Mark today (15th May 2012) attended an event at the House of Commons to show his support for people suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.). The event was organised by Action for M.E., the leading UK charity for sufferers and their carers. The event comes during M.E. awareness month and marks the charity's campaign, Time for Action. This campaign aims to draw attention to the ignorance, injustice and neglect surrounding this illness.
Mark Garnier has welcomed the decision by No10 to launch a review of 'opt-in' rules to access adult online content.
Under the plans set out by the Government, it would be up to customers to opt in to receiving adult content when they sign up for a broadband contract.
After the huge success of the first Wyre Forest Jobs Fair, Mark Garnier has announced the date for another: 20th September 2012 in Kidderminster Town Hall. The exact time is yet to be confirmed.
Mark welcomes the news that the Government has allocated £3.35million towards providing faster broadband for Worcestershire.
The funding allocation from Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), a department of central government, is in response to the successful submission of Worcestershire's Local Broadband Plan (LBP) "Connecting Worcestershire."
Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest, is continuing to keep up the pressure on ministers to address an imbalance in the school funding system which leaves pupils in Worcestershire with less.
Mark Garnier has contacted significant players in Wyre Forest's tourist industry. Holiday caravan parks in the constituency are concerned about the proposed changes to VAT that may affect their profitability. With 26 parks and 2,500 static caravans in Wyre Forest, this is an important issue for Wyre Forest's MP to tackle.
Mark has today (19th April 2012) called for the Government to give serious consideration to expanding Birmingham airport into a UK hub airport. Mark said that doing so will bring thousands of jobs to the region particularly as journey times from London will be significantly decreased with the arrival of HS2.
Mark today (13th April 2012) initiated a meeting between Maria Miller MP, Minister for State for Families, and the Worcestershire Family Intervention Project (WFIP), formally based in Kidderminster. The meeting follows on from a visit to Birchen Coppice Primary School by Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which took place last October.
Mark Garnier invited 5 Peers and 4 MPs, along with family and friends, to visit the Severn Valley Railway on Firday (13th April 2012). Representatives of the Heritage Rail Association and Theresa Villiers, Minister of State for Railways, also attended.
