Serious Crime Bill - Incidents involving serious violence: Powers to stop and search

22 October 2007 Charles Walker makes the case that if we are to tackle gun and knife crime, new laws will not work alone - he calls on the Government to fully engage with local communities and those who are able to reach and influence young people. | more

Cheshunt "Urgent Care Centre"

2 October 2007 Over 3,000 letters have been received in support of Cheshunt "Urgent Care Centre". | more

Walker Launches Parliamentary Zoo & Aquarium Group

13 June 2007 Charles Walker has launched the new Parliamentary Zoo and Aquarium Group to help promote the conservation of endangered species and habitats through better understanding and education. | more

Walker Calls on Minister to Come Clean over Hospital

11 May 2007 Charles Walker, has sought direct assurances from Cabinet Office Minister, Pat McFadden MP, that the consultation surrounding the future of Chase Farm hospital has been conducted in an open and transparent fashion. | more

MP Condemns the Great Rail Rip Off

31 January 2007 Charles Walker has expressed his growing annoyance at the continued refusal of the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss the annual £50m “rail tax” levied on local commuters. | more

MP Calls For Health Debt Amnesty

15 January 2007 In an attempt to avert the severe scaling back of local services Charles Walker has called on the Secretary of State for Health to pay off the debts of Hertfordshire's and North London's financially stressed NHS Trusts. | more

Walker Says Englishman’s Home Must Remain his Castle

8 January 2007 Charles Walker has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to express his concerns at a leaked Government report suggesting that it's going to grant council tax inspectors far reaching powers to snoop around people's homes. | more

MPs Join Forces to Fight for More Rail Investment

7 December 2006 Members of Parliament from across the East of England recently joined forces to press the new Rail Minister, Tom Harris MP, on the need to make urgent upgrades to the Cambridge to London line. | more

Broxbourne MP Calls Time on Fireworks

7 November 2006 Charles Walker joined with other Parliamentary colleagues to urge the Government to act on the growing menace of fireworks which are being let off at all hours of the day and night. | more

MP Seeks Knife Assurances

25 October 2006 Charles Walker has asked for Ministerial assurances that new laws to keep offenders out of criminal courts will not be used in cases where people are charged with carrying a knife. | more

Broxbourne MP Attacks BNP Hate

13 October 2006 Government Education Minister, Bill Rammell, joined with Broxbourne MP, Charles Walker, to condemn BNP campaign tactics targeted at the Borough's young people. | more

MP Asks Minister to Put Commuters Before Holidaymakers

24 April 2006 MP, Charles Walker has urged the Rail Minister, Derek Twigg, to put the interests of local commuters before those of holidaymakers using the Stansted Express. | more

Broxbourne MP Fights to Stop Herts Mental Health Cuts

24 April 2006 Broxbourne MP, Charles Walker, used his recent House of Commons adjournment debate to raise growing concerns about the Government's plans to slash mental health services in Hertfordshire. | more

Broxbourne MP in Cash for Peerages Row

29 March 2006 Broxbourne MP, Charles Walker, has clashed with the Leader of the House of Commons, Geoff Hoon, over the cash for peerages row. | more

Broxbourne MP Gives Maiden Budget Response

29 March 2006 Speaking in his first Budget Debate, Charles Walker was congratulated in the Chamber by Conservative Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, for his “almost religious enthusiasm for his constituency”. | more

Broxbourne MP Expresses Disappointment at Budget

22 March 2006 Charles Walker has expressed his disappointment at the Chancellor's budget which failed to address issues of huge importance to his Constituents. | more

Broxbourne MP Disappointed With Police Merger News

20 March 2006 Charles Walker has expressed his disappointment at the Home Secretary's announcement that Hertfordshire's constabulary is to merge with Bedfordshire and Essex to create a new "super" force. | more

MP Joins Local Health Activist to Lobby Minister

9 March 2006 Charles Walker, was recently joined by Cuffley health campaigner Janice Simmons, National Co-ordinator of the Seroxat User Group, for a meeting with the Public Health Minister to discuss measures to monitor and control the use of anti-depressant drugs. | more

MP Disappointed with Preachers of Hate Answer

20 February 2006 Charles Walker has expressed disappointment after the Home Office could only provide him with lukewarm assurances that the Government will strip Abu-Hamza and his fellow preachers of hate of their citizenship if they are convicted of inciting violence. | more

MP Gives Cautious Welcome to Government Rail Plans

20 February 2006 Charles Walker, has given a cautious welcome to the recently published Government review of the Liverpool Street to Cambridge line. | more

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