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Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker of the House of Commons
MP since 1 May 1997
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The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle is the MP for Chorley, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997. He is Speaker of the House of Commons.
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Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 33,964 voters
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MICRO-CHIPPED ANIMALS
135 signaturesThat this House calls for local authorities to introduce routine scanning of domestic animals including cats and dogs killed on roads; recognises the upset caused to families, particularly those with children when a pet goes missing; and seeks to ensure that micro-chipped pets ar
16 Jul 2008
SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING
46 signaturesThat this House calls for procurement policies on the purchasing of food supplied by farmers to supply the supermarkets and shops in their local area; recognises the quality of locally-grown and reared produce; further calls for efforts to ensure less environmental damage by redu
15 Jul 2008
LOCAL FARMERS' POLICY
30 signaturesThat this House calls for the launch of local food procurement policies to be imposed on supermarkets, schools, universities and hospitals; further calls on the Government to encourage supermarkets to commit themselves to local competition policies to promote local self-reliance,
10 Jul 2008
JAPANESE WHALING
88 signaturesThat this House condemns the whale-meat embezzlement ring shown by Greenpeace to be at the heart of the Japanese government's so-called scientific whaling programme; calls upon the Japanese authorities to carry out an immediate public investigation into this practice which has fu
10 Jul 2008
REGIONAL EUROSTAR REVIEW
33 signaturesThat this House calls on the Government to review its abandonment of direct regional Eurostar services to Paris; asks the Government to recognise that all the advantages of the original proposals remain in terms of a large now proven regional market available and existing and con
9 Jul 2008
REVIEW OF THE CLOSURE OF HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS CHORLEY
8 signaturesThat this House calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to hold an immediate review of the decision to close the HM Revenue and Customs office in Chorley; notes that the Chorley office costs less to operate than the Blackburn office, which has been withdrawn from the schedule fo
9 Jul 2008
FREE TRANSPORT FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
52 signaturesThat this House calls on the Government to extend the concessionary bus fares scheme to allow everyone under 16 years and those able to prove they are in full-time education or on a work-based learning scheme free travel on buses nationwide; notes the application and success of s
9 Jul 2008
TACKLING FUEL POVERTY
62 signaturesThat this House is deeply concerned about the effect a 40 per cent. increase in domestic fuel prices will have on pensioners, the poor and the vulnerable this winter; urges energy companies to accept the Department for Work and Pensions £40 money-back voucher scheme for the elder
9 Jul 2008
RENEWAL OF THE POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT
124 signaturesThat this House notes with concern the fact that the Department for Work and Pensions has written to Post Office card account holders informing them that the Post Office card account contract ends in 2010; further notes that Post Office card account holders, many of whom have mad
9 Jul 2008
ENERGY COSTS AND UK MANUFACTURING
54 signaturesThat this House notes the increasing problems the UK manufacturing sector is facing with the rising cost of energy; recognises that wholesale electricity prices for this winter have jumped by 110 per cent. on last winter with gas prices increasing by 130 per cent. over the same p
7 Jul 2008