http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Chris Huhne MP en-GB Chris Huhne MP http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Chris Huhne MP 2008-07-24T02:43+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000489/learn_english_but_dont_cut_english_lessons.html Commenting on Government proposals on integrating immigrants, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-23T16:53+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000488/knife_sellers_allowed_to_ply_deadly_trade.html None of the people caught selling knives to young people in the last five years were sent to prison and only one was given a community sentence, according to figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats 2008-07-23T10:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000487/eastleigh_mp_pays_tribute_to_retiring_baptist_minister_martin_poole.html Eastleigh Baptist minister Martin Poole was praised in a special service at the Baptist Church in Wells Place to mark his retirement after five years in the town. 2008-07-23T09:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000486/criminal_record_checks_are_hole_in_airport_security.html Commenting on the Government-commissioned report on airport security, which calls for compulsory criminal record checks for all airport workers to combat the 'terrorist insider threat', Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-22T16:26+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000485/shocking_survey_shows_police_must_visibly_patrol_streets.html Commenting on the University of Portsmouth's survey that shows nearly one in five 14-15 year olds in Southampton has carried a weapon in the last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-22T16:24+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000481/drop_in_police_numbers_deeply_disappointing.html Commenting on the drop in the number of police officers, revealed by the Home Office today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-22T15:13+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000484/prison_crisis_a_product_of_shortsighted_government_policies.html Commenting on today's Justice Select Committee report, which blames 'failures of policy and implementation' for the prison overcrowding crisis, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-22T02:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000482/hiring_illegals_for_border_agency_shows_staggering_ineptitude.html Commenting on the news that the UK Border Agency has employed an illegal worker, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-21T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000483/adding_dna_of_innocents_is_a_breach_of_faith.html Commenting on today's report by the Ethics Group on the DNA database, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-21T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000480/tory_knife_plans_would_add_penny_on_income_tax.html The Conservatives' plans to lock up young knife carriers would put a penny on the basic rate of income tax, according to Liberal Democrat research. 2008-07-20T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000479/plans_for_local_policing_flawed.html Commenting on the police reform green paper, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-17T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000478/fear_of_crime_rises_as_crime_figures_fall.html Commenting on today's crime figures, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-17T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000477/ministers_must_implement_soham_recommendations.html Commenting on the news that recommendations made after the official inquiry into the Soham murders remain unimplemented, Liberal Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-16T00:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000475/more_headline_grabbing_gimmicks_wont_solve_youth_crime.html Commenting on the launch of the Government's Youth Crime Action Plan, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-15T12:00+01:00 http://www.chrishuhnemep.org.uk/news/000474/new_telephone_database_a_step_too_far.html Commenting on the Information Commissioner's criticisms of the proposed Government-run telephone and internet communications database, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Affairs Secretary, Chris Huhne said: 2008-07-15T07:00+01:00