http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Lorely Burt en-GB Lorely Burt http://lorelyburt.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Lorely Burt 2008-09-08T02:53+01:00 United Kingdom http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000039/if_you_could_change_one_law_in_this_country_what_would_it_be.html If you could change one law in this country, what would it be? 2007-01-31T00:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000040/saving_energy__you_can_do_it.html Did you know you can get a home efficiency report from the Central Midlands Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (CMEEAC), funded by the Energy Saving Trust, on how to make your home more fuel efficient - and it's completely free? You complete the questions, send your answers off and a detailed report comes back with advice on the most important, and cost effective things you can do to reduce your fuel bill and help reduce carbon emissions. 2007-01-26T00:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000041/women_mislead_over_pension.html This week in Parliament we will be debating the Government's Pensions Bill. 2007-01-17T00:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000034/lorely_listens.html There can be few sweeter sights than that of very small children dancing. Six little girls danced the dance of light for the guests at the Hindu Council celebration for Diwali at Millenium Point on Sunday, carrying tiny lights and in their pretty sequinned dresses - the grownups were entranced. 2006-11-16T12:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000038/lorely_listens.html There can be few sweeter sights than that of very small children dancing. Six little girls danced the dance of light for the guests at the Hindu Council celebration for Diwali at Millenium Point on Sunday, carrying tiny lights and in their pretty sequinned dresses - the grownups were entranced. 2006-11-16T00:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000035/lorely_listens_fear_is_the_great_barrier.html I met three angels last week. They looked mortal, but I was assured by the patients and carers of the Lung Cancer Support Group that they were real angels because the amazing care and help they gave to patients and their loved ones. 2006-11-15T00:00+00:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000036/lorely_listens.html Lorely's Law finally had its second reading in Parliament last Friday. In an intense debate lasting three and a half hours MPs from all sides of the house discussed the Bill and the problems which had moved me to bring it forward after only a few weeks of being an MP. 2006-10-25T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000037/lorely_listens.html A cemetery may be a place for the dead, but it is a highly significant place for many of the living who visit to remember and honour their loved ones. So any disturbance to the tranquillity, let alone to the memorial stone, is bound to be upsetting. 2006-10-18T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000033/lorely_listens__solihull_times.html Hospital parking charges have been the subject of complaints from many of you recently. One constituent had paid over £300 in hospital parking charges over the course of three months' treatment for cancer, and one of my staff who is disabled had to pay parking charges to park in disabled bays - 'it wasn't cheap,' she said. 2006-08-16T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000032/lorelys_life__solihull_observer.html Every year I take my mum and daughter away on holiday. As the years go by, mum's mobility gets a bit slower and her walking range a little shorter, so this year we opted for a 'Nordic Odyssey' aboard the QE2. 2006-08-10T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000031/lorely_listens__solihull_times.html Is our health service being privatised by stealth? That's a question which is exercising many minds at the moment, not least of whom are Solihull Pensioners' Convention which I attended last week. 2006-08-02T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000030/lorely_listens_solihul_times.html Are you fed up with the hot weather yet? We British are the butt of jokes all over the world because we talk about the weather all the time. But following a week in which we had the hottest July day on record, I feel justified. 2006-07-23T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000029/lorelys_life_solihull_observer.html For someone as useless at direction-finding as me, the satellite navigation system or sat nav has revolutionised my life. Some now come as a part of new cars, or like mine, they sit in a little box on your windscreen in a cradle attached by a sucker. 2006-07-13T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000028/lorelys_life_solihull_observer.html For someone as useless at direction-finding as me, the satellite navigation system or sat nav has revolutionised my life. Some now come as a part of new cars, or like mine, they sit in a little box on your windscreen in a cradle attached by a sucker. 2006-07-13T00:00+01:00 http://lorelyburt.org.uk/articles/000025/lorely_listens.html Spending a penny just became more difficult in Solihull. Like many residents I woke to the news that Solihull will be closing toilets throughout the Borough to save less than 1% of its budget with dismay. 2006-07-05T00:00+01:00