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Lynne Featherstone

: MP for Hornsey and Wood Green

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    • BBC London looks at the threat to the Whittington A&E 6 Feb 2010
      All last week BBC London took a look at what is happening - or likely to happen - to our health services in London. Their survey includes, obviously, the threat to A&Es in London - and in particular the Whittington. You can see my interview -and the whole piece here [...]
    • Haringey Labour falling apart 4 Feb 2010
      So - another one bites the dust. Cllr Sheik Thomson, who was Mayor of Haringey for Labour only the year before last, has resigned from the Labour party and become an independent. Last week Cllr Brian Haley resigned from Labour and joined the LibDems. Just before that, Labour Cllr Alan Dobbie [...]
    • Whittington A&E: 4 out of 7 scenarios end 24/7 service 4 Feb 2010
      Full credit to Rachel Tyndall (Chair of the North London Central Review Panel) for sending me the NCL Strategy Plan for our local health services. I had heard that these had been submitted to NHS London and asked for a copy - and it was given to me virtually immediately. [...]
    • Northern Line catastrophic proposals 3 Feb 2010
      When I heard the magnitude of the scale of the closures that Tubelines want during their upgrade of the Northern Line I thought they must be taking the you know what! Sixteen months of early evening closures and something like 83 weekends - and we are talking major closures - either [...]
    • Bounds Green Tube Station to be protected after Liberal Democrat campaign 3 Feb 2010
      Bounds Green Tube Station has been designated a Grade II listed building by the Government, as the result of a two-year campaign by Liberal Democrats and local residents. In July 2008, Cllr John Oakes wrote to English Heritage, requesting that Bounds Green Tube Station be put forward for listing by the Department for Culture, Media [...]
    • Real Women 1 Feb 2010
      I see that a German magazine, Brigitte, is catching up with Liberal Democrat policy. You can read here a Times Online article about the fact that this magazine has now resolved to use real women in its pages. The Liberal Democrats, myself as Equalities Spokesperson and Jo Swinson, MP as Chair [...]
    • The Whittington says yes! 1 Feb 2010
      No - this isn't about the A&E - I wish they said yes to that too. No - this is my visit to the Whittington with members of the Haringey Phoenix Group who work with blind and visually impaired people in Haringey. Have you ever thought about this - you get [...]
    • Catch me on Radio 4, 10pm – The Westminster Hour 31 Jan 2010
      I'm back on The Westminster Hour tonight (Sunday) - tune in to Radio 4 from 10pm. If you miss the show you'll be able to listen again on their [...]
    • Tweeting – the real thing- RSPB’s Big Schools Garden Watch 30 Jan 2010
      Up with the lark and hopped over to Greig Academy to join them in the RSPBs Big Schools Garden Watch. Armed with pictures of different birds and a check sheet to tick off which ones we spotted - I went out into the cold morning air with a group of enthusiastic [...]
    • In the public interest! Whittington continued………. 29 Jan 2010
      So - on Monday the draft 'options' for the future configuration of our local health services were passed up the chain to the Strategic Health Authority for London - NHS London. Well - that is the news that reaches me. No - we are not to know their thinking. My understanding [...]
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    • Bounds Green Tube Station to be protected after Liberal Democrat campaign 3 Feb 2010
      Bounds Green Tube Station has been designated a Grade II listed building by the Government, as the result of a two-year campaign by Liberal Democrats and local residents. In July 2008, Cllr John Oakes wrote to English Heritage, requesting that Bounds Green Tube Station be put forward for listing by the Department for Culture, Media [...]
    • Lib Dems demand action on road sign error 2 Feb 2010
      Local Liberal Democrats have this week asked how much Haringey Council has spent correcting road signs after it emerged that a sign in Woodside ward was incorrect, with the road name spelt wrongly. The error was spotted in a week when many local councils have been criticised for using hundreds of [...]
    • Stroud Green house left empty for three years by Haringey Council 2 Feb 2010
      A large three-storey terrace house, which has been empty for nearly a year in Stroud Green ward, is a stark reminder of the failure by Haringey Council to tackle the housing crisis in the borough, local Liberal Democrats said this week. Latest figures show that 370 council-owned homes are currently empty, whilst over 16,000 [...]
    • Local MP joins visually impaired residents in successful fight for accessible hospital information 1 Feb 2010
      Following a successful meeting with hospital bosses last week, where Lynne Featherstone MP and members of a local group for visually impaired residents demanded the right to get hospital information in accessible formats, the Whittington Hospital has now agreed to produce information in large print, Braille and audio. The Liberal Democrat MP and [...]
    • MP joins local school in the world’s biggest birdwatch 31 Jan 2010
      To help keep track of Haringey’s bird population, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday went bird counting with Grieg City Academy students, in the school’s grounds in Hornsey. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP joined the students for the RSPB’s 'Big Schools’ Birdwatch', an annual event to check up on the UK bird population and [...]
    • Liberal Democrats launch campaign for local Wood Green park 28 Jan 2010
      Liberal Democrats in Woodside ward have this week launched a campaign to bring a local park back to life. Local residents are being asked what improvements the Council should make to White Hart Lane Recreation Ground, also known as ‘Pond Park’. Local Liberal Democrats are concerned that the park, which has [...]
    • Local MP makes case for fair schools funding to Minister on eve of consultation 27 Jan 2010
      Ahead of the imminent launch of a new consultation about schools funding in Haringey, Lynne Featherstone MP last week put the case of our local schools getting £1,000+ less per pupil than neighbouring boroughs directly to Schools' Minister, Vernon Coaker. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP, accompanied by Chair of the local Schools Forum, Tony [...]
    • Up to 2,500 pensioners in Hornsey and Wood Green miss out on cold weather payments after cold snap 22 Jan 2010
      Almost 2,500 pensioners in Hornsey and Wood Green will miss out on extra payments to help them pay their energy bills after the recent cold snap, according to figures unveiled by the Liberal Democrats. Cold Weather Payments of £25 a week are paid to people on low incomes who receive a [...]
    • More car club bays for Highgate after Liberal Democrat success 21 Jan 2010
      Residents in Highgate will have more access to car club vehicles, after Haringey Council agreed to adopt Liberal Democrat councillors’ proposals to provide more car club bays for local people. Haringey Council has taken up Liberal Democrat Councillor Neil WiIliams’ calls for improvements to the initial scheme, set up last year, which failed to include [...]
    • Local Liberal Democrats keep up fight against banners 20 Jan 2010
      Businesses have been forced to remove advertising banners from the streets of Muswell Hill, after decisive action by local Liberal Democrats. Concerned that permission had not been granted to place banners on railings in Muswell Hill Broadway and Fortis Green Road, both in a conservation area, Cllr Gail Engert demanded [...]
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    • Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Ticket Offices (28 Jan 2010) 28 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: What recent representations he has received on railway station ticket office opening times in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
    • Women and Equality: Equality Bill (Age Discrimination) (28 Jan 2010) 28 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: Following on from the question from the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick), and given that the Equality Commission now agrees that a mandatory retirement age is discriminatory and should be outlawed, I should like to inform the Minister that there is an opportunity in the Lords at the moment to table an amendment on this matter. Will the Government table such an amendment to end...
    • [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Violence Against Women (21 Jan 2010) 21 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: I am mystified, given the number of advertisements in the back of local papers that are clearly to do with trafficking, as to why the police do not follow up those telephone numbers, track them down and use them. Yes, such adverts should be banned, but the police say that they do not have the manpower to track those numbers down.
    • Written Answers — Justice: Sentencing: Greater London (7 Jan 2010) 7 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people received a (a) simple caution, (b) conditional caution, (c) cannabis warning and (d) penalty notice for disorder following a court appearance in each London local authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many young people received a (a) reprimand, (b) final warning and (c) penalty...
    • Written Answers — Health: Muscular Dystrophy: Greater London (5 Jan 2010) 5 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with muscular dystrophy in London have access to NHS-funded muscular dystrophy care advisers; and if he will make a statement; (2) what discussions he has had with the London Specialised Commissioning Group on a review of neuromuscular services in London; and if he will make a statement.
    • Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Royal Mail: Disciplinary Proceedings (5 Jan 2010) 5 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many postal workers were disciplined for failing to attempt to deliver parcels and delivering 'sorry you were out' slips instead in each of the last three years; what discussions he has had with representatives of Royal Mail on the matter; and if he will make a statement.
    • Written Answers — Health: Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London (16 Dec 2009) 16 Dec 2009
      Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in each constituency who have used accident and emergency services at (a) Whittington Hospital, Islington, (b) North Middlesex Hospital, Haringey, (c) Royal Free Hospital, Camden and (d) University College London Hospital in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
    • Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Food Strategy Task Force (10 Dec 2009) 10 Dec 2009
      Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the names are of each member of her Department's Food Strategy Task Force group on (a) vision and strategy, (b) joint research strategy, (c) healthier food mark, (d) integrated consumer advice, (e) global foods market and (f) food communications and campaigns; in which Government department or agency each group member works; and if she...
    • Business of the House (3 Dec 2009) 3 Dec 2009
      Lynne Featherstone: Ofsted gave three stars to Haringey just before the tragic news of the baby P case, which was dropped to just one star on a further inspection. The same goes for Basildon hospital foundation trust, although how it got that rating we do not know, because the Care Quality Commission then dropped it. May we have a debate in the House on how to inspect the inspectors?
    • Women and Equality: Human Trafficking (3 Dec 2009) 3 Dec 2009
      Lynne Featherstone: But dealing with trafficked women is a very specialised procedure, and the issue is not just about trafficked women, either. What about forced labour and child trafficking? I can get my head around the Met's clubs and vice unit dealing with that aspect, but what on earth will happen to the very specialist skills on the very special aspects surrounding trafficked women and children?
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    • LABELLING OF SHELL EGGS PRODUCED BY HENS IN ENRICHED CAGE SYSTEMS 5 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that all eggs produced by hens in enriched cage systems should be labelled to differentiate them from eggs produced by other production systems; welcomes the progress being made to improve the welfare of egg laying hens through EU Directive 99/74/EC, banning the conventional battery cage from [...]
    • PRODUCTION METHOD LABELLING ON PROCESSED FOODS CONTAINING EGG AND EGG DERIVATIVES 5 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that all food products containing egg and egg derivatives produced in the EU and imported food products from non-EU countries should be labelled as to production method in line with current labelling regulations for packs of shell eggs; welcomes the progress being made to improve the [...]
    • BEAK-TRIMMING OF LAYING HENS 3 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House is opposed to any dilution or postponement of the ban on the beak-trimming of laying hens which was introduced in 2002 and is due to come into force on 1 January 2011; notes that a postponement of the ban is unnecessary as scientific research shows that the [...]
    • LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS 3 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that universal jurisdiction for human rights abuses is essential as part of the cause of bringing to justice those who commit crimes against humanity and will oppose any legislation to restrict this power of UK courts. [...]
    • PURCHASE OF SEAFOOD BY PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONS 3 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House welcomes the success of the documentary film End of the Line in raising public awareness about the sustainability of global fish stocks and the implications of a world without enough fish; believes taxpayers' money should not be used to buy seafood in the public sector that is [...]
    • RELOCATION CASES 3 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that a child's relationship with its parents requires greater legislative protection with regard to the Family Court's current application of precedent in international and national relocation cases; further believes that the Family Courts of England and Wales' position on the importance of the father/child relationship does [...]
    • NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDAL 3 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House notes the significant personal sacrifice armed forces personnel make in their service to the nation once they take the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen; acknowledges that ex-service personnel are proud to receive and wear Her Majesty's Veterans Badge, but notes that it [...]
    • DEATHS AT GOSPORT HOSPITAL 2 Feb 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House supports the calls for a public inquiry made by the families of the more than 90 elderly patients who died in extraordinary and unexplained circumstances at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1990 and 2001; expresses its dismay that despite the fact that concerns were raised first in [...]
    • HIGH PAY COMMISSION 28 Jan 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House believes that the Government should establish a High Pay Commission to examine the effects of high pay on the economy and society; acknowledges that over the last 30 years median earners have seen incomes increase at less than the average while the super-rich including UK chief executive [...]
    • MEDICAL DISCHARGE BOARDS AND ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL 28 Jan 2010
      I signed an Early Day Motion:
      That this House recognises the difficulties with the current Medical Discharge system by which three medical boards discuss the injured person's medical treatment and discharge; believes that insufficiently reliable information about benefits and entitlements is available to service personnel prior to discharge, as well as information about the Discharge board [...]
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      Wood Green Police Station update 7 Feb 2010
      Hornsey & Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone reports on the new police station front counter at the Fishmongers Arms and the plans for the existing police station in Wood Green
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      Lynne Featherstone raises Haringey school funding at Prime Minister's Questions, 10 October 2007 13 Jan 2010
      Lynne Featherstone MP tackles Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the funding for Haringey's schools
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      Oyster pay as you go: latest news for Haringey's trains 5 Jan 2010
      Finally, after a long campaign to get Oyster Pay as You Go (PAYG) to work from tube to overground trains we have lift off. To test the reality I went to Alexandra Palace Station to have a go. It worked! You can see my joy ride here. However, the bad news is that if you have a Travelcard with limited zones and you want to go beyond them, then you will need another electronic card - an Oyster Extension Permit.
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      Whittington Hospital A&E: campaign update 13 Dec 2009
      Hornsey & Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone on the latest from the campaign to save Whittington Hospital's Accident & Emergency Service. You can sign the petition at http://bit.ly/SaveOurAandE
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      Wood Green police station 13 Dec 2009
      The opening hours at Wood Green police station have been cut - and the police aren't even tidying up outside the station. Local MP for Hornsey & Wood Green Lynne Featherstone is on the case...
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      Haringey Council is the worst in London 13 Dec 2009
      Haringey Council is the worst in London and one of the worst in the country according to new ratings from the independent Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA). Hornsey & Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone (LibDem) talks about how May's elections provide a chance to change that.
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Hornsey & Wood Green:
it's a two-horse race

General Election result 2005

The Tories came third in Hornsey and Wood Green in five of the last six elections: 2001 (general election), 2002 (council), 2004 (GLA), 2005 (general election) and 2007 (GLA). In the sixth - the 2006 council elections - they did even worse, finishing fourth.

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