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MP goes to Edinburgh to demand an explanation for termination of contract 2 June 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox has announced his intention to go to Edinburgh next week to meet the Scottish Executive Minister responsible for the decision to terminate a procurement process which could cost Appledore Shipyard a £10-15 million contract. | more |
MP meets Devon Cadet and Reserve Forces 30 May 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox has met a delegation from the Cadet and Reserve Forces at the House of Commons to discuss the future of the cadet movement in Devon. | more |
MP to go to Edinburgh to demand explanation for cancelled Appledore Contract 30 May 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox has expressed his astonishment at the decision to cancel the procurement process for the contract to build a Patrol Vessel for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, which Appledore Shipyard had won. | more |
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25 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
In a Written Question, Geoffrey Cox calls on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make a statement about the impact of the termination of the Post Office Card Account on rural post offices. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 23 May 2006 : Article The late Eric Forth, who died last Wednesday, was the Conservative MP for Bromley and Chislehurst. I had been a parliamentary colleague of his for just a year. | more |
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22 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Geoffrey Cox asks whether wildlife unit supervisors employed in connection with the Randomised Badger Culling Trials have been served with redundancy notices. | more |
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12 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Geoffrey Cox questions the Health Secretary about the impact of the closude of the Plymouth unit of the National Blood Service on the service provision to hospitals throughout the South West Peninsula. | more |
High Bickington Planning Application 11 May 2006 : Press Release On receiving news of the Planning Inspectorate’s decision to refuse planning permission for the High Bickington project, Geoffrey Cox, expressed profound disappointment that the hard work of the Community over several years has resulted in rejection. | more |
MP calls on Government to explain Wildlife Supervisor redundancies 11 May 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox has called on the Government to explain its decision to make hundreds of Wildlife Supervisors across the South West redundant. | more |
MP Launches Post Office Survey 11 May 2006 : Press Release
Geoffrey Cox has today launched a survey of the post office network in Torridge and West Devon to find out how the Government’s decision to withdraw its support for the Post Office Card Account will affect their businesses. | more |
Vehicle Licensing Tax & Rural Post Offices 10 May 2006 : Parliamentary Question Geoffrey Cox asks the Trade and Industry Secretary about the effect on rural post offices of the policy to encourage drivers to renew their vehicle licensing tax by phone or over the internet. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 9 May 2006 : Article 
The first year as your MP has passed very quickly. There has been much to do. | more |
MP Calls on Residents and Government to Act to Save Rural Post Offices 27 April 2006 : Press Release
Geoffrey Cox has launched a campaign to save local post office branches from closure. The move comes amidst growing concern over the impact of the Government’s decision to end the Post Office Card Account scheme in 2010. | more |
Cox Challenges Closure of Local Blood Centre 27 April 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox has challenged the Government to justify the proposal to close the National Blood Service Unit at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. | more |
Cox forces Government to Act on Asbestos 26 April 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox, Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon has prompted the Government to issue a warning to teachers nationally about the potential risks of exposure to asbestos. | more |
MP calls on Government in House of Commons to honour Tamar Valley rail service pledg 26 April 2006 : Press Release Torridge and West Devon MP, Geoffrey Cox, has renewed pressure on the Government to honour its commitment not to reduce the number of trains running on the Tamar Valley Line between Calstock and Plymouth. | more |
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25 April 2006 : Speech 
In a Parliamentary debate about rail services in the South West, Geoffrey Cox calls for rentention of the early morning train on the Tamar Valley line as promised previously by the Government. | more |
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24 April 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox calls on the Education Secretary to issue interim guidance for schools warning of the potential dangers of inserting drawing pins and staples into asbestos insulating board in walls and ceilings. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 24 April 2006 : Article
The fate of rural post offices is a litmus test of the Government’s wider concern for the future of rural communities. | more |
MP to Hear Westward Ho! Regeneration Concerns 24 April 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox will attend a public meeting arranged by local residents in Westward Ho! later this month to listen to constituents’ concerns about development in the village and what they say is a lack of adequate consultation. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 11 April 2006 : Article Last week my beloved Great Aunt, Winnie, died. She was well over ninety and had, although in declining health and plagued by painful osteoarthritis, managed to maintain her prized independence and live to the end in her own home. | more |
MP Challenges Government on Transport Pledge 29 March 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox today challenged the Government to make good its assurances in relation to the Great Western train timetable and criticised its approach to rail and road communications in the South West. | more |
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29 March 2006 : Parliamentary Debate 
During a debate on the Single Payment Scheme, Geoffrey Cox calls for the Government to ensure farmers are not penalised due to the massive incidence of inaccurate statements of entitlement. | more |
MP calls on Government to Save Community Hospitals 28 March 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox who is a Patron of CHANT (Community Hospitals Action Nationally Together) represented community hospitals in the constituency at a rally in Central London. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 28 March 2006 : Article On Tuesday, Torridge District Councillors will take a decision that will dramatically affect thousands of lives. | more |
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28 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question Geoffrey Cox asks the Health Secretary about the ration of applicants to places on dentistry degree courses in 2004-05. | more |
MP Visits Halwill Junction for Devon Headway Open Day 20 March 2006 : Press Release 
Geoffrey Cox was in Halwill Junction last week as part of Devon Headway’s Open Day at the Winsford Centre. | more |
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14 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question
Geoffrey Cox questions the Secretary of State for Education and Skills about the practice of inserting drawing pins and staples into asbestos insulating boards in schools. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 14 March 2006 : Article Scientists have registered significant increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. | more |
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13 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox questions the Trade and Industy Secretary about hotels and other establishments barring 999 calls and calls for legislation to require direct connection to the emergency services by dialing 999 or 112 from any telephone. | more |
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9 March 2006 : Press Release 
Five years after the Prime Minister offered hope to farming communities by acknowledging that supermarkets had “pretty much got an armlock” on them, Geoffrey Cox has called on the Government to match its rhetoric with action. | more |
Geoffrey Cox calls for the PM to support investigation into supermarkets. 8 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question
During Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons, Geoffrey Cox called on the Prime Minister to support the Federation of Small Businesses call for an investigation into the practices of supermarkets by the Competition Commission. | more |
MP Encourages Towns in Torridge and West Devon to achieve Fair Trade Status 7 March 2006 : Press Release Speaking at the start of Fair-trade Fortnight Geoffrey Cox expressed enthusiastic support for the campaign to ensure better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. | more |
MP Praises Prince’s Trust activities in Abbotsham 2 March 2006 : Press Release 
Local Member of Parliament Geoffrey Cox has commended the North Devon Prince’s Trust Team for its work in Torridge and West Devon, most recently at St Helen’s School, Abbotsham. | more |
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2 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Health Secretary for a breakdown of new NHS dentists by nationality. | more |
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2 March 2006 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox questions the Foreign Secretary about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and in particular recent reports that the Mugabe regime has begun to confiscate the passports of dissidents. | more |
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1 March 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
During a debate in the House of Commons on dentists, Geoffrey Cox raises concerns about the lack of NHS dentists across the country with no dentists accepting NHS patients in Torridge and West Devon. | more |
MP meets Farmers to Discuss Rural Crisis 28 February 2006 : Press Release 
Over 40 farmers from the Holsworthy and Okehampton and Hatherleigh branches of the NFU congregated at the Halwill Junction village hall last week for a question and answer session with MP for Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox. | more |
Campaign to Save Appledore Shipyard 28 February 2006 : Press Release
Geoffrey Cox has called upon residents of Torridge and West Devon, and those living in the South West, to join the campaign to save one of England’s last operation shipyards- DML in Appledore. | more |
MP speaks out on rural neglect in the South West in Health Inequalities Debate 24 February 2006 : Press Release 
On the anniversary of the outbreak of Foot and Mouth in Devon, Geoffrey Cox has denounced the Government’s failure to recognise, and take urgent action to redress, the plight of rural communities in the South West | more |
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23 February 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox, Conservative Member of Parliament to Torridge and West Devon, has strongly endorsed a local company’s bid to secure a Government shipbuilding contract and intends to raise the campaign to bring the valuable work to the South West. | more |
Tackling Health Inequalities debate 16 February 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During the debate, Geoffrey Cox asks the Government to acknowledge and deal with the fact that the funding formula is biased towards urban areas. | more |
Tackling Health Inequalities debate 16 February 2006 : Parliamentary Debate Geoffrey Cox raises his concerns that the data on which funding decision were made took no account of rurality factors. | more |
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16 February 2006 : Speech
In a major speech in the House of Commons, Geoffrey Cox highlights rural health inequalities and the absurdities of applying a single funding formula to both urban and rural areas. | more |
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14 February 2006 : Parliamentary Question Geoffrey Cox questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about outstanding payments under the Single Payment Scheme. | more |
MP Urges Residents to Respond to Windfarm Plans 14 February 2006 : Press Release 
Residents of Bradworthy, West Purford, Abbots Bickington and Sutcombe are being urged by their local Member of Parliament, Geoffrey Cox, to express their views on plans to erect four 125 metre wind turbines on farmland near Wheelers Cross. | more |
Article for the North Devon Journal 14 February 2006 : Article
In Torridge, we are very fortunate indeed to have dentists who are committed to NHS dentistry. Where others have been discouraged and have eventually given up and gone over to private work, they have continued to make a go of a bad system. | more |
MP urges Home Secretary to Support Youth Rehabilitation Charity 13 February 2006 : Press Release Geoffrey Cox has called on the Home Secretary to examine his department’s ‘spectacular failure’ to provide guidance to organisations which are working to rehabilitate young people who have recently been released from prison | more |
Geoffrey visits Mary Tavy School 9 February 2006 : Photo 
Geoffrey visits Mary Tavy School | more |
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9 February 2006 : Parliamentary Debate 
During a debate on the Government's five-year strategy to reduce reoffending, Geoffrey Cox welcomes voluntary and private sector work with offenders, but calls on them to receive precise and clear guidance. | more |