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Wed 21st Jul 2010:

Annette Brooke MP helps launch the 2010 Summer Reading Challenge.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has helped to launch the 2010 Summer Reading Challenge at a special reception held in the House of Commons on 19 July, marking another year of the popular and successful initiative to keep children reading throughout the school summer holidays.

Mon 19th Jul 2010:

5.6% fall in unemployment in Mid Dorset and North Poole.

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) giving unemployment figures for June 2010 have shown that the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the constituency of Mid Dorset and North Poole has fallen by 5.6 per cent in the last month.

Lib Dem win in Corfe Mullen By Election.

Lib Dem candidate Philip Harknett won a resounding victory in the East Dorset District Council by election for Corfe Mullen South ward on Thursday 15th July. The by election had been called after former Councillor Stewart Hearn resigned in protest at the Council's lack of action on a number of core issues, including providing affordable housing in the area.

Wed 14th Jul 2010:

Good news for park home owners - Annette Brooke MP.

Just one week after Annette Brooke's Prime Minister's Question on park homes, a Written Ministerial Statement released today by the Department for Communities and Local Government has announced that the Government will lay before Parliament the necessary legislation to transfer the jurisdiction that County Courts have under the Mobile Homes Act 1983 over resolution of park home owners' disputes to Residential Property Tribunals.

Tue 13th Jul 2010:

Annette Brooke MP pledges to become Child Poverty Champion.

Annette Brooke, Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has been praised by the Child Poverty Action Group for pledging to become a 'Child Poverty Champion' working in her constituency to end child poverty by 2020. Annette has also pledged to work in parliament on national action that will held end child poverty for all UK children.

Mon 12th Jul 2010:

Annette Brooke MP calls for improved Ankylosing Spondylitis services.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, met with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients and experts last week to discuss the barriers to AS patients receiving the best care for the painful and disabling spinal condition. The patients were in Westminster for the launch of the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society's (NASS) report Looking Ahead which highlights the problems people with AS face due to delayed diagnosis and a lack of access to appropriate expertise and therapies.

Fri 9th Jul 2010:

Annette Brooke MP re-elected as Chair of the APPG on Microfinance.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has this week been re-elected as the Chair of the All Party-Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Microfinance. The election took place at the Annual General Meeting of the APPG in the Houses of Parliament.

Local MP Annette Brooke stands up for park home owners during Prime Minister's Questions.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, used the opportunity yesterday during Prime Minister's Questions to raise the issue of park home owners who suffer at the hands of irresponsible site owners.

Tue 29th Jun 2010:

Annette Brooke MP honoured for animal welfare stance.

Annette Brooke MP has been honoured for her commitment to tackling cruelty to animals. The Protecting Animals in Democracy (PAD) project has presented Annette Brooke with a Certificate in recognition of her full support for their VOTE4ANIMALS 2010 manifesto in the run-up to the May General Election.

Fri 25th Jun 2010:

Annette Brooke MP champions a healthy start in life for babies.

Annette Brooke MP this week attended the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition's National Breastfeeding Week parliamentary celebrations, where she joined over 190 other MPs in pledging her support to the Breastfeeding Manifesto. Annette has also agreed to be its new parliamentary champion, having supported the Manifesto since its launch in 2007.

Mon 21st Jun 2010:

Annette Brooke MP calls for greater efforts to stamp out bullying.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, yesterday called on the new coalition Government to tackle bullying head on. The challenge to do more than just make policies was made in a Westminster Hall debate that she tabled in Parliament. Annette has long been a champion of the anti-bullying cause, and in light of recent research completed by the Beatbullying charity concluding that bullying accounts for up to 44 per cent of child suicides, she raised concerns about the consistent implementation of anti-bullying policies - particularly beyond the school gates and on school buses.

Wed 16th Jun 2010:

Annette Brooke pushes for greater support and recognition of carers in Mid Dorset and North Poole.

Annette Brooke MP is backing Carers Week's 'A life of my own' campaign, after new research issued as part of Carers Week (14-20 June) has highlighted the difficulties faced by those looking after an ill, frail or disabled loved one in leading their own lives outside of their caring role.

Mid Dorset and North Poole MP, Annette Brooke, strikes a 'whale tail' pose and calls for greater protection for whales .

Annette Brooke MP has shown her support for whales by striking a 'whale tail' pose with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

Thu 10th Jun 2010:

Local MP warns: Mental health services are failing children with autism.

Annette Brooke MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has warned that thousands of children with autism in England are needlessly facing a future of mental health problems, because the NHS does not know how to help them. She is backing a new campaign by the National Autistic Society (NAS), You Need to Know, which aims to tackle an unfit mental health system that fails two thirds of children with autism and often makes their mental health worse.

Thu 27th May 2010:

Compensation for Mid Dorset and North Poole's Equitable Life victims is long overdue - Annette Brooke.

Victims of the Equitable Life collapse can finally expect compensation as Liberal Democrat MPs push forward new legislation.

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