David Ruffley MP officially opened the new £470,000 midwifery-led birthing unit at West Suffolk Hospital on 10 December. Designed to provide a 'home-from-home' environment for women who want a natural birth, the unit has four individual rooms with en-suite rooms, and one with a birthing pool.
Speaking at the Bury St Edmunds Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 10 December, David Ruffley MP set out a ten-point plan to help small businesses.
On the 7th of December 2010 David Ruffley MP questioned Eric Daniels, Group Chief Executive of the Lloyds Banking Group, on Competition and Choice in Banking
David Ruffley MP visited the Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, on 4 December and praised the work being carried out on the historic building.
Q123 Mr Ruffley: I was struck, Sir Don, on re-reading it, by how insightful your 2000 review was. You've updated us and, whether or not profits are super- normal, I think we can all agree that the money transmission system is something that needs to be addressed.
David Ruffley, MP for Bury St Edmunds, was elected overwhelmingly by his fellow Conservative MPs in the House of Commons to serve on the Treasury Select Committee.
The Treasury Committee published its Report on the Spending Review 2010 on Friday 26th November
On Friday 26th November, David Ruffley, MP for Bury St Edmunds, and other Suffolk MPs, will meet with Suffolk GPs to discuss the questions raised by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's new White Paper on NHS Reform.
David Ruffley MP will attend the second meeting of the Business Community and Suffolk MPs Liaison Group on Friday 26th November at 3pm in the BT Headquarters in Martlesham.
At Justice Questions on 23rd November 2010, David Ruffley MP questioned the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, on the continuing controversy over giving prisoners the vote.