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ISHERWOOD: NORTH WALES COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUPS LEFT IN LIMBO |
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Written by Mark Isherwood AM
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:36 |
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VITAL community transport groups throughout North Wales threatened with closure earlier this year need clarity about their long term futures. Following pressure from Welsh Conservative AM Mark Isherwood and others, the Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones, announced last month that funding arrangements that were in place for the schemes last year will remain unchanged this year after all. His officials would now be working with the Community Transport Association on a 'funding model' for the future. |
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ISHERWOOD: AM FIGHTS TO PROTECT NORTH WALES RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE |
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Written by Mark Isherwood AM
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:36 |
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THE Welsh Assembly Government has been urged to help a key North Wales service which has been operating for 25 years. Welsh Conservative AM Mark Isherwood told Ministers yesterday that the North Wales Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre may be forced to close in less than six weeks unless crucial funding is provided. The North Wales politician called for an urgent Government statement on the matter, but was refused and told to instead raise the issue with Ministers. The frustrated AM said he has already done this on several occasions and reiterated the importance of the centre. |
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ISHERWOOD: AM QUESTIONS HEALTH MINISTER ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF METHADONE TREATMENT |
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Written by Mark Isherwood AM
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:35 |
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A NORTH WALES AM has asked the Health Minister to respond to a statement that that there is no point placing drug users in a system that provides prescriptions rather than treatment. Welsh Conservative Mark Isherwood put the point forward to Brian Gibbons following a lecture at the National Assembly for Wales hosted by the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs who argued that one thing that prolongs heroin addiction is methadone treatment. |
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ISHERWOOD – AM CALLS for Emergency statement FROM WELSH GOVERNMENT following announcement that Air prODuct’s Acrefair plant will be closing. |
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Written by Mark Isherwood AM
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:35 |
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AN Assembly Member who has been fighting hard to safeguard Air Product’s Acrefair plant was disappointed to learn that it will be closing and has called for an emergency ministerial statement. In recent weeks Welsh Conservative AM Mark Isherwood has been corresponding with both Air Products in the United States of America and the Welsh Assembly Government in a bid to prevent the closure of the plant. |
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Isherwood: AM CALLS FOR GREATER ACTION TO HELP VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND TACKLE CHILD POVERTY |
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Written by Mark Isherwood AM
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:34 |
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A FRUSTRATED AM says it is time the Welsh Government stops attempting to tackle child poverty in isolation. During an Assembly debate yesterday on the General Principles of the proposed Children and Families Measure, Welsh Conservative AM Mark Isherwood said the Welsh Government has failed to see the wider causes of child poverty.The North Wales AM therefore moved Amendment 1 which “Regrets that the Measure has failed to adequately address all the causes of child poverty, including fuel poverty, poor housing, addiction, family breakdown and worklessness." He said: “Living with fuel poverty causes excessive stress for children and adults - and can lead to long-term depression and anxiety. |
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