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Welcome to the website of Nick Harvey MP
This website outlines the varied aspects of Nick Harvey's work as an MP: including the North Devon constituency, as Lib Dem Shadow Defence Secretary, as spokesman for the House of Commons Commission and more. Use the navigation menu to the left to read more, and please don't hesitate to use the contact details and online communication tools to get in touch with questions, comments, opinions and offers of help.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Following the Crown Prosecution Service's announcement today to prosecute four Parliamentarians for fraud, Nick comments, "After much deliberation by the CPS the matter now rests in the hands of the courts. These cases will hopefully help restore public confidence in Parliament by showing that its members are not above the law."
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
Devon's Liberal Democrat MPs are calling on the Government to listen to the real concerns of people in Devon ahead of the Regional Cabinet Meeting in Exeter on Friday. MPs Nick Harvey, Adrian Sanders and Richard Younger-Ross have accused the Government of ignoring major problems in the South West such as the prevalence of low wage jobs, the lack of opportunities for young people and high water bills.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
"Mr Harvey, In early December we met regarding a problem I was having with Student Finance, in getting the amount of funds from them that I was entitled to, and was in need to of to continue with my course.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
Next week I will return in Parliament to the vexed question of water bills in the south west. Recently OFWAT announced that our bills will spiral upwards more slowly over the next five years than they have over the last twenty.
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
Responding to today's Western Morning News report that 'MPs hope for £15,000 pay rise,' Nick Harvey says, "It is all complete nonsense and wholly unfounded speculation. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will get control of MPs' pay in 2012. For the foreseeable future it just goes up in line with public sector pay settlements, which will be very low in the current economic climate.
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
With the general election a little under four months away, South Molton was one of the first stopping places for the Liberal Democrats as possibly their most famous leader in living memory, Lord Paddy Ashdown was in town on 22 January. However, on the following Thursday, 28 January current leader Nick Clegg also visited South Molton Pannier Market.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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