Table Of ContentPRENTICE DIAGNOSES AMNESIA IN PENDLE'S TORY MP.........................................9
PRENTICE ACTS TO REMEDY ROUGH JUSTICE...........................................................9
PRENTICE GIVES SEND-OFF TO MARCH FOR JOBS....................................................10
"MASHED POTATO BRAINS" JIBE BY PRENTICE.........................................................11
LEE ON NHS REFORMS....................................................................................................13
LABOUR ON COURSE FOR GENERAL ELECTION WIN says Prentice........................14
PRENTICE "APPALLED" BY ROLLS ROYCE DECISION.................................................14
PENDLE INDUSTRY "BLITZED BY RECESSION" SAYS PRENTICE...............................15
Lee on Exports.................................................................................................................15
"ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG" TAUNT BY PRENTICE..................................................16
NEW HOTLINE FOR PENDLE..........................................................................................17
LABOUR CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE CHILD BENEFIT IN
BUDGET.............................................................................................................................18
TORY MP'S HOLIDAY FIRM CUTS JOBS 24 FEB 91 (4/91)......................................19
Prentice re-issues challenge to Lee for public debate on the poll tax
(5/91)................................................................................................................................19
GIVE THE HEALTH WORKERS A SAY says Prentice (6/91).....................................20
BUDGET CON (7/91)...............................................................................................20
TWIN TAX TORTURE' SAYS PRENTICE (8/91)............................................................21
LOCAL INCOME TAX FIGURES COMPLETELY BOGUS says Prentice
(9/91)................................................................................................................................21
YOU CAN'T TRUST THE TRUSTS says Prentice (10/91)...........................................22
PRESS RELEASE DATE Friday 2 November 1990 (1/90)...................................23
PRENTICE CHALLENGES TORY MP TO SPEAK OUT ON HEALTH REFORMS
(11/91).............................................................................................................................24
"EXTORTIONATE" BEER PRICES CONDEMNED BY PRENTICE (12/91)...................24
PRENTICE SLAMS OPT OUT MP (13/91).....................................................................25
LABOUR MEANS BUSINESS SAYS PRENTICE (14/91).................................................25
NEW STUDY PREDICTS LABOUR MP FOR PENDLE (15/91)......................................25
SHORT TEMPERS MAKE BAD LOSERS says Prentice (16/91)..................................26
TORY MP HAS BRASS NECK, THICK SKIN AND NO SOLUTIONS SAYS
PRENTICE (17/91)...........................................................................................................26
REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY TURNS DOWN BALLOT CALL (18/91)...............26
POSTERS RIDICULED BY LABOUR (19/91)..................................................................26
HELP ON HAND IN WATERSIDE (20/91)...................................................................27
LABOUR'S PROPOSALS FOR A MINIMUM WAGE (21/91).........................................27
PRENTICE HITS THE ROOF OVER TORY HOUSING POLICY.......................................28
PRENTICE POURS SCORN ON TORY INCOMPETENCE (23/91)................................28
PENDLE INDUSTRY 'BLITZED BY RECESSION' SAYS PRENTICE (24/91).................29
PRENTICE IS CLAIRVOYANT - OFFICIAL (25/91).......................................................29
PRENTICE BIDS TO FREE LOCAL MAN (26/91)..........................................................30
Ms Maggie Aikman (27/91)..........................................................................................31
NHS "OPT OUT" CHIEFS WARNED TO THINK AGAIN (28/91)................................32
GORDON PRENTICE TO MEET GORDON PRENTICE (29/91)...................................32
NORWEB 'GRAVY TRAIN' SLAMMED BY PRENTICE (30/91)....................................32
HOUSE OF HORRORS' COUPLE FIGHT ON (31/91)....................................................34
POLL TAX REPLACEMENT STILL UNFAIR says Prentice (32/91)...........................35
LABOUR'S HEALTH CHIEF THANKS PENDLE (33/91)..............................................35
PENDLE JOBLESS UP AGAIN (34/91)...........................................................................36
WATER TORTURE" JIBE BY PRENTICE (35/91)..........................................................36
PRENTICE ACCUSES LIBERAL DEMOCRATS OF 'FUDGE AND MUDGE'
OVER NHS (36/91).........................................................................................................37
PENDLE SAYS NO TO OPT OUT PLANS (37/91).........................................................38
"BRAVADO" IN THE BLUE CORNER (38/91................................................................38
PRENTICE PINS BLAME ON MAJOR (39/91)...............................................................38
HEALTH CHIEFS GRILLED BY PRENTICE (40/91).......................................................39
PENDLE JOBLESS COSTS £20m A YEAR says Prentice (42/91)...............................40
PRENTICE GIVES SEND OFF TO MARCH FOR JOBS (43/91).....................................40
PRENTICE PUTS LIBDEMS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE (44/91)................................40
LABOUR WILL WIN PENDLE SAYS NEW POLL (45/91)..............................................40
PHOTOCALL: DOUG HENDERSON MP (46/91).........................................................40
DRIVING INSTRUCTORS DRIVEN TO DESPAIR...........................................................41
HOSPITAL OPT OUTS TO GET GO-AHEAD predicts Prentice (48/91)...................41
LOW PAY IN PENDLE 'A DISGRACE' says Prentice (49/91).....................................44
PHOTOCALL: DOUG HENDERSON MP AT LONTEX INDUSTRIES (50/91)..............45
RESIGN NOW!' says Prentice to local health chief (51/91)....................................45
Letter to James Rawson attached.................................................................................45
CREEPING PRIVATISATION OF NHS IN PENDLE" claims Prentice (52/91)............46
PRENTICE DEMANDS HELP FOR TEXTILES (53/91)...................................................47
PENDLE JOBLESS UP AGAIN (54/91)...........................................................................47
NOT SO NICE, MR MAJOR (55/91).............................................................................47
PAY IT BACK! Prentice tells Tories (56/91)..............................................................48
PRENTICE SPARKS NEW ROW OVER ELECTRICITY CHARGES (57/91)...................49
STUDENTS WILL BE HIT BY TORY COUNCIL TAX warns Prentice (58/91)...........49
POLL TAX PUSHES PENDLE PEOPLE INTO POVERTY says Prentice
(59/91).............................................................................................................................50
FAIR RATES MEAN HUGE SAVINGS FOR PENDLE says Prentice (60/91)...............51
BBC PREDICTS LABOUR MP FOR PENDLE (61/91).....................................................52
HOUSE REPOSSESSIONS HIT NEW HIGH IN PENDLE says Prentice
(62/91).............................................................................................................................52
PENDLE'S YOUNG PEOPLE FACE 'JOBS CRISIS' says PRENTICE (63/91)................53
GiVE STUDENT NURSES A FAIR DEAL says Prentice (64/91).................................54
PRENTICE SLAMS MP OVER COUNCIL TAX (65/91)..................................................55
PENDLE'S CHILDREN GET VIP TREATMENT! (66/91)...............................................56
PENDLE GIVES THE RED ROSE WELCOME TO LONDON VISITORS
(67/91).............................................................................................................................56
HEALTH CHIEF MUST GO insists Prentice (68/91.....................................................57
PRENTICE FIRES BROADSIDE AGAINST TORY SCHOOLS BILL (69/91)..................57
COLNE WOMAN DISPLAYS TRUE GRIT (70/91).........................................................58
LONDONERS GET TASTE FOR PENDLE LIFE (71/91).................................................58
OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR PENDLE JOBLESS......................................................................59
"FIND ME A HEAD!" challenges Prentice (73/91).....................................................59
PENDLE 'KICKED IN THE SHIN' says Prentice (74/91).............................................60
"GIVE THE MONEY BACK...............................................................................................60
"CRUMBLING SCHOOLS" ACCUSATION by Prentice (76/91)..................................61
PRENTICE URGES ACTION ON TEXTILES (77/91)......................................................62
LIB DEM TAX FIGURES DON'T ADD UP says Prentice (78/91)...............................64
HISTORY RE-WRITTEN (79/91)....................................................................................64
TELL ME WHEN says Prentice (80/91)........................................................................66
JOAN LESTOR MP AND GORDON PRENTICE (81/91)...............................................66
HEALTH CHIEFS' REPORT "INACCURATE AND MISLEADING" says
Prentice (82/91).............................................................................................................66
£1,293 + £508 = TORY FIDDLING says Prentice (83/91)........................................68
"A GOOD BREAK, WITH A FEW HOLES OF GOLF AND A LITTLE FISHING'
(84/91).............................................................................................................................69
SCROOGE' JIBE AT LIBERAL DEMOCRATS (85/91)...................................................70
IT'S COLD COMFORT says Prentice (86/91)..............................................................70
PRENTICE ACCUSES MP OF HYPOCRISY (87/91).......................................................71
FEMALE UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS IN PENDLE (88/91).............................................72
PRENTICE SUPPORTS BAN ON LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CHEATS (89/91).................73
PRENTICE SPARKS NEW ELECTRICITY ROW (1/92).................................................74
HATTERSLEY COMES TO TOWN (2/92)......................................................................74
PENDLE'S TORY MP DECLINES TO MEET THE VOTERS (3/92)................................74
PRENTICE HITS OUT AT HIGH TAX TORIES (4/92)...................................................75
"FIND A FAMILY" hunt by Granada TV (5/92).........................................................77
LANCASHIRE ENGULFED BY RISING CRIME says Prentice (6/92)...........................77
Letter for publication Liberal Democrats and Council Tax (7/92).......................78
WINNING IN THE NORTH WEST" (8/92)....................................................................79
POLL TAX SHOCK FOR PENDLE says Prentice (9/92)..............................................79
TORY 'BOMBSHELL' POSTERS HAS LABOUR EXPLODING (10/92).........................80
MP's HOLIDAY FIRM SACKS MORE PEOPLE (11/92).................................................81
ARCHITECT OF POLL TAX COMES TO PENDLE (12/92)...........................................81
PRENTICE RIDICULES TORY CLAIM THAT THE NORTH - SOUTH DIVIDE
"NO LONGER EXISTS" (14/92).....................................................................................82
PENDLE'S JOBLESS DOUBLES SINCE 1979 says Prentice (15/92)...........................84
LABOUR PLEDGE TO MODERNISE BRITAIN'S SCHOOLS............................................85
17,000 PENDLE PENSIONERS IN LINE FOR EXTRA PAYMENTS (23/92)................86
3,000 JOBLESS IN PENDLE “A TRAGEDY” says Prentice..........................................86
SICK AS A PARROT (24/92)..........................................................................................87
PRENTICE PLEDGES NURSERY BOOST FOR PENDLE...................................................88
NELSON MAN STAYS BEHIND BARS.............................................................................89
PARTY TIME HAS FEW TAKERS observes Prentice (25/92).....................................90
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON PENDLE........................................................................91
PRENTICE BACKS REYNARD THE FOX..........................................................................91
COUNCIL TAX HITS SNAGS says Prentice (27/92)....................................................92
PENDLE PAYS £884,331 MORE FOR ELECTRICITY THIS YEAR says
Prentice (26/92).............................................................................................................93
PENDLE’S LONG TERM JOBLESS SOARS (28/92).......................................................94
HONOURS LIST SHOULD GO says MP..........................................................................94
NORWEB PROFITS "A DISGRACE" says Prentice........................................................94
GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO EXTEND M65 says Prentice..............................95
LANCASHIRE'S UNWILLING DONORS...........................................................................95
NURSERY EDUCATION FUNDING “INDEFENSIBLE” says MP....................................96
PENDLE JOBLESS SOARS UNDER MAJOR says PRENTICE..........................................98
PRENTICE DEFENDS NHS DENTISTRY..........................................................................99
NORWEB PULLS THE PLUG ON LOCAL FIRMS says PRENTICE.................................99
MP SLATES NEW EDUCATION PLANS..........................................................................100
PRENTICE FIGHTS FOR TRAVEL CASH.........................................................................101
PRENTICE CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY ON RUBBISH TIP PROPOSAL.....................101
IT'S WATER TORTURE SAYS PRENTICE........................................................................102
PRENTICE BACKS ARTHRITIS CARE..............................................................................103
PENDLE JOBLESS HITS NEW HIGH................................................................................103
PRENTICE BACKS CALL FOR ASSISTED AREA STATUS..............................................104
MP CALLS FOR REVIEW OF CIVIL LIST.........................................................................105
BANKRUPT TRAVEL FIRM RE-EMERGES UNDER DIFFERENT NAME........................106
PRENTICE SLAMS INTEREST RATE HIKE......................................................................106
PRENTICE URGES AID FOR PAKISTAN.........................................................................107
JOBLESS TOTALS UP AGAIN..........................................................................................107
POLLUTION WATCHDOG GIVES THUMBS DOWN TO ORIMULSION.......................108
MP TELLS UK WASTE "WE DON'T WANT YOUR RUBBISH!"....................................108
PRENTICE CALLS FOR CUTS IN THE CIVIL LIST.........................................................109
DEFENCE DIVERSIFICATION CALL BY MP....................................................................109
MP DEMANDS HOLIDAY CASH REFUND......................................................................110
MP GIVES FOREIGN OFFICE NAMES OF MURDERERS................................................111
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR PIT CLOSURES says Prentice..............................................111
NORWEB BACKS DOWN ON ELECTRICITY ADVANCE PAYMENTS...........................112
PENDLE JOBLESS STILL RUNNING AT RECORD LEVELS says Prentice....................112
PRENTICE CALLS FOR COMMONS DEBATE ON LAND TRAVEL FIASCO................113
MP URGES SMOKERS TO GIVE IT UP............................................................................114
NORTH WEST FACES MANUFACTURING CRISIS says Pendle MP............................114
MP CALLS FOR A BIT OF HUSH.....................................................................................115
KILLERS GIVEN SHELTER BY TOWN HALL CHIEF says PRENTICE...........................115
MP THANKS PARENTS FOR VOTE AGAINST OPT OUT..............................................116
PRENTICE GETS COMMONS DEBATE ON LAND TRAVEL COLLAPSE......................116
PRENTICE CALLS FOR "MASSIVE BACKING" FOR THE PITMEN...............................117
PRENTICE CALLS FOR BAN ON COLUMBIAN COAL IMPORTS..................................118
PENDLE HOLIDAYMAKERS LEFT STRANDED BY GOVERNMENT says MP..............118
MP HITS OUT AT DISABILITY CASH CHAOS...............................................................119
PRENTICE GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE..........................................................................121
PRENTICE BACKS MOVE ON KASHMIR........................................................................121
MP SLATES "ROYAL VANDALISM"...............................................................................122
LIB DEMS "A DISGRACE" says Prentice.......................................................................123
SWEATSHOP PENDLE THREAT says MP.......................................................................123
MP CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR..................................124
MP BLASTS AUTUMN STATEMENT..............................................................................124
AFZAL KILLING - MP SEEKS MEETING WITH PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES.................125
PENDLE JOBLESS DIPS BELOW 3,000...........................................................................126
LANCASHIRE IS BRITAIN'S LOW PAY BLACKSPOT says Prentice.............................127
MP DEMANDS NO COVER UP ON IRAQ-GATE............................................................128
NO DOWNTURN IN HOUSING REPOSSESSIONS says MP...........................................128
MP "COULD BE HEARING THINGS" - SHOCK REPORT...............................................129
PENDLE'S "CHILD OF COURAGE" TO VISIT WESTMINSTER.....................................129
MPs MAKE THEIR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.......................................................129
HOUSE OF COMMONS CONGRATULATES CHARLOTTE SLATER.............................130
WINDSOR CASTLE FIRE: QUEEN SHOULD PAY says MP............................................130
MP PROTECTS AUNTIE...................................................................................................131
POVERTY GROWS IN EAST LANCS................................................................................131
PHOTOCALL: Friday 27 November..............................................................................132
QUEEN TO PAY TAX "IS GOOD NEWS" says MP.........................................................133
PROFITS UP AT NORTH WEST WATER.........................................................................133
NEW LAW ON SUNDAY TRADING PROMISED.............................................................134
PENDLE CHURCHES LOBBY MP......................................................................................134
MP'S "CHEEK OF THE DEVIL!" JIBE TO NW WATER CHIEF.......................................135
NO-ONE IN THE DOCK FOR LOW PAY..........................................................................135
NORWEB PROFITS UP 11% AS JOBS GO.......................................................................136
ROYAL ORDNANCE JOBS MUST BE SAVED says Prentice.........................................137
COUNCILS "SITTING ON GOLDMINE" THEY CAN'T SPEND says MP.......................139
"NO REPORT" ON AFZAL MURDER...............................................................................141
MP SLAMS POLICE CUT BACKS.....................................................................................141
HIGH IN EAST LANCS......................................................................................................142
MP BACKS MOVE TO SAVE POSTMARK.......................................................................143
MP SLAMS POST OFFICE CLOSURE PLANS..................................................................144
PENDLE'S NOVEMBER JOBLESS TOTAL LOWEST IN 1992........................................144
THIRSTY THIEVES ROB MP.............................................................................................145
MP BACKS MOVES TO SAVE PENDLE FIRE COVER.....................................................145
PRENTICE SEEKS COMMONS DEBATE IN BID TO FREE LOCAL MAN......................146
MP BACKS MOVE FOR RE-THINK ON COUNCIL CASH...............................................148
AFZAL MURDER -MP'S MEETING GETS GO AHEAD...................................................148
COUNCIL TAX HAS NEW HORRORS IN STORE FOR PENDLE says Prentice............149
PRENTICE WARNS OF BIG CUTS IN LEGAL AID..........................................................150
PENDLE STUDENTS VISIT WESTMINSTER...................................................................150
SUNDAY TRADING - PENDLE MP BACKS REFORM.....................................................151
SMITH & NEPHEW CLOSURE "DEVASTATING" says MP...........................................152
PRENTICE CALLS FOR YOUNGER JUDGES....................................................................152
PENDLE JOBLESS BACK OVER 3,000............................................................................153
MP TELLS RAIL CHIEFS: "PAY UP FOR "PUFFING BILLY" JOURNEY!".....................153
MP MEETS HIGH COMMISSIONER ON AFZAL KILLING..............................................154
GOVERNMENT STICKS THE BOOT INTO PENDLE says MP......................................155
MP's "PONTIOUS PILATE" JIBE......................................................................................155
PRENTICE SLAMS GRANT "FIDDLES"...........................................................................156
PRENTICE WELCOMES M65-M6 LINK UP.....................................................................160
PENDLE MP BLASTS RAIL PRIVATISATION PLANS.....................................................160
JAILED PENDLE MAN SEES PROSPECT OF RELEASE AFTER 22 YEARS....................161
PENDLE MP SLATES "SEXIST" GARDEN PARTIES........................................................163
GOVERNMENT "ALL AT SEA" OVER M65 says Prentice...........................................164
PENDLE JOBLESS SURGES TOWARDS NEW PEAK says MP........................................165
MP STEPS INTO ELECTRICITY SHOWROOM CLOSURE ROW.....................................165
PITS PROTEST GOES TO No 10.....................................................................................166
GOVERNMENT CASH GRANT TO PENDLE "ONE BIG FIDDLE" says local
MP......................................................................................................................................166
PENDLE MP CALLS FOR ACTION ON JOB LOSSES......................................................167
£900,000 STUDY "NOT WORTH A ROW OF BEANS" says Pendle MP....................167
HARTLEY HOSPITAL - MP DEMANDS DETAILS OF THE COST OF
CLOSURE...........................................................................................................................168
PRENTICE WINS DEBATE ON CRISIS IN LANCASHIRE TEXTILE INDUSTRY............169
PRENTICE SLAMS PM OVER BBC CHIEF'S TAX AVOIDANCE WHEEZE.....................169
PRENTICE CONDEMNS HIKE IN PRESCRIPTION CHARGES........................................170
6p OVER THE LIMIT LOSES PENDLE FAMILY A SMALL FORTUNE...........................170
PATIENTS AT RISK FROM EXTENSION OF LIMITED LIST says Prentice.................171
PENDLE MP CALLS FOR REVIEW OF DEFENCE SPENDING........................................172
MP CONDEMNS ROLLS ROYCE JOBS "CARNAGE"......................................................173
SMITH+NEPHEW REPORT RECORD PROFITS...............................................................173
AFZAL KILLING: MP STILL PRESSING FOR INFORMATION.......................................174
PRENTICE TELLS MINISTER: "KEEP ROSES RAIL LINK!"............................................175
MP FURIOUS AT HIKE IN TOP SALARIES AT ROLLS ROYCE......................................175
PRENTICE BACKS FIREFIGHTERS...................................................................................175
PHOTOCALL: The Budget...............................................................................................176
PRENTICE SLAMS MISERY BUDGET..............................................................................176
PENDLE JOBLESS STILL OVER 3,000............................................................................177
MP SLATES "GOVERNMENT OF CHEATS"....................................................................177
MP TELLS LOCAL BUSINESSES: "IT'S NO BUDGET FOR JOBS"..................................178
POLICE SHAKE UP GIVES CLARKE TOO MUCH POWER says Pendle MP................178
LOCAL RAILWAYS ARE "COMING APART AT THE SEAMS" says MP.......................179
COUNCIL TAX UNFAIR AND UNJUST says Prentice...................................................180
PRENTICE BACKS CAMPAIGN FOR AFFORDABLE RENTS.........................................181
ROLLS ROYCE SHOW DOWN LOOMS............................................................................181
PENDLE MP CALLS FOR GREATER PUBLIC ACCESS TO LAND..................................182
ELECTRICITY SHOP CLOSURE FAILS TO SPARK GOVERNMENT REACTION...........183
PRENTICE LASHES BAXTER'S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF PENDLE........................183
ROLLS ROYCE TELLS MPs "THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE".........................................184
COMMUNITY CARE "SABOTAGED" BY GOVERNMENT says Pendle MP.................185
MP REBUKES ROLLS ROYCE...........................................................................................187
PENDLE MP BACKS PENSION AT 60.............................................................................187
GONGS FOR THE ASKING...............................................................................................188
MP ACCUSES TRANSPORT MINISTER OF "DOUBLE SPEAK" ON RAIL
CUTS..................................................................................................................................188
GOVERNMENT WARNED OFF RAIL PENSION FUND..................................................189
PRENTICE BACKS CALL FOR UN ACTION IN BOSNIA................................................190
PRENTICE VOTES FOR REFERENDUM ON MAASTRICHT..........................................190
NO CHANGE IN PENDLE JOBLESS.................................................................................191
MP HAILS DECISION ON MOOR ISLES TIP...................................................................191
CENSUS DATA HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING STRESS IN PENDLE......................................192
MP BACKS BED FIRM'S BID TO EXPAND BARNOLDSWICK PLANT..........................192
BARNOLDSWICK CO-OP BOOSTS AID FOR AFRICA....................................................193
PRENTICE HEARS "TICKING TIME BOMB" IN BUDGET..............................................193
PRENTICE BACKS CAMPAIGN TO SAVE LOCAL CHEMIST SHOPS FROM
CLOSURE...........................................................................................................................194
PENDLE: THE WAY WE ARE NOW.................................................................................195
MP WARNS OF FURTHER POST OFFICE CLOSURES....................................................195
PRENTICE ACCUSES TORIES OF "MONEY LAUNDERING".........................................196
"GO FREE RANGE!" says PRENTICE...............................................................................197
PENDLE MP SAYS TALK OF LIB-LAB PACT IS "FANCIFUL"........................................197
PENDLE MP STEPS INTO SHOPS BILL CONTROVERSY...............................................198
PRENTICE DEMANDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATION RENTS.....................198
PENDLE MP BACKS NEW FE BODY................................................................................201
MP GETS HEAVY POSTBAG ON THREAT TO PENDLE'S POST OFFICES...................202
HELP FOR TEXTILE AREAS "STILL UP IN THE AIR" says Pendle MP........................202
PATTEN FAILS LISTENING TEST...................................................................................203
TV RECEPTION "A BIG SWITCH OFF"...........................................................................203
ROYAL NAVY "HAS MORE ADMIRALS THAN SHIPS" claims Pendle MP................204
MP BACKS MOVE TO FREE NELSON MAN BEHIND BARS FOR 22 YEARS..............205
PENDLE JOBLESS DIPS BELOW 3,000...........................................................................206
LABOUR'S HEALTH WARNING: COMMUNITY PHARMACIES AT RISK.....................207
HOUSING MARKET PACKAGE FAILS AREAS WITH HOUSING STRESS says
MP......................................................................................................................................208
MP VOLUNTEERS TO MIND THE SHOP........................................................................209
PRENTICE SLAMS NEW ASSISTED AREAS MAP...........................................................209
MP STEPS UP PRESSURE TO CATCH ASSASSINS OF NELSON MAN.........................210
PRENTICE RIDICULES "PUFFING BILLY".......................................................................212
PROFITS UP AGAIN AT NW WATER..............................................................................213
PENDLE MP SAYS CABINET RESHUFFLE WILL NOT SAVE MAJOR...........................213
MP CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS!.......................................................................................213
COMPANY LAW "NEEDS A SHAKE UP" says PENDLE MP..........................................214
PENDLE ARTHRITIS CARE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH says
MP......................................................................................................................................215
MP SETS THE AIRWAVES BUZZING...............................................................................215
PENDLE JOBLESS COSTS £26.7m A YEAR SAYS PRENTICE.......................................216
PENDLE MP TO VOTE AGAINST VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA BILL..........................217
PRENTICE SLAMS "SORDID AND SQUALID" TORY GIFT TO ASIL NADIR...............217
PENDLE MP RENEWS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER TO BE SACKED...........218
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHAKE UP "BIZARRE" says PRENTICE..................................219
PAROLE BOARD TODAY FOR ALEX...............................................................................219
SHOWDOWN WITH BR OVER EAST LANCS RAIL CRISIS...........................................221
BANK CLOSURE "DEPLORABLE" says MP.....................................................................222
NORWEB PROFITS SPARK REACTION FROM PENDLE MP.........................................223
FREE AT LAST!.................................................................................................................224
TV CAMPAIGN GETS A BOOST says MP.......................................................................225
PRENTICE SAVAGES WATER CHIEFS PAY AND PERKS HIKE.....................................225
Prime Minister.................................................................................................................227
CORRECTION: TO PRESS RELEASE 114/93 "PRENTICE SAVAGES WATER
CHIEFS PAY AND PERKS HIKE"......................................................................................228
MP ATTACKS WATER CHIEFS SHARE OPTIONS SCHEME..........................................228
PENDLE MP HAILS HOUSING REPORT..........................................................................229
PENDLE MP FIRES ANOTHER BROADSIDE OVER PLANS FOR NAVY.......................231
PENDLE MP PROMISES "EYEBALL TO EYEBALL" CONFRONTATION OVER
CONTACT LENS CHARGES.............................................................................................232
PRENTICE PLEDGES "RELENTLESS INVESTIGATION" OF WATER CHIEFS
PAY AND PERKS...............................................................................................................233
BBC NORTH WEST AND GRANADA FOR £6.25p claims Prentice............................234
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES WITHIN THE NHS......................................................234
PENDLE MP BACKS SUNDAY TRADING REFORM.......................................................236
RAIL PRIVATISATION A DISASTER FOR PENDLE says Prentice...............................236
PENSIONERS SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE TO SAVE PENDLE'S POST
OFFICES.............................................................................................................................237
PENDLE JOBLESS EDGES UP AGAIN..............................................................................237
LANCASHIRE TO BE CARVED OUT OF NEW ASSISTED AREAS MAP says
MP......................................................................................................................................238
PENDLE MP WARNS OF THREAT TO POLICE INDEPENDENCE.................................239
PRENTICE CONDEMNS COURT MOVE..........................................................................241
PENDLE MP MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF LAND TRAVEL COLLAPSE.........................242
NORWEB CHIEF HAS £23,000 PAY HIKE......................................................................242
PENDLE MP CALLS FOR PROBE INTO ACTIVITIES OF BARROWFORD
BUILDER............................................................................................................................243
MP DELIVERS PENDLE'S POST OFFICE PROTEST TO DOWNING STREET...............247
PENDLE PENSIONERS "SWINDLED" BY TORY GOVERNMENT says
PRENTICE..........................................................................................................................248
SUSPECT KILLERS OF MOHAMMED AFZAL NAMED BY PAKISTAN POLICE............249
MAD COW DISEASE STILL A PROBLEM........................................................................250
PRIME MINISTER "A COMPLETE WASH OUT" says PRENTICE.................................250
MP RAPS HEALTH CHIEFS FOR MIX UP OVER CONTACT LENS CHARGES..............252
PRENTICE BACKS FARMWORKERS' FIGHT AGAINST LOW PAY...............................254
PENDLE JOBLESS HITS 12 MONTH HIGH....................................................................255
PRENTICE WARNS OF "LOST GENERATION"...............................................................256
PENDLE PENSIONERS TO PAY FOR TORY MISTAKES.................................................258
MP SEES NEW VAT THREAT LOOMING........................................................................259
MP WARNS OF "MILK SNATCHING" THREAT TO PENDLE SCHOOLS......................261
PRENTICE CALLS FOR FOUR WEEKS OFF.....................................................................262
MP LAMENTS END OF POSTMARK...............................................................................263
PENDLE MP BLASTS ROYAL STAFF WAGE RATES......................................................264
PENDLE JOBLESS HITS ANOTHER HIGH.......................................................................264
PRENTICE CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY ON THORP...................................................265
Unemployment in Britain 1948-1993............................................................265
HALF BLIND COLNE PENSIONER MUST PAY FOR CONTACT LENSES say
Health Chiefs....................................................................................................................266
SPEED UP THE CLEAN UP! says MP...............................................................................268
PENDLE MP CALLS FOR OPEN ACCESS TO COUNTRYSIDE.......................................268
MAGISTRATE QUITS AFTER 25 YEARS........................................................................269
PENDLE PENSIONERS SAY NO TO VAT ON FUEL........................................................270
PENDLE JOBLESS STILL OVER 3,000............................................................................270
JOB OPPORTUNITIES - THE CABINET DID OK says PENDLE MP..............................271
MP BACKS ASTHMA CAMPAIGN...................................................................................271
INQUIRY TO SETTLE FATE OF LANCASHIRE'S "NOMADIC" WARDS.......................272
INQUIRY TO SETTLE FATE OF LANCASHIRE'S "NOMADIC" WARDS.......................273
LANCASHIRE'S NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT AREA MAP GETS THUMBS
DOWN................................................................................................................................274
GOVERNMENT URGED TO TACKLE LANCASHIRE'S HOUSING CRISIS....................275
MP SLAMS DOWNGRADING OF NELSON POST OFFICE.............................................277
MP WELCOMES REPORT ON "UNFIT" COMPANY DIRECTORS.................................278
CUTS IN FUNDING FOR ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES "IMMENSELY
DAMAGING" says PENDLE MP.......................................................................................279
NEW PAY DEAL MAY SHUT LOCAL PHARMACIES says MP.....................................281
PENDLE MP BACKS MOVE TO ALLOW WOMEN PRIESTS..........................................281
PENDLE MP SAYS NO TO PROPOSED HEALTH MERGER............................................283
HALF BLIND COLNE PENSIONER WINS RIGHT TO FREE CONTACT
LENSES...............................................................................................................................284
LOW PAY IN LANCASHIRE "A DISGRACE" says PENDLE MP.....................................284
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY UNDER FIRE........................................................................285
GOVERNMENT CLIMBDOWN ON POLICE PAY AND CONDITIONS...........................286
CHARTER MARK FOR NORWEB "PREPOSTEROUS" says PENDLE MP......................286
MP LAUNCHES PROBE ON TRAINING...........................................................................287
COUNCIL REVIEW "DESCENDING INTO FARCE" says MP.........................................288
PENDLE MP CONDEMNS SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.....................................289
MP CALLS FOR END TO BLOODSHED IN KASHMIR...................................................290
"POLL TAX ON WHEELS" SET TO BECOME LAW.........................................................291
NO TAX ON READING says PRENTICE..........................................................................292
FLOOD THE HOTLINE!....................................................................................................293
STOP PRESS: LORDS REJECTS RAILWAYS BILL............................................................293
"POLL TAX ON WHEELS" SET TO BECOME LAW.........................................................294
CROWN POST OFFICES "AN ENDANGERED SPECIES" says MP.................................294
PENDLE MP RIDICULES "PICK'N'MIX" LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVIEW...................295
SUNDAY SHOPPING BACKED BY MP.............................................................................295
MP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO BOOST NURSERY PROVISION.................296
PENDLE MP IN TALKS WITH SPANISH REGIONAL PRESIDENT................................303
MP BLASTS "GOVERNMENT COMPLACENCY" OVER FLU EPIDEMIC.......................304
NORWEB CHALLENGES PENDLE MP ON CHARTER MARK JIBE................................304
ELTEC's RESERVES ZOOM TO £3.4m............................................................................305
FALL IN PENDLE JOBLESS...............................................................................................306
PENDLE MP SLAMS QUEEN'S SPEECH...........................................................................307
KEEP PENDLE LOCAL says MP.......................................................................................308
MP URGES GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON SEAT BELTS FOR SCHOOL MINI
BUSES.................................................................................................................................308
PRENTICE DUBS JOHN MAJOR "A COMPLETE HYPOCRITE".....................................309
PENDLE MP URGES PRIME MINISTER TO CARPET CURRY........................................309
CLEVELAND GUEST CALLS IN RECEIVER.....................................................................310
TRADE UNIONISTS LOBBY MPs ON COLLAPSE OF MANUFACTURING...................311
PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARY INQUIRY......................................................................312
TRANS PENNINE ROUTES GIVEN THUMBS DOWN BY GOVERNMENT....................312
LEAVE PENDLE AS IT IS says PRENTICE.......................................................................313
PRENTICE LAMBASTS "CRIMINAL" ATTACK ON UNEMPLOYED..............................313
PRENTICE CRUSADES AGAINST BREAST CANCER......................................................314
PRENTICE CONDEMNS EQUALISATION OF RETIREMENT AGE at 65......................314
MP INVESTIGATES POLLUTION OF STOCKS BECK.....................................................315
PENDLE MP HAILS COMMONS VOTE ON SUNDAY TRADING..................................316
LOCAL CHEMIST SHOPS STILL UNDER THREAT says MP.........................................316
PENDLE MP PAYS TRIBUTE TO GORBACHEV..............................................................318
MAJOR BACKS CURRY ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION...................318
MAJOR'S NURSERY SCHOOL PLEDGE IS FRAUDULENT says PENDLE MP...............319
NHS "PAPERCHASE" IS COSTING AN ARM AND A LEG says PENDLE MP...............320
COST OF COUNCIL TAX APPEALS "GOING THROUGH THE ROOF" says
MP......................................................................................................................................320
BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR NEWSAGENTS predicts PENDLE MP..................321
COUNCIL REVIEW ON COLLISION COURSE WITH GOVERNMENT says MP...........321
MP CALLS FOR 'RAPID ACTION' ON BURST WATER MAINS.....................................322
"PUFFING BILLY" GETS UP STEAM................................................................................325
MP THROWS THE BOOK AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES..........................................................326
PRENTICE SLAMS DECISION ON THORP......................................................................326
PENDLE JOBLESS TOTAL FALLS....................................................................................327
FLOOD CHAOS: MP CALLS FOR ACTION......................................................................327
PAY MORE AND GET LESS..............................................................................................328
PRENTICE TO PRESS FOR EARLY COMMONS DEBATE ON FUTURE OF
THE POST OFFICE............................................................................................................329
MP FEARS DELAY IN STOCKS BECK CLEAN UP...........................................................331
GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO PENDLE "INDEFENSIBLE" says PRENTICE...................331
MP RENEWS CALL FOR GREATER MINIBUS SAFETY..................................................332
NOT USED.........................................................................................................................334
PENDLE'S JOBLESS MOVES UP AGAIN..........................................................................335
PRENTICE PRESSES FOR ACTION ON UNDER FIVES EDUCATION............................335
LIB DEM WHITEWASH ON RACIST LEAFLETS.............................................................336
MP BACKS MOVES TO SAVE PENDLE FIRE COVER.....................................................338
MP UNVEILS TORY "TAX DIARY"..................................................................................338
NO PRIORITY TREATMENT FOR LEAKIEST WATER MAIN IN COUNTY..................340
PRENTICE ATTACKS AGRICULTURE SPENDING CUTS...............................................341
MP BACKS MOVES TO EQUALISE AGE OF CONSENT.................................................341
MP SLAMS "NAUSEATING DOUBLE STANDARDS".....................................................342
FURY OVER GAS SHOWROOM CLOSURE......................................................................342
MP TO PRESS GOVERNMENT FOR EARLY START TO WORK ON WEST
COAST MAIN LINE...........................................................................................................343
MP PREDICTS SNUB FOR MINISTER..............................................................................344
"CURRY IN A PICKLE" AS COUNCIL REVIEW AXES NORTH YORKSHIRE.................344
END "MEDIEVAL PRACTICES" says MP........................................................................345
PENDLE MP TURNS THE HEAT UP ON CURRY............................................................346
PRENTICE SLAMS HOUSING MINISTER OVER MP's COUNCIL HOUSE
PURCHASE.........................................................................................................................347
TORY THREAT TO AIRPORT SECURITY........................................................................347
GIVE THE BIRDS A BREAK says MP...............................................................................348
MP GETS ENVIRONMENT JOB.......................................................................................348
MP SALUTES COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF MURDERED EARBY MAN...................349
MP PLEDGES ACTION ON BARROWFORD FLOODING................................................349
COUNCIL REVIEW "COMING APART AT THE SEAMS" says PENDLE MP................350
DON'T PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED...............................................................................351
FUTURE OF WAR PENSIONS JOBS "IN THE BALANCE" says PRENTICE..................351
PRESSURE EASES IN LEAKIEST MAIN IN LANCASHIRE..............................................352
NORTHWESTMINSTER....................................................................................................352
MP TACKLES YORKSHIRE ELECTRICITY CHIEFS OVER BARLICK
SHOWROOM CLOSURE....................................................................................................353
CLAIM THAT DEPRIVATION "WORSE IN BOURNEMOUTH THAN
PENDLE" IS RIDICULED BY PRENTICE..........................................................................353
MP HAILS LOW PAY INITIATIVE BY BISHOP OF BURNLEY........................................354
MP WARNS SUNDAY TRADING BILL COULD FOUNDER............................................354
PENDLE MP SLAMS "WASTE AND INCOMPETENCE".................................................355
MP DUBS RED TAPE BILL "A CONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGE"....................................356
CURRY PULLS OUT OF KEY DECISIONS ON COUNCIL REVIEW................................357
OPEN GOVERNMENT MINISTER TOLD "PRACTISE WHAT YOU PREACH"..............358
PENDLE MP VOTES TO BAN TOBACCO ADVERTISING..............................................359
PENDLE MP WELCOMES ACTION ON LIBERAL DEMOCRAT RACISTS.....................359
PENDLE MP APPLAUDS ACTION ON LIB DEM RACE LEAFLET ROW.......................360
"LIFT THE FATWA AGAINST SALMAN RUSHDIE" says PENDLE MP........................360
COST OF CRIME SOARS IN lancashire.........................................................................361
NORTH WEST CLEAN UP NEEDED................................................................................361
Flagship Legislation "tainted by firms giving Tory Party Millions"......................363
EARBY COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL..............................................................................365
PENDLE JOBLESS RISES SHARPLY..................................................................................365
BOYCOTT BENETTON says PENDLE MP.......................................................................366
PRENTICE CONDEMNS LATEST HIKE IN PRESCRIPTION CHARGES AS
"ANOTHER BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW".....................................................................367
MP WARNS OF "FALTERING RECOVERY"....................................................................367
HOPES RISE AS WATER SUBSIDES AFTER BARROWFORD FLOODING.....................368
PENDLE MP SLATES "SEXIST" GARDEN PARTIES........................................................370
MP PUSHES FOR COMMONS DEBATE ON HARTLEY HOSPITAL...............................370
CLEVELAND GUEST RESCUE WELCOMED....................................................................371
SCHOOLS RADIO CHANGES WORRY PENDLE MP.......................................................371
IT'S ALL CHANGE AT THE PALACE says PENDLE MP................................................372
MP SLAMS CUTS IN BOSNIA TROOPS...........................................................................373
MP BLASTS "QUANGOLAND" ........................................................................................373
PENDLE MP APPLIES FOR A NEW JOB..........................................................................374
COMMONS URGED to protect consumers from boardroom excesses and
profiteering......................................................................................................................375
FURY AS PENDLE MP LASHES "SLOPPY AND SLIPSHOD" MINISTER.......................376
MP CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO BACK AEROSPACE................................................378
PRENTICE SAYS NO HALF MEASURES..........................................................................378
GRANADA ON SUNDAY..................................................................................................380
MP CALLS FOR "REBALANCING" OF THE MAGISTRATES BENCH TO
COUNTER TORY BIAS......................................................................................................380
FUTURE OF HOSPITAL IS STILL "UP IN THE AIR" says PRENTICE...........................380
MP RAPS GOVERNMENT OVER "CRIME.......................................................................381
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ON THE ROPES says PENDLE MP.............................382
PRENTICE BACKS MOVE TO GIVE NEW RIGHTS TO PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.....................................................................................................................383
OPEN GOVERNMENT MINISTER DEFENDS LYING TO MPs.......................................384
MP WINS COMMONS DEBATE ON HARTLEY HOSPITAL............................................385
PRENTICE CLASHES WITH MINISTERS OVER "DOLE IN PRISON"
REVELATIONS...................................................................................................................385
ROLLS ROYCE UNIONS PRESS FOR COMMITMENT ON AEROSPACE.......................386
KEEP BRITISH SUMMERTIME says PENDLE MP...........................................................386
GOVERNMENT "OUT OF STEP WITH EUROPE" ON SEX EQUALITY says
MP......................................................................................................................................387
RURAL WAGES THREATENED says MP........................................................................387
CUTS IN FUNDING FOR ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES WORSE
THAN EXPECTED says PENDLE MP...............................................................................388
MP SLAMS "DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT" IN EAST LANCS TRAINING COUNCIL...........390
MPs CLASH IN CAR BOOT SALES ROW........................................................................390
MPs TO SEEK MEETING WITH ROLLS ROYCE AND HESELTINE OVER
CRISIS IN AEROSPACE.....................................................................................................391
PENDLE JOBLESS HOVERS UNDER 3,000.....................................................................391
MP CALCULATES COST OF CONSERVATIVES.............................................................393
MP TELLS HEALTH CHIEFS "DON'T SELL HARTLEY HOSPITAL"..............................394
