http://tombrake.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tom Brake MP en-GB Tom Brake MP http://tombrake.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Tom Brake MP 2008-07-24T12:19+01:00 United Kingdom http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000557/urgent_action_on_carbon_monoxide_needed__brake.html Local MP Tom Brake has urged constituents to fit their homes with an audible carbon monoxide alarm and to have their gas appliances checked annually by a CORGI registered installer following a report that revealed that London topped the list of regions that are most at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, 2008-07-20T18:30+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000556/ignorance_of_lifethreatening_condition_puts_more_diabetics_at_risk.html Tom Brake Lib Dem MP for Carshalton and Wallington is calling for greater screening for diabetes after worrying figures revealed that there has been a steady rise in the number of emergency admissions to local hospitals for a life-threatening condition which develops if diabetes remains undetected. 2008-07-20T18:27+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000555/thousands_flock_to_active_at_the_arena.html Sutton Arena in St Helier was crammed with people on Saturday for the 'Active in the Arena' event. 2008-07-20T17:54+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000554/tom_brake_introduces_ten_minute_rule_bill_in_parliament.html On Wednesday 9th July Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington introduced his Ten Minute Rule Bill: Cannabis Seeds (Prohibition) in the House of Commons. 2008-07-14T16:32+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000553/new_threat_to_sutton_magistrates_court.html MPs Paul Burstow and Tom Brake have been tipped off about a new threat to Sutton Magistrates' Court. 2008-07-13T19:06+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000552/mps_meet_minister_to_discuss_henderson.html The Henderson Hospital campaign has cross party support as Liberal Democrat MPs Paul Burstow, Tom Brake and Norma Lamb met with Health Minster Ivan Lewis, Conservative Shadow for mental health Anne Milton and Labour MP Lynne Jones were unable to attend after the date of the meeting was re-arranged but both were eager to show their support for the pioneering mental health hospital which treats severe personality disorder. The meeting took place the same week as the National Commissioning Services Group are due to publish their report on the need of people with complex personality disorder. 2008-07-10T15:56+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000551/tom_brake_new_secretary_of_the_all_party_parliamentary_group_on_thameslink.html On Wednesday 2nd July, Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington was elected secretary of the Thameslink Route All Party Parliamentary Group. 2008-07-09T14:30+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000550/brake_bids_to_make_sale_of_cannabis_seeds_illegal.html Tom Brake, Lib Dem MP for Carshalton and Wallington and Home Affairs Spokesman, launches a bid tomorrow in Parliament to make the sale of cannabis seeds illegal with his Cannabis Seeds (Prohibition) Ten Minute Rule Bill. 2008-07-08T12:41+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000549/your_high_campaign_shifts_up_a_gear.html Tom Brake took residents' concerns about 'Your High', the shop in Wallington selling drugs paraphernalia, to one of the UK's most senior police officers, Ken Jones, the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers on Wednesday. 2008-07-05T19:45+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000548/best_in_class__brake.html On Monday, the achievements of some of the Borough's best students were celebrated at Carshalton College. 2008-07-04T15:15+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000547/suttons_kids_say_butt_stop.html Last Thursday Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington met the winners of the 'Butt Stop' competition in Parliament. 2008-07-02T11:21+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000546/students_wow_judges_with_prizewinning_ideas.html On Friday 27th June, Wilson's and Wallington High School for Girls held the final of their annual Joint Management event for Lower Sixth students at Wilson's school in Mollison Drive, Wallington. 2008-07-02T11:17+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000545/mps_join_protest_against_browns_cash_grab.html Local MPs Tom Brake and Paul Burstow joined Sutton campaigners from the Moonlight Robbery Campaign outside the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday to present the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP with an invoice for £17.45bn. 2008-06-29T21:36+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000542/brake_gets_a_taste_of_childminding_during_childminding_week.html Tom Brake commemorated National Childminding Week last week by meeting registered childminder Sarah Butler, and two of the children she looks after; Ryan and Josh in Carshalton. 2008-06-22T23:42+01:00 http://tombrake.co.uk/news/000541/exercise_classes__more_to_them_than_meets_the_eye__brake.html Tom Brake was invited to join an exercise class on Friday at the Sutton College of Learning for Adults (Scola) in the old Town Hall in Wallington. 2008-06-22T19:43+01:00