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Phyllis Starkey Congratulates Chepstow Local Park for Winning a Green Flag Award - 22.07.08
Dr Starkey says, "Many congratulations to Chepstow Local Park onwining the Green Flag award. A total of 743 Green Flags have beenawarded across England, showing a great commitment to improving ourparks and green spaces"....

Dr. Starkey Seeks Reassurances on SATS Testing - 22.07.08
  Dr. Phyllis Starkey, MP for MiltonKeynes South West has asked for reassurance from Ed Balls, theSecretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, onmaintaining the quality of SATS testingDuring yesterday’s ...

Dr.Starkey Welcomes Extra Care Housing Grant of £3.5 million for MK - 21.07.08
 Local MP, Dr.Phyllis Starkey is delighted that the Department of Health hasawarded an Extra Care Housing Grant of £3.5 million to MiltonKeynes Council This grant willdevelop the Kiln Farm village scheme, providing...

Dr. Starkey Continues Post Office Campaign - 17.07.08
 Following thenews that Fenny Stratford and Water Eaton Road Post Offices areamongst those in Milton Keynes to be closed, local MP Dr. PhyllisStarkey is urging constituents to join her in her campaign to keepthem open.&n...

Dr. Starkey Calls for Funding Of Domestic Violence Counselling - 15.07.08
Local MP, Dr.Phyllis Starkey has called for the funding of voluntary counsellingor training sessions for those who have committed acts of domesticviolence but who have not been charged or convicted.In yesterday’s Home Offic...

Phyllis presses PM on settlement expansion in Palestine -09.07.2008
Last Thursday, as part of the PrimeMinister’s appearance before a committee of senior MPs,  Dr. Phyllis Starkey questionedGordon Brown on “the obstacle to peace” created by the continuedexpansion of illegal Israeli...

Defence Contract Benefits Milton Keynes 03.07.2008
Local MP Dr. Phyllis Starkey haswelcomed the government’s announcement of a contract worth nearly£1 million to Milton Keynes based company Westfalia SeparatorLimited as part of a £3bn defence project for two new aircraftc...

Dr. Starkey Continues Campaign for Safer Beauty Salons - 17.06.08
 Continuing hercampaign for tighter safety regulations of the beauty industry,local MP, Dr. Phyllis Starkey, has secured a meeting with theLeader of the House of Commons to discuss ministerial action on theissue. Du...

MP Supports Increased Access to GP Services - 17.06.08
 On the day whenParliament debated a Conservative  motion  opposing government  plans to expand GP services, Dr. Phyllis Starkey,MP for Milton Keynes South West, described the problems of one ofher co...

MK MPs Meet - 13.06.08
  Aspart her support for the Voting Age (Reduction) Bill 2008, localMP, Dr. Phyllis Starkey, met with Sheena Sodha, MK’s Deputy Memberof Youth Parliament. As well as anopportunity for them to discuss their ro...

Dr. Starkey Calls for Tighter Controls on Alcohol Advertising -12.06.08
Dr.  Starkey has backed callsfor tougher laws on the advertising of alcohol, to discourageunhealthy binge drinking.Supporting Sally KeebleMP’s Alcohol Sales (Regulation of Prices and Promotion) Bill(which had it’sfir...

Local MP Leads Enquiry into Public Toilets - 10.06.08
The Select Committee for Communities and Local Government, chairedby local MP Dr. Starkey, is conducting an inquiry into theProvision of Public Toilets. Dr. Starkeysays,"All over the country Councils areclosing public toilets...

Dr. Starkey supports Carers Week 2008 -09.06.08
 Dr. Phyllis Starkey, is delightedto lend her support in launching Carers Week 2008, which lasts from9th-15th June. Carers Week publicises the 6million carers in the UK who tirelessly devotetheirtime, efforts and en...

Dr. Starkey re-opens Giles Brook School - 09.06.08
 OnFriday 6th June,  Dr Starkey opened (for thesecond time) the newly refurbished Giles Brook School; this wasfollowing the extensive rebuilding that had had to be done to makethe school safe and allow the children ...

Phyllis congratulates local athlete on Olympic funding - 5.6.08
Phyllis Starkeycongratulates sprinter and Milton Keynes local Chris Clarke onsecuring a ‘Lloyds TSB Local Heroes’ grant of £1000.  The ‘Heroes’ programme isdesigned to provide aid to 250 emerging athletes each y...

MK Primary Care Trust Achieves 18 Week Wait Target - 30.05.08
Milton Keynes residents will haveto wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to non-emergencytreatment, thanks to the hard work of the local Primary CareTrust. Workingalongside GP’s, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Founda...

Dr. Starkey Condemns MK Council Over Further Bus Pass Failures-27.05.08
 Following MKCouncil’s failure to successfully allocate the Government’s freebus pass scheme to those who are disabled or over 60,  it has emerged that eligiblecandidates are still waiting to receive their passe...

Dr. Starkey Launches New Post Office Wesbite - 21.05.08
Dr Phyllis Starkey MP andAndrew Pakes, Labour Parliamentary Spokesperson for MK North, havelaunched a new website to help keep our local Post Office branchesopen.The new site www.mkpostoffice.com contains information about th...

Dr Starkey Seeks Assurances of Continued Funding for MK'sSureStartchildren's centres - 19.05.08
 Dr Phyllis Starkey praised thework of the government-funded SureStart children's centresincluding those at Fullers Slade, Netherfield and Central Bletchleyand raised the issue of future funding to maintain the programme...

Dr. Starkey calls for a Commons debate on the recent West Coast raildisruption - 15.05.08
During this week's Business Questions,  Dr. Phyllis Starkeyraised the need for a debate on the recent West Coast raildisruption.Dr. Starkey, said, "Will the Leader of the Houseconsider holding a debate in this House on t...

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