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Minister responds to dredging questions

Holderness coast

Following an Adjournment Debate at the House of Commons on off-shore dredging, led by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, a government minister has answered a series of questions.

Graham called for the debate after being contacted by constituents who believe off-shore dredging is causing coastal erosion to speed up.

Christmas message from Graham Stuart MP

Christmas message 2009

A Christmas message from Graham Stuart MP: “The decorations are up, the shops – despite the current economic climate – appear to be bursting at the seams and I cannot wait to spend Christmas day with my family.

Christmas is a time when we stop, think and – perhaps – even do more [...]

MP to meet with Shoreline Management Plan bodies

Holderness coast

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is to meet with members of the Humber Estuary Coastal Authorities Group and Environment Agency (Friday Nov 13) following the publication of the draft of the second Shoreline Management Plan (SMP2).

 The plan, which covers the coast from Flamborough in the North to Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, in [...]

Shadow minister hears wind farm fears

Bob Neill MP

The Conservatives’ Shadow Local Government Minister has told Holderness protestors he will change the rules to give local people more say on planning applications such as wind farms.

 Bob Neill MP came to the area at the invitation of Graham Stuart MP in response to complaints from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council [...]

Whitehall must give East Riding a fairer deal and help freeze council tax

Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has called for wasteful government spending on advertising and public sector consultants to be cut – in order to free up funds to help freeze council tax bills in the East Riding. Local taxpayers in Scotland have benefited from a council tax freeze yet again this year.

 Soaring council tax under [...]

MP backs plans for residents to have greater control over wind farm plans

Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has thrown his weight behind plans to give residents facing wind turbines being built on their doorstep more say.

He has also called for a debate in Parliament after the Government ignored the wishes of both residents and the East Riding Council by allowing wind farms at Routh and Withernwick, [...]

Graham Stuart ‘disgusted’ with CRB checking performance by police

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, today said he was disgusted with the failure of Humberside Police to carry out criminal record bureau checks within a reasonable time.
 
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) was introduced in 2002 and annually processes more than three million applications. It tasks all police forces with making detailed checks on [...]