'...Stop erecting wind turbines. 1000 tonnes of concrete is required to install each turbine. Concrete production is the second most polluting industrial process in the world. Wind turbines produce a low and unreliable... Read more Comment (2), Email this.

Should abortion be reduced to 12 weeks, in light with the relevant high... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, aims to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

'The Devil makes work for idle hands' is a maxim that could have been... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

its now time that the royal mail was put into private hands and give it to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

It would help pensioners with small private and work pensions lower their... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The government of the United States has repeatedly refused to pay the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This is aimed at companies incorporated in the UK, who wish to set up... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Shetlan Isles are an ancient outpost of Denmark, yet since King... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

StoneHenge has Open Access for people who wish to attend the stones and show... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Six state of the art Merlin helicopters will be transferred from Denmark to the UK under a memorandum of understanding signed today by both governments. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Gypsies/Travellers in Scotland: The Twice-yearly Count - No. 11: January 2007 Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Tougher offences to tackle crime and new measures to cut re-offending Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Detailed proposals for the implementation of the UK's pioneering emissions trading scheme for large organisations in business and the public sector were set out by Climate Change and Environment Minister Ian Pearson... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Health Minister Andy Burnham will today unveil a new medal to honour NHS ambulance workers in the run up to the 70th anniversary of the 999 service. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Howden Le Wear Primary school to its admission arrangements for 2008. The adjudicator, Alan Parker, has upheld the objection. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Woodland Primary school to its admission arrangements for 2008. The adjudicator, Alan Parker, has partially upheld the objection. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We petition the Prime Minister to introduce Annual Referendum Day on which,... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Israel is stopping stopping the Palestinians legitimate income reaching them... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In an effort to reduce anti social driving in Britain's rural community,... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The drink/drive limit should be reduced to 0%. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Vote with your wallet - don't buy Chinese products, as the government won't... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The best interests of the child it has been argued, is to deny even decent... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Lets have stations convenient for us, so we can just drive to a station with... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The government is placing considerable restraints on local authorities that... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Many managers in the NHS have failed in other fields they are ruining the NHS Read more Comment (0), Email this.

It is all very well asking people to change to energy saving lightbulbs. Why... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Like films, computer games are becoming more explicit regarging depictions... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

under current working time regulations workers can be required to work six... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has for the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

MP's never like to answer questions as they should be. If you look at PMQ's... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In March, the Prime Minister praised Seashells Nursery in Sheerness as a... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The desparate shortage of housing in England needs addressing, yet new homes... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The British Tax Payer should have the option to opt out of the PAYE scheme... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

'...introduce (as a matter of urgency) legislation which will put an end to the discrimination faced by adopters who are both registered as Self-Employed and have paid their National Insurance liability, and thereby... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This was does with no consultation, many parents won't see their kids at the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Having paid income tax and National Insurance all their working lives I... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Smoking should be allowed for the elderly within care homes. To expect them... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Patrick was found guilty of smuggling cannabis without any evidence, the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Religion is irrelevant to modern life. The moral precepts of most religions... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This Petition is to help the Leisure and Tourism industry grow again in the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

this aircraft has represented our airforce really well and has defended... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Scrap the proposed tramway through Clifton & Beeston and use the money to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Working Mondays have been the downfull of Britain for years and need to be... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

It is entirely unreasonable for the British Board of Film Classification to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Almost all open source software is free, savings millions of pounds in... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This stretch of road takes approximately 30-45 mins to travel along at peak... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Last year my daughter was stillborn due to Obstetric cholestasis which went... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

With the permission of the Norwegian Government arrange for the next Prison... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Pet owners, whose companion becomes ill or suffers injury outside the Monday... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

ensure david beckham is to be knighted. the man has had to endure torment... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The current legal Protocol allows for adoption to occur within a very short... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

If people can't even be bothered to live in this country why should they be... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Child Benefit should be able to be payable to both parents in the event of... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Allegations have surfaced that the United States security service, the CIA,... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Given the rise of the mainstream conspiracy theories regarding September... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Other petitions have mentioned specific drugs (DCA - dichloroacetate) where... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Courts should operate from 9 am to 5 pm with 1 hour for lunch rather than... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Court cases take far longer today than in the past. The average murder... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The New Keyworker Housing scheme benefits many vital public sector... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked, probably for the last time, if there had been any contact with the police, the PMOS replied that his answer still had not changed.... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Put that Governor Schwarzenegger praised the great English breakfast he was given this morning, and asked what he had for breakfast, the PMOS replied that he had one or two other things on his mind this morning ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on what role the Quartet should currently play in the current situation in the Middle East, the PMOS replied that without going down the road Lobby wanted him to go down, the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked if the Government had any regret for closing the investigation now that the Justice Department had opened it, the PMOS replied that we had no comment to make whatsoever. Asked if we stood by the decision, ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) began by running through the logistics for tomorrow. Asked if the Prime Minister would be spending his last evening in No10 tonight, the PMOS replied that that was ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Tony Blair's contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process is to be honoured by the University of Liverpool. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: 27th June, BAE, Quartet, Breakfast and Police Inquiry Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The World Heritage Committee at its 31st Session in Christchurch, New Zealand, today decided not to place London's Tower and Westminster World Heritage Sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger but has instead... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Government today set out proposals to require unmarried parents to jointly register the birth of their children. The Green Paper Joint Birth Registration: promoting parental responsibility proposes that unmarried... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The OFT is today announcing a formal consultation on the draft guidance on fitness and requirements for holders and applicants of Consumer Credit licences, as well as simultaneously consulting on a draft statement... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The governors of the Colleton Primary School have objected to the Planned Admissions Number (PAN) of 30 set by Wokingham LEA. Whilst accepting that number for Key Stage 1 the school wishes to be able to recruit ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by Essex County Council to Davenant Foundation School's admission arrangements for 2008. The adjudicator, Richard Lindley, has upheld... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

A new taskforce set up by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) will meet for the first time today with the aim of helping British designers win business in China. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

At present most local planning authorities have policies (called "exceptions... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We are seeing More and More of our farms closing down because they just can... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We are concerned about the inadequate provision of mental health care in our... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

As a direct result of the increased speed of jet aircraft over their... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

"Philosophers from Plato to William James have allowed their opinions as to... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

E.g. Wessex Water: 24% year on year rise in profits, 11% increase in water... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

'...tell the heroin users they are killing our soldiers by financing the the Afghan poppy farmers' -- Geoffrey Garbett Read more Comment (0), Email this.

'...Instead of letting prisoners out earley build more prisons' -- Ashley McDionagh Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Holiday companies charge ridiculous amounts for holidays outside term time... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

It has been announced this week that thousands of prisoners are to be... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This rule highlights the clash of cultures between the DWP and the DFES. One... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We petition that funds allocated to all areas of the country by government... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Many local councils have painted double yellow lines in front of small... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Private equity companies incur many tax benefits. However these were meant... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

EVERYONE over 60 is currently eligible for this payment but many hardly need... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Hackney Council plans to exclude 30 streets in Stamford Hill from normal... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I've just read a feature in my paper about adoption versus fertility... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

We, the people of this nation, do demand that the great and honourable... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Horton Hospital, Oxfordshire, is under threat of closure or substantial... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Natural England is calling for a Europe-wide partnership on adaptation. The call comes ahead of the launch of the new European Commission Green Paper "Adapting to Climate Change" on 3 July 2007. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, today announced that the Government intends to give the Financial Services Authority (FSA) the responsibility for regulating the selling of travel insurance sold... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform (Jim Murphy) has made the following Statement.

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Today I have deposited copies of The Freedom of Information Act 2000—Statistics on Implementation in Central Government: January to March 2007 in the Libraries of both Houses. Copies are also available in the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

On Friday 22 June I laid before Parliament Implementing Legal Aid Reform: Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report (Cm 7158). It is also available on the Ministry of Justice website... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, Douglas Bain, is responsible for all aspects of electoral... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland has today issued a Statement in relation to decisionsas to prosecution arising out of the Stevens III investigation. Copies of the Statement have been placed... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

My honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is today publishing the Government's response to The Power of Informationreview.

In February 2007 my honourable friend the Chancellor of the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

As part of the announcement of normalisation made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 1 August 2005, we undertook to reduce the number of military bases in Northern Ireland to the 14 core sites ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This statement relates to funding for schools, early years and 14-16 funding for 2008-09 to 2010-2011.

1. In March of this year the Department launched a consultation on changes to the school funding system... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The 2006-07 Annual Report and Accounts for the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) will be laid before Parliament today.

Copies will be available in the Libraries of the House... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I am pleased to announce that the UK Government, along with the Welsh and Northern Irish devolved Administrations have today published a framework for the long term management of higher activity radioactive waste... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

My Right Honourable Friend the Foreign Secretary (Mrs. Margaret Beckett) and Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

I would like to update the House on the provision introduced in section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004. This provision is intended as a means of influencing the attitudes... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In February 2007 I commissioned Tom Steinberg, Director of mySociety and Ed Mayo, Chief Executive of the National Consumer Council to: "explore new developments in the use and communication of citizen and State... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, Douglas Bain, is responsible for all aspects of electoral administration in Northern Ireland, including the conduct of all elections and referendums, as well ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

In my statement of 1 November 2006 I said that I expected the Technology Strategy Board to be formally inaugurated in the first half of the 2007-08 financial year.

Following the sealing on 27 March of the... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Department announced on Friday 22 June that Stagecoach Midland Rail Limited (a subsidiary of Stagecoach group plc) has been awarded the East Midlands franchise which will begin on 11 November 2007 and will... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2007 have today been laid before Parliament. The Regulations implement, from 1 October 2007, the recommendations set... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Protecting the environment is now a global priority and needs to be tackled "at every level", the Prime Minister has said. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The Prime Minister has said that a negotiated settlement on the issue of Palestine is "essential" for world peace. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Thousands of people in England are likely to receive more help towards their care costs, said Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis, today. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

A trial to improve the way that DWP, HMRC and local authorities help customers has speeded up the processing of benefits and tax credits to customers in North Tyneside and will be extended to a further six local... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The OFT has today announced a new programme of work with the credit card industry and consumer bodies to make the cost of credit cards easier for consumers to understand. This decision follows a super-complaint... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Ministers have agreed a new financial framework for ECGD, the UK's official export credit agency. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

25 June - International migration outlook 2007 - OECD report Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Official statistics today reveal that record numbers of 16 year olds are now in full-time education - more than three-quarters - and close to 9 in 10 are in some form of education and training. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Commenting on the annual School Exclusions statistics published today, Schools Minister Jim Knight said the figures reflected the hard line schools were taking on discipline, adding that new powers introduced earlier... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer, today announced the appointment of David Hertzell to be a Law Commissioner. Mr Hertzell has been appointed for a period of five years from 1 July... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Asked if the Prime Minister would go on to become a Middle East envoy, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that he had nothing to say on the matter. Put to him that there was an expected announcement... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Results of the February teacher vacancy survey, and data on the allocation of teachers on the induction scheme Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This statistics release presents the latest figures for free personal care (FPC) and free nursing care (FNC). Read more Comment (0), Email this.

HERE ARE THE WORDS OF A POLITICAL PRISONER SENT TO PRISON FOR RAISING THE... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The UK currently emits less than 2% of the global output of CO2 emissions... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

in an effort to encourage greener methods of transport, We the undersigned... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Democracy can only exist where people have the freedom to pursue their own... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

How often do you drive by a coned off area on the road/motorway when nobody... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

The saga of the above planning application has been characterised by... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Government announces four new appointments to Charity Commission Board Ed Miliband, Minister for the Third Sector, today announced four new Board members joining the Charity Commission this summer. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Patients right across the North West are to benefit from the next round in the drive to find extra GPs. Health Minister Andy Burnham today announced the next five areas that will benefit from the programme which... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Congestion-busting Highways Agency Traffic Officers in Hampshire are celebrating their first birthday. The service has gone from strength to strength with figures showing that in their first year, they attended ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Community groups including the Damilola Taylor Trust have been awarded £800,000 by the Home Office to tackle crime and gang culture, Home Secretary John Reid said today. Read more Comment (0), Email this.

AM (3rd party support not permitted R281 (v)) Ethiopia [2007] UKAIT 00058 (21 June 2007) Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Carmel Southend Ltd v Strachan & Henshaw Ltd [2007] EWHC 1289 (TCC) (24 May 2007) Read more Comment (0), Email this.

This dispute relates to the Eggborough power station in North Yorkshire. The Claimants are companies in the British Energy Group. The Third Claimant ("EPL") owns the business and assets of the power station... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

P & S Amusements Limited ("the claimants") have been the tenants of Gaiety's bar and night club, which is situated at 169 Promenade, Blackpool ("the premises") and which is on Blackpool's "Golden Mile". By an underlease... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

MR JUSTICE KEITH: On 5th July 2005 at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court, the appellant was committed to the Crown Court for sentence, having previously pleaded guilty to an offence of exposure. He was at that ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

THE VICE PRESIDENT: This is an application for leave to refer to this court under section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 sentences imposed on two offenders Moegtar Hussain and Jamal Sulieman on 5th February... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

JUDGE LORAINE-SMITH: On 23rd February 2007 at the Crown Court at Guildford before His Honour Judge Addison, after a three day trial, this appellant was convicted of dangerous driving and was sentenced to three ... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

Dame Heather Steel: On 9th March 2007, in the Crown Court at Ipswich, the appellant, Suzanne Louise Bantick, who is 27 years of age, pleaded guilty to five offences of theft. On 19th April 2007 she was sentenced... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

On 9 March 2007 Phillip Coates was convicted of rape at a Court-Martial held at HMS Nelson (His Honour Judge Blackett, Judge Advocate General). We adjourned our decision at the close of the hearing to examine... Read more Comment (0), Email this.

A report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation shows that Cambridgeshire Probation Area has some strengths but there is a need for improvement in a number of aspects of its work. Read more Comment (0), Email this.