David Burrowes MP - Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate -

MP welcomes opportunity to boost cord blood research and treatment

Admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000

David Burrowes welcomes the announcement of a catalyst fund for regenerative medicine and calls for greater use of the application of umbilical cord blood which could provide life-saving treatments. read more »

Border checks debate

Admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Speaking during an Opposition Day debate on border checks, David Burrowes asks the Home Secretary whether the 100 occasions on which warnings index checks were suspended since 2008 were authorised by the previous Home Secretaries. read more »

Council of Europe (UK Chairmanship) debate

Admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes calls on the Government to take the opportunity of the UK Chairmanship of the Council of Europe to raise the issue of Cyprus' missing people with the Government of Turkey. read more »

Justice and Security Green Paper

Admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes calls on the Justice Secretary to look at the possibility of creating an inspector-general of the intelligence services. read more »

Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill debate

Admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes takes the opportunity of a debate on the Health and Social Care Bill to highlight the importance of collecting umbilical cord blood. read more »

Public Disorder Debate

Admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes addresses the issue of enforcement and notes that no one has yet been charged for ‘riot’ and, although that may yet change, he questions whether Parliament needs to examine whether the offence of riot is fit for modern purpose. read more »

Phone hacking debate: David Burrowes calls for a cultural change

Admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +0100

Speaking in the House of Commons debate on the phone hacking scandal, David Burrowes tells MPs we all have questions to answer and need to ask why we buy the newspapers that we do. read more »

Finance Bill debate

Admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes backs the recognition of marriage in the tax system. read more »

Prevent Strategy debate

Admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0100

Following the Home Secretary's statement on the Government’s strategy to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism, David Burrowes welcomes the announcement of £5 million of near neighbours funding to enable churches to be involved in reaching out to all communities. read more »

Treatment of Christians debate

Admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:00:00 +0100

David Burrowes raises concerns about persecution of Christians and challenges whether financial aid to countries like Pakistan ends up supporting “hate education fermented by Islamist opinion”. read more »