David Ruffley made a guest appearance on Radio West Suffolk this evening.
Radio West Suffolk is a volunteer-run radio station which broadcasts to patients at West Suffolk Hospital as well as locally on 1350AM and worldwide on the internet.
David said:
'I have long been a supporter of Radio West Suffolk. They provide an invaluable service to West Suffolk Hospital patients and the local area, it was a real pleasure to drop in and discuss the general election campaign.'
David Ruffley visited Rickinghall today and gave local people the opportunity to discuss the Conservative Party's plans with him.
David said:
'I was delighted to be in Rickinghall today. We received a great response from local residents, it is always enjoyable to be out on the doorstep discussing the issues that matter most to people- today was no exception.'
'We are privileged to have the Army Air Corps in our part of Suffolk and I am always delighted to see the public getting behind our local service personnel. These people put themselves in harm's way on behalf of us all. No praise is high enough for what they do in our name and it is fitting that we should officially honour Wattisham Flying Station in this way.'
'The number of fixed penalty notices issued in Suffolk has increased by over 300 percent since 1997- on the basis that each of these fines brought in £60, the Government will have raked in over £1.8million in fines from motorists in 2007 alone'
David Ruffley MP has today released new figures which reveal that convictions for speeding offences in Suffolk have increased by over 200 percent since 1997.
The new figures were released in answer to David's questioning of Alan Campbell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.
'Vandalism is a despicable crime which can ruin the quality of life local residents enjoy and I am quite simply staggered that since 1997 the people of Suffolk have been blighted by over 134,000 acts of criminal damage.'
David Ruffley MP has today released new figures which reveal that there have been 134,278 instances of vandalism recorded by police in Suffolk since 1997.
The figures were released in answer to David's questioning of Alan Campbell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.
David Ruffley, MP for Bury St Edmunds is backing a campaign set up by the All Party Parliamentary Markets Group, of which he is a member, to promote market stalls in Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds.
David Ruffley MP has been asked by the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, to chair 'Audience with Lord Tebbit.' The audience will comprise pupils from King Edwards School, St Benedict's School and Culford School.
David Ruffley MP will be celebrating England's original patron saint, St Edmund, this weekend. David will be joining BBC Radio Suffolk's Mark Murphy who is broadcasting a special programme from St Edmundsbury Cathedral between 9am and noon on Saturday 20 November.
On the morning of Sunday 21 November David will be attending the Annual St Edmunds Day Service with the Mayor of St Edmundsbury, Councillor Ian Houlder, at St Edmund's Catholic Church, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds.
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.
Ruffley proposed a radical solution for dealing with the problem:
David Ruffley visited Rickinghall today and gave local people the opportunity to discuss the Conservative Party's plans with him.
'We are privileged to have the Army Air Corps in our part of Suffolk and I am always delighted to see the public getting behind our local service personnel. These people put themselves in harm's way on behalf of us all. No praise is high enough for what they do in our name and it is fitting that we should officially honour Wattisham Flying Station in this way.'
