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ID CARDS AN ENOURMOUS WASTE OF MONEY

Tue 6th May 2008

Commenting on the latest revision in the estimated costs of the ID card scheme, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

CAUTIOUS WELCOME FOR NEXT STEP TOWARDS SEVERN TIDAL POWER

Tue 6th May 2008

Commenting on the appointment of a Parsons Brinkerhoff to head up the environmental impact assessment over possible tidal power projects in the Severn Estuary, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

WORRYING GAP BETWEEN CRIME COMMITTED AND REPORTED

Thu 24th Apr 2008

Commenting on the Home Office recorded crime figures released today, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem Justice Spokesperson and MP for Cardiff Central said:

LIB DEMS WELCOME TORIES TO SEVERN BRIDGE CAMPAIGN

Thu 24th Apr 2008

Commenting on today's press release from the Welsh Conservatives calling for the Government to allow users of the Severn Bridge to pay by card rather than cash, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, who tabled an Early Day Motion on the subject in November last year, said:

GOVERNMENT INACTION AS FUEL POVERTY IN WALES SET TO RISE AGAIN

Wed 23rd Apr 2008

Commenting on the outcome of Ofgem's summit today where energy companies promised to renew their efforts to tackle fuel poverty, Jenny Willott MP said: ,

WELSH POLICE FORCED TO BABYSIT THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS

Thu 17th Apr 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrat research has revealed that police forces in Wales have been forced to house nearly 3,500 prisoners in their police cells due to prison overcrowding and at a cost of over £3.2 million - the equivalent of more than 100 extra police officers.

GOVERNMENT HAS MORAL DUTY TO POLICE OVER PAY

Tue 15th Apr 2008

Commenting on the Police Federation's legal bid to force the Government to award them a full 2.5% pay rise, Jenny Willott MP said:

DANGER OF WELSH HOUSE PRICE CRASH

Tue 15th Apr 2008

Today, the Government released figures showing house prices in Wales fell by 2.4%, in February, well above the UK average of 1.6%.

RECORD WELSH PRISON POPULATION DESPITE OVER 1,000 EARLY RELEASES

Mon 31st Mar 2008

Today, the Ministry of Justice released figures showing the prison population has reached 82,602 including a record Welsh prison population of 2,762.

GOVERNMENT PLAYING DANGEROUS GAME WITH DETENTION PERIOD EXTENSION

Mon 31st Mar 2008

Commenting ahead of the tomorrow's vote on the Counter Terrorism Bill over the extension of the maximum detention period without charge to 42 days, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem Shadow Justice Spokesperson and MP for Cardiff Central, said:

NUCLEAR WASTE COSTS BLOW HOLE IN GOVERNMENT PLANS

Fri 28th Mar 2008

Commenting on today's report by former nuclear regulator Ian Jackson, which shows that new nuclear stations cannot be built in the UK without the taxpayer subsidising the costs of storing nuclear waste, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

CORONER'S BILL WILL NOT RESCUE OVERSTRETCHED SYSTEM

Thu 27th Mar 2008

Commenting on today's publication of Government Changes to the Coroners Bill and on Sensitive Reporting in Coroners Courts, Jenny Willott MP, Shadow Justice Spokesman, said:

UK'S ASYLUM SYSTEM COMBINES INCOMPETENCE AND INHUMANITY

Thu 27th Mar 2008

Following today's Independent Asylum Commission report which attacks the UK's asylum system as 'shameful', Jenny Willott, Shadow Justice Spokesperson and MP for Cardiff Central, released figures showing that the Casework Resolution Directorate, the Government's flagship policy for clearing backlogged asylum cases, won't have met its target until December 2016 - more than five years overdue.

DATA LOSS SHATTERS CONFIDENCE IN ID CARDS

Fri 14th Mar 2008

Commenting on the Joint Committee on Human Rights critical report into 'Data Protection and Human Rights', Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

BUDGET IS THE GREAT GREEN COP OUT

Wed 12th Mar 2008

Commenting on today's budget, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

WELSH BANKRUPTCY FIGURES CONTINUE TO RISE

Tue 11th Mar 2008

Today, the Insolvency Service released new regional insolvency and bankruptcy figures for 2007 showing that the number of bankruptcies in Wales has risen for the seventh consecutive year to a new record high.

FIGHT AGAINST CHILD POVERTY STALLING

Tue 11th Mar 2008

Commenting on today's comments from Keith Towler, Children's Commissioner for Wales, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central and member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee who recently published a report into Child Poverty, said:

HUGE RISE IN BANRUPTCIES IN WALES

Wed 5th Mar 2008

Today, the Insolvency Service released regional insolvency and bankruptcy figures for 2000 to 2006 showing a huge rise in the number of bankruptcies and Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) in Wales.

VIOLENCE IN WELSH PRISONS HITS RECORD HIGH

Tue 4th Mar 2008

Today, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem Justice Spokesman and MP for Cardiff Central, released figures showing that there were 370 incidents of violence between prisoners in Welsh prisons in 2007, a record high and more than 14 times higher since Labour came to power.

GOVERNMENT LOSE OVER 1,000 LAPTOPS AND PHONES

Tue 4th Mar 2008

Over a thousand government laptops and mobile phones have been lost or stolen, according to figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats.

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