Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, attended a reception held in Parliament on 16 July to mark the launch of the new and exciting partnership between Whiskas and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which seeks to bring together the two companies’ knowledge of big and little cats to help protect the world’s tigers.
The partnership between cat food company Whiskas and conservation group WWF will see a total fund of £500,000 raised from sales of Whiskas ‘Help protect a tiger’ packs to support the WWF’s ‘Tiger’s Alive Initiative’ which aims to double the numbers of tigers currently in...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is backing The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) new campaign aimed at improving support for adults with autism in Devon and across England.
One in every hundred adults has autism, meaning there are 300,000 adults in England with the disability.
Neil Parish’s endorsement of the ‘Push For Action’ campaign follows a recent NAS survey of 1100 people across England, which showed that many adults with the disability are missing out on the support they need:
36% of people with autism said they need help to wash and dress.
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, joined the British Poultry Council (BPC) and Morrisons to deliver a petition of over 50,000 signatures to the Treasury on Wednesday 13 March.
The petition, which secured strong support between 10 September and 28 October 2012, has been delivered a week before the Budget to express concern at how widely this tax on rotisserie chicken was felt amongst consumers, food producers and farmers alike.
The British Poultry Council and Morrisons are urging the Chancellor to remember British poultry producers and retailers in next week’s Budget...
The long periods of disruption to rail travel between Exeter and the rest of the country during the recent wet weather seems finally to be registering with the Government.
I first raised concerns in Parliament during the flooding in late November and early December. This week, following the further disruption in over Christmas and up to New Year, a fellow South West MP raised the problem at Prime Minister’s Questions.
I have a question to the Transport Secretary on the Commons order paper and have written to both Network Rail and First Great Western requesting meetings to...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has led a Parliamentary debate on the proposed introduction of regional pay by the South West Pay Consortium.
The motion reads: That this House believes national pay agreements are an important part of the infrastructure that underpins a national health service; notes the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister ruling out regional pay in the main public services; notes with increasing concern attempts by twenty trusts in the South West of England to opt out of national agreements by reducing staff pay and changing terms and conditions; notes with...
Neil Parish MP joins Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to shine a spotlight on the appalling underworld of backstreet dog breeding
Neil Parish MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, is backing a new campaign by leading animal welfare charity, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to urge prospective dog owners to think twice about how they buy a dog, in an attempt to crack down on the horrific practice of backstreet dog breeding.
Relentless breeding of dogs in dirty, squalid conditions takes place in neighbourhoods across the UK, so Battersea has...
Wilberforce, a seven year old Labrador Retriever, belonging to Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, just missed out on a place on the podium in the 22nd annual Westminster Dog of the Year competition.
The competition, organised by the Kennel Club and Dogs Trust, took place on Thursday (23rd October), in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster. Wilberforce showed dogged determination as he battled it out amongst 21 paw-litical opponents. The MPs entering the competition campaigned hard, canvassing for votes from the public before meeting the expert judges to boast about their dog’s...
Torridge and West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox visited Tavistock yesterday to help raise awareness of the dangers of flash flooding, part of the Environment Agency’s nationwide flood awareness and action campaign.
The Environment Agency has identified Tavistock and Horrabridge as being at risk of flash flooding from rivers and is keen to help these communities prepare for possible flooding. Flash floods can happen very quickly – much faster than other forms of flooding – and with massive force. Often there’s no time to issue flood warnings in advance
