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PARLIAMENT
Geoffrey in Parliament
You will find listed here Geoffrey's speeches, Parliamentary Questions and interventions in Parliamentary debates. If you want information about Early Day Motions, please click here.
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29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Health Secretary how many consultants with clinical excellence awards, who had retired on disability grounds and have been re-employed part-time by the NHS, have had to repay a part of their pension under NHS pension abatement rules. | more |
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29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Health for an assessment of the effect of the NHS pension abatement rules on doctors who have been obliged to retire on the grounds of disability and who are re-employed by the NHS on a part-time contract. | more |
Crimes of Violence: Mentally Ill 29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Geoffrey Cox asks how many violent crimes were committed by people undergoing treatment by out-patient psychiatric services in each of the last five years. | more |
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22 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to ensure that sub-postmasters, whose post offices are threatened with closure, are not prevented from consulting their MP. | more |
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21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about the rules on the transferability of Criminal Records Bureau checks on teachers. | more |
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3 April 2008 : Speech
Geoffrey Cox uses the Adjournment Debate to raise issues of local concern including erosion of the old landfill site in the Northam burrows, post office closures, bus concessions and bovine TB. | more |
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2 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate 
Following the Foreign Secretary's statement on Zimbabwe, Geoffrey Cox raises his concern at hearing reports of orphanages and elderly people's homes being abandoned by staff, leaving residents in dire distress. | more |
First Time Buyers: Coastal Areas 31 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the of State for Communities and Local Government about assistance provided by her Department to first-time buyers living in smaller coastal communities. | more |
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19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what modelling her Department has undertaken on migration patterns affecting coastal towns. | more |
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 17 March 2008 : Speech 
Geoffrey Cox criticises the Budget for a lack of a coherent environmental policy. | more |
Local Authorities: Collective Worship 14 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to issue guidance to local authorities on the saying of prayers at council meetings. | more |
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11 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox calls on the Government to urgently restore the excellent resettlement unit at Dartmoor prison. | more |
Supermarkets: Alcoholic Drinks 5 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he plans to take steps to prevent supermarkets from engaging in loss-leading alcohol promotions. | more |
Waste Disposal: Electronic Equipment 3 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for an estimate of the costs incurred by small businesses as a consequence of the WEEE regulations. | more |
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28 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the costs of the destruction of animals identified as having contracted bovine tuberculosis in 2007. | more |
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18 February 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
In a written quesiton, Geoffrey Cox asks the Home Secretary about average times for CRB checks. | more |
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23 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for an update on progress in establishing a cross-departmental working group to examine coastal towns. | more |
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22 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Transport about the provision of extra funding to cover the costs of the new national bus concessionary fares scheme. | more |
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16 January 2008 : Parliamentary Question
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Transport where she expects the travel concession authorities to be able to make Gershon efficiency savings. | more |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Debate 4 December 2007 : Speech
During a House of Commons debate about DEFRA, Geoffrey Cox criticises the Department's political leadership and its handling of a range of issues affecting farming and rural communities. | more |
Planning and Development (Okehampton) Petition 28 November 2007 : Parliamentary Debate
Geoffrey Cox presents the petition against development in Okehampton without the necessary investment in local infrastructure. | more |
Hotels: Industrial Buildings Allowances 26 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox questions the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the effects on in income to hotel businesses following the withdrawal of the Industrial Building Allowance. | more |
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19 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox questions the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about individual financial contributions required for works quoted by Eaga approved contractors for the purpose of a Home Energy Efficiency Grant. | more |
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15 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question 
Geoffrey Cox asks the Secretary of State for Health what recommendations have been given by his Department on the use and monitoring of digoxin for heart patients. | more |
Industrial Building Allowances: Hotels 12 November 2007 : Parliamentary Question
Geoffrey Cox asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many hotel businesses are claiming the industrial buildings allowance. | more |