30 October 2006 Charles Walker calls for higher penalties for selling alcohol to under-age children. | more

Knife crime

30 October 2006 Charles Walker welcomes the increase in maximum sentence for carrying a knife from two to four years. | more

Energy Supply

30 October 2006 Charles Walker calls for reassurances that we can maintain the UK's global competitiveness as well as reducing our carbon emissions. | more

Charities Bill

25 October 2006 Charles Walker debates amendments to the Charities Bill calling for small charitable companies to be treated primarily as charities thus avoiding new company legistlation and examines sports which should be permitted to attain charitable status. | more

Police and Justice Bill

24 October 2006 During a debate on the House of Lords amendments to the Police and Justice Bill, Charles Walker raises the questions of accountability and independence of county police forces. | more

Racism

12 October 2006 During Education Questions in the House of Commons, Charles Walker condemns the BNP's targetting of young people and congratulates the young people who are turning their back on the BNP's racist lies and filth. | more

Civil Aviation Bill

12 October 2006 Charles Walker calls for more time in Parliament to discuss amendments of particular concern for Stansted and Heathrow airports. | more

Climate Change

12 October 2006 During the debate on Climate Change, Charles Walker calls for water companies and the Environment Agency to get together to ensure river and stream environments are preserved. | more

Boundaries, Voting and Representation (Scotland)

20 July 2006 During a debate on voting and representation in Scotland, Charles Walker raises the issue of Scottish MPs voting in Parliament on issues that do not relate to Scotland. | more

Criminal Justice

20 July 2006 Charles Walker calls on the Home Secretary to use sentencing to persuade young people that the simple act of carrying a knife is a serious crime in itself. | more

Home Information Packs

19 July 2006 During a debate on the Home Information Pack pilot schemes, Charles Walker asks who will pay for the surveys and condemns universities that are running training courses on legislation which has not yet been (and may never be) enacted. | more

NHS Redress Bill

13 July 2006 Charles Walker raises concerns about the NHS investigating complaints against itself and calls for an element of independence. | more

International Development

13 July 2006 Charles Walker calls for progress in allowing farmers in the developing world access to western European and north American markets. | more

Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law

3 July 2006 Charles Walker calls for tighter Governmental controls over scientific research to ensure that a child’s welfare is paramount. | more

Primary Care Trusts

29 June 2006 Charles Walker raises his concerns that the promised two PCTs for Hertfordshire are in fact one. | more

Emissions Trading Scheme

29 June 2006 Charles Walker calls on the Government to work with power stations to encourage them to burn their fuel more efficiently. | more

Fraud Bill

12 June 2006 During a speech in a House of Commons debate on the Fraud Bill, Charles Walker widely supports the bill but calls for longer sentencing in fraud cases in recognition of the impact of fraud on victims lives. | more

Unskilled Immigration

8 June 2006 Speaking in the House of Commons, Charles Walker calls for a debate on the consequences of unskilled immigration to the UK. | more

Volunteers and Carers

7 June 2006 During a debate on Volunteers and Carers, Charles Walker highlights the value of donations to voluntary and charitable organisations. | more

Tax Credits

7 June 2006 During a House of Commons debate on Tax Credits, Charles Walker calls for assistance for hard-working families who receive claims for large sums that they have no means of paying. | more

MP calls for Health Minister to meet with local mental health charities.

7 June 2006 At the close of a debate on the NHS, Charles Walker makes a call for Health Minister, Caroline Flint, to meet with local mental health charities to discuss cuts in mental health services in Broxbourne and Hertfordshire. | more

NHS Redress Bill

5 June 2006 During a debate on the NHS Redress Bill, Charles Walker raises concerns that the proposed in-house system for dealing with minor clinical negligence cases will not be seen by patients to be transparent and impartial. | more

Pensions Reform

25 May 2006 Charles Walker calls on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to raise the threshold at which pensioners start to pay income tax. | more

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust

25 May 2006 Charles Walker calls on the Health Secretary to personally intervene to prevent unfair budget cuts to the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust, which provides mental health services. | more

British Nuclear Group

18 May 2006 During a debate on the British Nuclear Group, Charles Walker makes the point that in many cases local communities, where nuclear power stations exist, welcome them and the value they make to those communities. | more

Management of the National Health Service

9 May 2006 In an exchange in the debate on the NHS, Charles Walker condemns the waste of £8 billion that was raised for the NHS by a rise in National Insurance. | more

Management of the National Health Service

9 May 2006 During a Conservative led debate on the crisis in the NHS, Charles Walker calls on the Health Secretary to explain why the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust is being asked to cut its budget by £5.2 million when it has never been in deficit since 2001. | more

EU Finances

8 May 2006 Charles Walker asks the new Minister for Europe, Geoff Hoon, why if the EU budget was such a fair deal for Europe, why is it that France was so happy with the outcome? | more

Mental Health Services in Hertfordshire

19 April 2006 Charles Walker introduces a House of Commons debate on mental health services in Herts in which he praises the work of the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust and condemns the severe levels of budget cuts being imposed on them. Full text of debate. | more

Labour Market Statistics

28 March 2006 Charles Walker asks the Secretary of State for Scotland about measures to encourage high-skill industry in Europe to locate to Scotland. | more

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

28 March 2006 Charles Walker makes a speech in the Budget debate in which he calls for less money to be given to Europe and more money to be spent on the NHS. | more

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Airline Tax

28 March 2006 Charles Walker intervenes in a Budget debate discussion on tax on airline fuel to call for a stop to building new runways for budget airlines. | more

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

28 March 2006 During the continuing debate on the budget, Charles Walker calls for a raise in the tax thresholds at which people start paying tax. | more

Budget

22 March 2006 During the debate on the Budget, Charles Walker calls on the Chancellor to take some responsibility for the fact that the stock market has been one of the worst performing stock markets of any major industrialised nation in the western world. | more

Managed Migration

21 March 2006 During a debate on the points-based system for managed migration, Charles Walker questions why Scotland should have greater problems attracting people than the rest of the UK. | more

Occupational Pensions

16 March 2006 Charles Walker: "the Government's stewardship of our pensions over the past nine years has been...a complete and utter disaster". | more

Mental Health Services in Herts

16 March 2006 Charles Walker calls for a debate into the future funding of mental health services in Hertfordshire. | more

Tackling Health Inequalities

16 February 2006 During a debate in the House of Commons, Charles Walker calls for more Government support for mental health charities. | more

Government's 10-year Transport Plan

1 February 2006 During a debate on the Government's Transport Plan, Charles Walker calls for extra capacity on the Broxbourne to Cheshunt line. | more

Health and Social Care Services - Point of Order

30 January 2006 At the closure of a debate on health, Charles Walker complains that he was unable to raise important issues on the possible closure of the A & E dept at Chase Farm due to there being insufficient time as a result of frontbenchers making long statements. | more

Counterfeit Medicines

26 January 2006 Charles Walker introduces an adjournment debate on counterfeit medicines and raises concerns the availability of medicines over the internet. | more

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