View from the House: End early release scheme for prisoners

I HAVE been calling for some time for an end to the controversial early release scheme for prisoners, so it is progress that the case of Jon Venables has focused attention on the matter.Read

View from the House: Pupils and their teachers an inspiration

IHAVE been privileged to visit some really inspirational schools in our villages and towns since the start of the year.Read

View from the House: Small businesses are to be encouraged

SMALL businesses are vital to our economy. This sector needs encouragement because these businesses are essential to the successful functioning of the whole.Read

View from the House: Trapped within layers of NHS bureaucracy

JUST before Christmas, I took part with other Buckinghamshire MPs in a debate in the Westminster Hall of Commons onRead

View from the House: Let's work out how we can reach green energy targets

AS THE world discusses climate change, during the global summit in Copenhagen, we should think about how we reach the targets to reduce carbon emissions, rather than just how we set them.Read

View from the House: Pensioners should not foot care bill

ONE of the bills introduced by the government in the Queen's Speech, the Personal Care At Home Bill, is intended to help elderly people, but I am worried that it will actually be at the expense of many more people.Read

View from the house: We should all care what happens on our doorstep

ONE of the more significant factors in our society is inequality.Read

View from the house: Scientists are there to advise and not to decide

AS MANY of you will know, I have always had serious concerns about the effectsRead

View from the House: Difficult choices over retirement

AMONG the other events likely to take place next year, there will be a formal review of the official age of retirement.Read

iew form the House: Economic solutions that fail before the first hurdle

ALTHOUGH I am not an economist, a recent interview given by an expert caused me to smile wryly.Read

View from the house: 'In the midst of a recession we can all learn lessons from the elderly'

WE ARE approaching Older People's Day, on October 1. However, I was quite startled to see that one of the events singled out by the Department for Work and Pensions is a '50-plus' festival. It seems that now 50-plus is old.Read

Decision to free Lockerbie bomber was a mistake

Justice needs to be dispassionate, argues MP Cheryl GillanRead

View from the house: Ways to reduce risk of developing dementia

I WOULD guess that many people, like me, felt that dementia was something over which the individual has no control: that it could strike anyone in later life or even in middle age.Read

View from the House: Not everyone's on the information super highway

While the Internet is revolutionary in terms of making more and more information available to the public, we do need to consider those people who do not have broadband or, indeed, who do not want to step on to the information super-highway.Read

View from the House: We can't ignore fresh threats to peace in Europe

IT WAS good to hear that the Prince of Wales would be able to represent the Royal Family at the ceremonies to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.Read

View from the house: a secret service with a mission of caring

THIS year, Carers Week, which highlights the work that carers do, week in, week out, throughout the year, has chosen the theme of The UK's secret service.Read

View from the house: Tell me how expenses should work

THE public anger over MPs' expense allowances constitutes a major crisis in confidence in Parliament as an institution, as well as collectively in all of us as its memBArs.Read

View from the House: Expenses are a major crisis

The public anger over MPs expense allowances constitutes a major crisis in confidence in Parliament as an institution as well as collectively in all of us as its members. Read

View from the House: 'Fearless Gurkhas deserve our support'

MY LATE father commanded a company of Gurkhas in India during the Second World War. I share the respect which he expressed very often for these gallant and dedicated soldiers.Read

View from the house: sensible savers the losers

THOSE people with the habit of saving are the ones who have been badly affected by the reductions in the Bank of England base interest rate.Read