Wrexham Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has met with International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander to highlight World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day is held annually on December 1 and is aimed at ensuring public awareness of more than 33 million people around the world who living with HIV. Every day, more than 6,000 people become infected with HIV [...]
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Uk government has appointed Paul Morrell OBE to the new role of Government Chief Construction Adviser. The Chief Construction Advisor will work with Government and the industry to act as a link between the two and ensure Britain's construction sector is equipped with the knowledge, skills and best practice to make the most of the opportunities which the 21st century will offer. Paul Morrell was...
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Readers of this blog will recall my campaign to extend Section 6 of the Welsh Language Act to Members of Parliament, so that they would have to produce material for public consumption bilingually. This followed publication by Ian Lucas MP of his annual report which was all in English despite 14% of the population of his constituency speaking Welsh. Not having had much success in corresponding with...
Corporate Law and Governance (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Companies House has a target for the processing of electronic incorporations of 95% within 3 working days. A written answer in the House of Commons last week indicated that 19% of incorporations did not meet this target last month (the target was met in the previous three months). Ian Lucas MP , the Minister for Business and Regulatory Reform, provided this explanation for the target not being met...
Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Britons struggling with debt may soon be able to apply for bankruptcy online, although Business Minister Ian Lucas has stressed that the option of bankruptcy should always be considered a last resort. According to the Minister, anxiety over making a court appearance has meant that some debtors have added to their problems by not choosing the [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Change expected to allow decisions on insolvency to be made in days rather than weeks People who want to declare themselves bankrupt will be able to do so online, avoiding the courts altogether, under government proposals announced today. The government said it was planning to introduce the change after it found that in some parts of England and Wales debtors faced delays of up to three months between...
Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Rescue (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Mr Ian Lucas MP (pictured) has announced the results of the Encouraging Corporate Rescue consultation process . His ministerial statement and a summary of the consultation responses can be seen on the Insolvency Service's (IS) website here . In his statement Mr Field observed (my [bracketed] comments and bold emphasis): " I am setting out today the Government’s response to the recent Insolvency...
Wrexham Blog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has welcomed Labour’s continued commitment to a hunting ban. And he has warned that the current hunting ban may be at risk under Troy plans. David Cameron has pledged to dedicate Parliamentary time to a bill scrapping the hunting ban as a priority if the Conservatives win the next election. Mr Lucas has [...]
Wrexham Blog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has praised the work of Dynamic after attending the charity’s annual general meeting. The charity provides a range of out of school activities for children and young people with special needs throughout the Wrexham area. Working alongside the council, voluntary sector and community, the charity provides support for young people and helps [...]
Riley - thinking aloud (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
In a carefully spun press release issued yesterday the government said: "A new package of measures cutting the costs of new laws that will benefit businesses both immediately and in the longer term, was announced today by Business Minister Ian Lucas. "Businesses will benefit by timing the introduction of 26 regulations to take account of current economic circumstances. This will save them...
Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Rescue (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
I have returned from the Insolvency Service's (IS) one day Insolvency Rules Modernisation Stakeholder Conference at their Bloomsbury Street headquarters. The event was a great success and was particularly noteworthy for the wide participation of, inter alia , Insolvency Practitioners (IPs), solicitors, barristers and academics as well as other interested parties. On the academic front the attendees...
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Readers of this blog will recall my petition to the National Assembly calling for Section 6 of the Welsh Language Act 1993 to be amended so that Members of Parliament are included in the list of public bodies covered by the Act. This follows Ian Lucas's failure to produce his Annual Report to his constituents bilingually. The Petitions Committee considered this petition yesterday and received legal...
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
From today's Daily Post only three of North Wales's eleven Labour MP's and AM's have declared which candidate they favour. Two AM's Karen Sinclair and Ann Jones support the partisan uncompromising Huw Lewis whilst Albert Owen is backing Caerwyn Jones. I don't know about the remaining eight, Chris Ruane, Ian Lucas, Mark Tami, Martyn Jones, Betty Williams, Lesley Griffiths, Carl Sergeant and Sandy Mewies....
Wrexham Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
A company’s plan for an Aberystwyth to London rail service appear to contradict its own objections to an earlier service using the line. Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has written to the Office of the Rail Regulator to point out that Arriva Trains Wales’ bid to run services from Aberystwyth to London would use a line it [...]
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The shock decision not to site the proposed North Wales prison in Caernarfon is a huge blow to the local economy of that area. It's also an indictment of the way the UK government makes its decisions - presumably content to bring the project to what it saw as a Labour marginal without consulting or informing the local population. Now the seat appears beyond the grasp of the party, which hasn't even...
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