Jun 2008

• Ferry Campaign Update
• MP in stitches over ‘Morsbags’
• Could you spend £5billion better?

May 2008

• MP ‘gets on his bike’ for lung health

Apr 2008

• Advice for Island families as the ‘credit crunch’ bites
• Island MP calls Government to account on Post Office closures
• Bus Pass Scheme ‘grossly unfair’ to Islanders says MP

Mar 2008

• MP wants awards for fighting poverty to be won by the Island
• Minister’s advice is to complain – through the proper channels.

Feb 2008

• Ferry Fares Fair?
• ferry fares fair?
• Ferry Fares Fair?
• Island MP supports the Union Jack

Jan 2008

• MP calls for protection for children
• ferry fares fair?
• Post Office Consultation a ‘sham’

Dec 2007

• MP welcomes new stroke strategy

Nov 2007

• Manufacturing Excellence – can your firm win a Business ‘Oscar’?
• MP pleased to be elected – this time by other MPs
• MP asks "What about the human rights of victims?"
• Meeting with OFT is 'important step' says MP.

Oct 2007

• Motorcyle tests – EU rules make them more dangerous
• Post Office closures – Islanders to be hit hard

Sep 2007

• Ferry campaign reaches far and wide – we need Islanders to support it too!
• MP Welcomes Support from WI
• MP calls for investigation into Island Volunteers

Aug 2007

• NHS Dentists now available on the Island – MP says ‘welcome news’.
• School Appeals procedure ‘beginning to work’
• Island MP to meet with Charity Commission.

Jul 2007

• Decision on Portsmouth Naval Base given cross-party welcome
• Island MPs first speech after stroke

Jun 2007

• Soaring Levels of ‘Garden Grabbing’
• Treaty is a Constitutional Duck!
• MP supports call for inquiry
• MP applauds carers
• MP Seeks assurances after Red Funnel Sale

May 2007

• MP presses for ferry concessions
• “Planning decisions should be local” says MP

April 2007

• ‘St George’s Day should be public holiday’ says MP
• MP votes on ‘Lifeboat’ Pension fund

March 2007

• ‘Ferry Fares – too important to be a party political issue’.

January 2007

• MP discharged from hospital
• Island could become ‘advice desert’
• Andrew Turner continues to make good progress

December 2006

• St. Mary’s to welcome back Island’s MP
• IW MP suffers stroke
• IW Blind among 500-strong Lobby of Parliament

November 2006

• Ministers’ Line on Cowes Crew Arrest Warrants disappoints MP
• Minister suggests new qualification for Transport officials?
• PM ‘in Denial’ over Iraq
• Welcome for Council’s call to save Island Landmarks
• British Fairways?
• LSC looks again at ‘dodgy facts’ on Sixth Form Proposal

October 2006

• Turner to hold Youth Surgery
• Christmas Card Deadline Nigh
• ‘Web of Red Tape’ on summer Events – Minister will meet Island MP

September 2006

• Coroner should Investigate Elderly Deaths – MP
• ‘Not just a matter for the Labour Party’ – Says MP

August 2006

• MP welcomes Lieutenancy Appointment
• United Front on Ferry Fares
• UK Middle East policy ‘does encourage Terrorists’ – MP

July 2006

• MP calls for ‘Greener’ Housing

June 2006

• ‘Protect our Children Better’ – MP’s call
• Turner says Tax Office meeting ‘Very disappointing’
• MP welcomes peers’ wise words on Water and Housing

May 2006

• MP supports ‘Don’t Hide it’ campaign
• RSPCA Shop - four guests in a day
• Tax Office Petition to be handed over to Island MP

April 2006

• Foreign Prisoner Release Scandal – MP seeks Island Figures
• MP Praises Work of Local Crèche

March 2006

• MP welcomes Good News for the TA
• Medina House Incident – MP’s call to Help Police
• MP tells Tories ‘Brown may go for early Election’
• Turner congratulates successful Tories
• Refer Ferry Fares to Fair Trading Tsar, Minister tells MP
• MP calls for By-Pass for Pan
• ‘Submit School Appeals by Friday’ MP reminds Parents
• ‘Stop Destroying Our Land’

February 2006

• ‘Travel Costs vital to delivering Health Choice’ – Minister
• MP to quiz Island Rail Hopefuls

January 2006

• Tax Office Pledge ‘leaves way open for Job Loss’ – MP
• School Safety ‘never 100 per cent’, warns Island MP
• ‘Think Before We Build to Stop Floods’

December 2005

• Congrats to Planners on Tesco Decision
• ‘Trade or Tradition’ for Sundays?
• Ministers ignore Immigration’s Effect on Housing
• Node Hill Girl’s Christmas Card Success
• MP’s call to safeguard Cowes Week fireworks
• Turner opposes Regional Police
• How many Volunteers make it Voluntary? – asks MP
• Minister ‘reflecting’ on Ferry Fares

November 2005

• Turner tells Tories – ‘You’ve Three Weeks to Decide’

October 2005

• ‘Secret’ and ‘Undemocratic’ Decisions denounced
• Turner backs Fox for Leader

September 2005

• Nominate Local Heroes” Urges Island MP
• Turner responds to IW Health Report

August 2005

• MP Condemns Blair’s ‘Mixed Message on Terrorists’
• MP congratulates Chale – Southern village of the year

July 2005

• 24-Hour Drinking Threat ‘Hidden in Small Print’ – MP
• MP welcomes neutral Police decision

June 2005

• Half of IW Speed Cameras increase Injuries - MP

April 2005

• Postal Vote Fraud shows Value of House of Lords – MP
• Can Council Tax be Cut?
• We must plan for a Sustainable Island, MP tells Business
• General Election ‘a Two-Horse Race’
• MP’s Office during Election

March 2005

• Top Tory coming to Town
• Family Breakdown a Priority, Churchgoers tell MP
• Tourist Tax proposal ‘deeply irresponsible’ says MP
• MP’s Call on Rural Speeding
• Can we become a Fairtrade Island?
• School Reorganization – Where will £70m come from?
• Can we become a Fairtrade Island?
• Broadlands jobs safe
• Not so NICE for Alzheimer’s Patients

February 2005

• ‘Should Prisoners Vote?’ asks Island MP
• MP says Council ‘in total confusion’ over housing figures.
• Maps show Way for Island’s Future
• MP slams Euro-Question ‘Bias’
• MP rebuts Housing Claim

January 2005

• Call for Public Meeting on Undercliff Plan
• 20,000 House Plan will destroy IW’s Character and damage Tourism

December 2004

• Young Islanders - tell your MP what you think!
• MP hits at new Train Times
• Winner’s Design on MP’s Christmas Card

November 2004

• Service Personnel ‘may lose right to Vote’ – MP
• First Class Post could cost Islanders 40p, says Royal Mail

October 2004

• Flood Prevention Budget Cuts condemned by MP

September 2004

• MP welcomes ‘Light at end of Dentist Tunnel’
• Children Bill must resolve Sibling and Parent Access Issues - Turner
• Shadow Minister for Defence to visit Island

August 2004

• MP’s Summer Surgery Plans
• 'Take back British Fish' - MP

July 2004

• Council’s Europe policy ‘would cost Island an extra £6m’
• Taken to War on a Lie – Island MP is vindicated

June 2004

• Election Address 'Aims to Mislead'
• D-day Heroes ‘the Great Generation’
• Will Government U-turn on Doorkeeper Crisis
• Election Address ‘Aims to Mislead’
• Island Parents frustration on School Admissions

May 2004

• MP calls to ‘Stop Prescott’s bulldozers’
• Building can start on new King Edward VII Hospital

April 2004

• Mock-up needed of Wind Farm Plan
• Watch Traffic Effects of New Superstores, demands MP

March 2004

• New Post Times 'a Businessman’s Nightmare'
• Shanklin JobCentre – the fight goes to Westminster
• MP welcome for ‘Heroes Return’
• Turner’s call for fewer politicians rejected by LibDems

February 2004

• MP calls for humane slaughter

January 2004

• Turner backs Hannam's 'Don't drop your guard' Euro-message

December 2003

• Island MP to hand over Football Cash
• Council must Insure against Tetra Claims, says MP
• Island MP on Asylum Bill Committee
• MP is promised Action on Island Land-sale Scam
• Island MP asks for Tetra Debate
• Post Office Consultation must be taken seriously, says Island MP
• Open Public Services to serve Public, says MP

November 2003

• ‘Contact Postwatch now to save your Post Office’ – MP
• MP asks Minister to keep Island Fire Control
• 'Half Baked' Post Office closures to be raised in Parliament

October 2003

• MP takes Christmas Card coMPetition to older Pupils
• Island Petition calls for EU Referendum

September 2003

• Island MP consults Vets & Farmers
• ‘Last Hurdle’ for King Edward VII Hospital
• Island MP views Migration Defences
• MP seeks Island view on ID Cards

July 2003

• IW Burnt by Government Fire Policy
• Volunteers recognised by Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award
• Island MP backs local Chemists

June 2003

• Punch & Judy licence plan – ‘That’s not the Way to do it!’
• Turner backs call for Referendum on Future of Europe
• ‘Jam Tomorrow’ for Islanders needing Digital Hearing Aids
• MP denounces job threat to Island teachers
• Parkhurst Report ‘a National Failure’
• Could Island ‘Go-it-Alone’ following GM Food Debate?

May 2003

• ‘Police before CCTV’ – MP’s call
• Anti-smacking Charities ‘could lose support’ – MP
• ‘Time running out for IW Brigade’– MP
• Police moves on Dudley Road Shelter welcomed

April 2003

• Isle of Wight MP calls for Quarantine Assurances
• MP demands review of Parking and Planning Policies
• Shadow Home Secretary criticizes Action to combat Island Terror

March 2003

• Island MP calls for views on Drink and Music Licensing
• ‘Give us Facts on Migration’ – MP
• Pensioners can help save Island Post Offices - MP
• Judge should live next to Neighbour from Hell – MP
• Train Cuts ‘will hit Island Economy’
• Ventnor helps Hospital petition pass 50,000 target
• Freshwater helps Hospital petition pass 50,000 target

February 2003

• Minister tells MP ‘have faith’ in HealthFit; MP blasts ‘Aunt Sally’ arguments
• MP calls for Better Planning for Better Towns
• MP demands Drug Pusher meets cost of Victim’s Treatment
• MP listens to Island Schools
• Lords to air Island Health Plans
• MP demands Quashing of Health Proposals
• Welcome for Government’s Council Grant rise

January 2003

• MP hits at Home Office delay on Island Asylum Centre
• ‘Open Mind’ needed on reprieved King Edward VII Hospital
• MP launches ‘Hands off Our Hospital’ Petition
• Secret Report on 999 Breakdown challenged by Island MP
• MP calls to save Heart Hospital
• Turner tells Minister Island A&E proposal ‘Unacceptable’
• Island MP renews attack on Short Sentences for Killers

DECEMBER 2002

• “Raise Island’s Game in 2003” – MP
• Parliament, not Judges, should set Sentence Guidelines - Island MP
• Island MP demands Blair ‘be upfront’ on Iraq Threat
• Lake Huron Killer’s ‘Lenient Sentence’ must be reviewed – MP
• MP Warns Council – stop fire control move to Netley
• Give Britain back her Fish - Turner

NOVEMBER 2002

• MP fights for action on broken dental promise
• MP seeks Island views on second homes
• enquiry demanded on ‘rock Island fiasco’

OCTOBER 2002

• MP’S call for budding young artists
• Strike hazards IW-based fire service – MP warns
• MP’s takes grant cut battle to Westminster
• MP backs British food fortnight
• Island MP hits out at lottery asylum grant
• State scholarship plan 'no threat to IW' - MP

SEPTEMBER 2002

• MP questions PM on Iraq
• MP praises photos of old lake
• Island MP slams Blair on Iraq

AUGUST 2002

• MP backs Pan quest for electricity pay point
• MP’S mobile surgery success
• Blunkett must redress Euro-Court prison discipline ruling – Tory
• Blair ‘must win hearts and minds’ before Iraq attack
• Local hero awarded at Westminster

JULY 2002

• Minister parries custom house call
• MP to see trade protest pledges (PoMPey Chimes)
• Minister’s ‘YES’ to Westland workers; ‘NO’ on EU aid
• Island MP welcomes rethink on mail delivery charges
• Andrew Turner accuses the government of control and interference (BBC News)
• Ministers ‘confused’ on ex-cons, says Turner

JUNE 2002

• MP get hip to the causes of osteoporosis!
• Turner calls for guarantees on new prison
• MP volunteers some 'sound advice', for local hearing aid user
• Turner backs "quality, not tat" investment plans
• Turner votes down asylum bill 'wreckers'
• Sir George talks to Isle of Wight Conservatives about Byers (Sir George Young Bt MP website)

MAY 2002

• Hansard extract - 999 service (Isle of Wight and HaMPshire)
• Ministers to answer debate on 999 breakdown
• MP backs demands to IW Council to end age discrimination

APRIL 2002

• Turner asks 'budget for health or more tax by stealth?'
• Island MP backs Island post offices
• MP'S tribute to the Queen Mother

MARCH 2002

• MP Calls for clarity on future of Osborne
• Blunkett told to act on 'neighbours from hell'
• Drugs policy is 'charter for pushers'

FEBRUARY 2002

• Island MP'S call to industry minister accepted
• Turner backs choice for parents on MMR vaccine

JANUARY 2002

• Help for Island youth groups
• Island MP calls for help to end care homes crisis
• Turner secures commons debate on care of Island's elderly
• Euro rip-off uncovered by Island MP
• Island MP calls for evidence on £70m 'great training robbery'
• Government guillotines hope for Island special needs pupils

DECEMBER 2001

• Island should bid for health jobs
• Island MP calls for action on Westland job losses
• Turner calls government to account over Equitable Life
• Turner praises ‘zero tolerance’ of disruptive pupils

NOVEMBER 2001

• Blair’s snub for pensioners’ ferry fare hopes
• Island MP elected to executive of influential 1922 Committee