Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest, has today expressed his deep disappointment that Wyre Forest has missed out on becoming a Business Enterprise Zone in the announcement being made today by The Chancellor and the Prime Minister.
Regular readers will know of my 25 day commitment this year to the Royal Navy as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. For the last two weeks I have been with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) refuelling ship RFA Waver Ruler on its North Atlantic tasking that involves visiting the British Overseas Territories, humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and fighting the drug war.
Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest, has recently agreed to be a founding member and Treasurer of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Heritage Railway. The Group has been set up to represent and support the heritage rail industry and to address any specific needs it may have.
Mark Garnier MP has joined forces with his fellow Worcestershire MPs to press the case for fairer funding for Worcestershire Schools, presenting a letter to Michael Gove on the day that he announced a major review of school funding.
Wyre Forest's MP, Mark Garnier, today welcomed tough action announced by the Government to save more than £1.5 billion from the Private Finance Initiative. Importantly all of the money saved will go to PFI schemes, including the Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Magistrates Court in Kidderminster.
Mark Garnier MP, member of the Treasury Select Committee has been campaigning on the Retail Distribution Review since being elected in 2010, and before. RDR was started in 2006, but before this parliament, it has not received any scrutiny from parliament.
Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, today visited the offices of Thomas Vale in Stourport to meet with the Worcestershire Enterprise Partnership board and to learn more of the LEP's bid for a business enterprise zone in the Southern Kidderminster business park.
Earlier this week Mark Garnier MP was interviewed by the BBC about the touch and go availability of expensive cancer drugs on the NHS and the benefits of the Government's Cancer Drugs Fund to combat this.
On Monday, 80 businesses from across the West Midlands were invited to meet with Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, to talk about what the Government needs to be doing to help them.
Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest welcomed a visit from representatives of the Severn Valley Railway in the House of Commons yesterday. Nick Ralls, Mick York, and Mike Balls arrived in Westminster to attend a reception for the Heritage Railway Association (HRA).
