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 Political Funding (6 November 2007) |
Tom intervened on David Cameron in the first day of the debate on the Queen's Speech: Tom Levitt (High Peak)...
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| The Queen's Speech (8 November 2007) |
Tom spoke in the debate on the Queen's Speech covering issues around the Environment and Communities. Click here for full text in Hansard.&nbs...
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| Fair Trade In High Peak (24 November 2007) |
Tom's speech at Fair Trade event, Buxton Dome on Saturday 24 November 2007 “Fair Trade Fortnight used to stand out in the annual political calend...
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| Tom Levitt is confident on Lottery role for future (September 2007) |
Tom's speech to the National Lottery Monitor Conference in London on 11 September. Tom is Chair of the the All Party Group on the Community and Volu...
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| Tory plans for the Third Sector (July 2007) |
In July the Conservative Party published "Breakdown Britain", its prospectus for social policy for the future. Here Tom analyses what the docu...
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| Pensions Policy (3 Jul 2007) |
Tom spoke about the history of the T&N pension issue in the Opposition Debate on Pensions Police on 3 July 2007. The new Pensions Minister, Mik...
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| Provision of hearing loops in shops (2 July 2007) |
In Parliament Tom raised the problem of shops which have induction loops which do not work. Constituent David Law of Buxton is a deaf person who fin...
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| Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill 2nd Reading (March 2007) |
Tom was asked to be on the standing committee which scrutinised the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill, both because of hi...
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| Paying the piper... Local Authorities and Commissioning from the Third Sector (March 2007) |
Article submitted to the Select Committee on Public Administration's enquiry into Third Sector Commissioning, March 2007 "Paying the piper......
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| Lords Reform (7 March 2007) |
Tom spoke in the historic Commons debate on Lords reform of 7 and 8 March 2007. He made a number of interventions but this link t...
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| Speaking Out: on Lebanon (Witness, March 2007) |
Publised in Witness (Medical Aid for Palestinians newsletter) Tom Levitt is MP for High Peak and PPS to International Development Secretary Hi...
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| The Voluntary Sector in High Peak - A Survey by Tom Levitt MP (January 2007) |
The Voluntary Sector in High Peak
A Survey by Tom Levitt MP, January 2007 (Revised March 2007) Ten years ago I asked the voluntary sector in H...
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| The Heroes of High Peak (March 2007) |
Writing in The House magazine (March 2007) , Tom praises High Peak's older volunteers in an article entitled The Heroes of High Peak &n...
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| V - inspiring a generation of volunteers (February 2007) |
As Chair of the All Party Group on the Community and Voluntary Sector, Tom hosted a reception for a charity called V which promotes...
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| Social Exclusion (15 January 2007) |
In a debate on social exclusion in the House of Commons, Tom described some excellent examples of good practice that could be found in...
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| New year, new campaigns (Newsday article by Catherine Brown) |
Newsday is a national competition for secondary schools. A team from Key Stage 3 has to produce a newspaper about current affairs and submit it by 5.0...
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| Leukodystrophies (11 January 2007) |
Tom had an adjournment debate on Leukodystrophies. This medical condition causes early death in children. The British branch of the Myelin Project,...
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| How the Developed World can Promote Labour Standards (November 2006) |
Tom spoke to an audience of trade unionists, academics and government officials from over 20 countries at a two day Wilton Park conference on ...
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| Lebanon (November 2006) |
Tom spoke in Westminster Hall in Parliament about his trip to Lebanon. Click hereto read his speech. Click here to read the who...
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| Charities Bill Third Reading (October 2006) |
Tom debates the role of religious belief in 'charitable purposes' in the Report Stage of the Charities Bill (26 October 2006, Column 1560...
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Writing in The House magazine (March 2007) , Tom praises High Peak's older volunteers in an article entitled The Heroes of High Peak &n...
In a debate on social exclusion in the House of Commons, Tom described some excellent examples of good practice that could be found in...
