Steve Gilbert MP

Member of Parliament for St Austell & Newquay

30 Most Recent News Stories

GILBERT VISITS NEWQUAY FIREFIGHERS

Tue 31st Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, recently spent a morning with Newquay's 'White Watch' and praised the dedication and commitment of the town's fire fighters.

Fire Station Visit (photography: Hamish McCallum)

STEVE GILBERT SIGNS UP FOR ROYAL MARINES STINT

Fri 27th Aug 2010

St Austell & Newquay's new MP, Steve Gilbert, has signed up to spend time with the Royal Marines next year as part of the "Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme".

help for heroes walk (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT HAILS GEOTHERMAL SCHEME 'A GREAT START' BUT WANTS TO SEE MORE

Mon 16th Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell & Newquay, has welcomed the move by Cornwall Council to approve the UK's first commercial Geothermal Power Plant to be built in Cornwall.

geothermal power

GILBERT - DON'T CREATE 'DEVONWALL' WITH ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIPS

Fri 13th Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, St Austell & Newquay MP, has warned against Cornwall Council's agreement to work with Devon and the Isles of Scilly in forming a 'Local Economic Partnership'.

Steve Gilbert (photography: Hamish McCallum)

LOCAL MP SPENDS A DAY ON THE FARM WITH THE NATIONAL FARMERS UNION

Wed 11th Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, yesterday spent a day with the National Farmers Union, seeing at first hand the issues that are faced by our Cornish farmers.

milkingcow

STEPHEN GILBERT WARNS AGAINST PREMATURE AIRPORT SELL-OFF

Mon 9th Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, the local Lib Dem MP, has warned against Cornwall Council selling off Newquay Airport before it is on a sound and sustainable footing.

Newquay Airport

STEPHEN GILBERT WELCOMES DECISION TO FIGHT WAINHOMES APPEAL

Mon 9th Aug 2010

Stephen Gilbert, St Austell's MP, has welcomed the decision by the Strategic Planning Committee to fight the appeal by Wainhomes for the Northern Expansion of over 1,000 houses.

Building

LIB DEMS SECURE EXTRA CASH FOR CORNWALL'S SCHOOLS

Thu 29th Jul 2010

Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs have welcomed the Government's plans to give extra cash to local schools targeted at children from less well off backgrounds. The policy, known as the "pupil premium," which will commence in September 2011, will help thousands of the worst off pupils in Cornwall.

Boy at Blackboard

GILBERT WELCOMES EXTRA LOTTERY FUNDING

Mon 26th Jul 2010

Following a Parliamentary debate on National Lottery funding, where the local MP called for additional funding to be directed towards disadvantaged communities, it has been announced that the Big Lottery Fund will be investing £1,000,000 directly into the Par & St Blazey area.

Big Lottery Fund

LOCAL MP WARNS GOVERNMENT AGAINST 'DIGITAL DIVIDE' FOR BROADBAND PROVISION

Mon 26th Jul 2010

The MP for St Austell & Newquay, Stephen Gilbert, has probed the Government about provision of superfast broadband in Cornwall during a Parliamentary Question today.

PC

COALITION ACTION FOR EQUITABLE LIFE VICTIMS

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

Today, the Coalition Government's announced that it has introduced a Bill to compensate Equitable Life policyholders.

equitable life demo

GILBERT SPEAKS OUT IN COASTAL TOWNS DEBATE

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for Newquay, spoke in yesterday's Parliamentary debate on 'Costal Towns' and raised two important issues affecting Newquay.

costal town (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT BACKS YOUTH PARLIAMENT IN CHANGE TO 'ARCHAIC' RULES

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

Stephen Gilbert, the MP for St Austell & Newquay, has backed the UK Youth Parliament's bid to sit for one day in the chamber of the House of Commons.

UKYP

MINISTERS ASKED TO PROTECT CORNWALL'S EUROPEAN FUNDS

Mon 19th Jul 2010

At approximately 11:45am today St Ives MP, Andrew George, took part in Business Questions in Parliament to ask the Leader of the House of Commons to call on Ministers to address concerns that essential European Convergence Funding has been halted for Cornwall.

Money

NEWQUAY'S MP APPLAUDS CORNWALL COUNCIL'S LAP DANCING PLANNING REFUSAL

Mon 19th Jul 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for Newquay, has applauded Cornwall Council for taking decisive action in rejecting the retrospective planning application for 'Diva's' to operate as a 'bar restaurant and night club providing entertainment including lap dancing'.

Divas

LOCAL MP CALLS FOR CORNWALL'S CONVERGENCE FUNDING TO BE PROTECTED

Tue 13th Jul 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, has today written to the Minister of State following revelations that the Government has frozen the match funding for EU Convergence Investment through the South West RDA.

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GILBERT APPOINTED TO KEY 'COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT' SELECT COMMITTEE

Mon 12th Jul 2010

Local Lib Dem MP, Stephen Gilbert, has been chosen to sit on the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, it was announced today.

Gilbert speaking in chamber (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT WELCOMES CLEGG'S POLITICAL REFORM ANNOUNCEMENT

Tue 6th Jul 2010

On Tuesday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced that a referendum would take place on May 5th 2011 posing the question of changing the way people vote in the UK to the more proportional Additional Vote method.

ballot box (photography: Hamish McCallum)

HOLIDAY LET TAX REPEAL - GOOD NEWS FOR CORNWALL SAYS GILBERT

Thu 1st Jul 2010

The Coalition Government have abandoned plans by the Labour Government that would have increased the tax payable on Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) and could have led to 4,500 job losses.

Stephen Gilbert (photography: Hamish McCallum)

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CREATE £1BN FUND FOR COMMUNITIES HIT BY CUTS

Wed 30th Jun 2010

St Austell & Newquay's Liberal Democrat MP, Stephen Gilbert, has welcomed the announcement of a £1bn Regional Growth Fund to help communities that may be particularly affected by public spending cuts.

Logo

STEPHEN GILBERT CONGRATULATES 'OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES' AT THE BUGLE BAND CONTEST

Tue 22nd Jun 2010

Local MP, Stephen Gilbert, attended the annual West of England Bandsmen's Festival (Bugle Band Contest) last Saturday. Stephen congratulated all the bands from his constituency, describing them as 'outstanding'.

Brass band (photography: Hamish McCallum)

NEWQUAY & THE SEA COMMENDED BY MP

Tue 22nd Jun 2010

Newquay's local MP, Stephen Gilbert, has commended the 'Newquay and the Sea' project at its launch earlier this week.

Newquay (photography: Hamish McCallum)

STEPHEN GILBERT ATTENDS COMMUNITY BANKING LAUNCH

Tue 22nd Jun 2010

The local MP for St Austell & Newquay, Stephen Gilbert, last week (Friday 18th June) attended the launch of the Cornish Community Banking Current Accounts and extension of capacity based loans.

CCB logo (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT - BUDGET A STEP FORWARD FOR CORNWALL

Tue 22nd Jun 2010

Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, who has campaigned for fairer funding in Cornwall, has welcomed the Coalition Government's first Budget as a 'step forward' for Cornwall and the country.

Budget (photography: Hamish McCallum)

LOCAL MP NAMED 'ONE TO WATCH' BY INFLUENTIAL GROUP ON HOUSING

Mon 21st Jun 2010

St Austell & Newquay's local MP, Steve Gilbert, has been named the 'one to watch' from the Lib Dem benches on the important local issue of housing by the influential National Housing Federation.

Steve Gilbert (photography: Hamish McCallum)

LOCAL MP TO DISCUSS WATER BILLS WITH MINISTER

Thu 17th Jun 2010

St Austell & Newquay's new MP, Steve Gilbert, has secured a meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Richard Benyon to discuss what action the government will be taking to tackle high water bills in Cornwall.

in commons (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT DEMANDS FAIR FUNDING ACTION

Tue 15th Jun 2010

Local Lib Dem MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, has tabled his first Early Day Motion in Parliament expressing concern at the gross underfunding of Cornwall's public services and calling for a commission to be formed to look into the problem.

Steve Speech (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT GIVES MAIDEN SPEECH

Wed 9th Jun 2010

The new MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, yesterday gave his first speech in the House of Commons.

Maiden speech (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT CALLS FOR RECOGNITION OF CARERS

Wed 9th Jun 2010

Local MP, Steve Gilbert, has teamed up with ITV's This Morning celebrity GP, Dr Chris Steele MBE, to support this year's Carers Week.

Supporting Carers Week (photography: Hamish McCallum)

GILBERT WELCOMES TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT TO ECO-TOWN BOARD

Mon 7th Jun 2010

The new MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, has welcomed the appointment of his predecessor in St Austell, Matthew Taylor, as the independent chair of the board that will steer the eco-town to completion.

Steve Gilbert & Matthew Tayor (photography: Hamish McCallum)

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