Reading West MP Martin Salter and Labour candidate for Reading East Anneliese Dodds who, back in May, published their own seven-point plan to clean up and restore faith in the political system have signalled their strong support for the proposals announced today in the report by Sir Christopher Kelly.

Reading West MP Martin Salter has urged the Chief Executive of Oxfordshire County Council to incorporate the Whitchurch Bridge into the Highways Network.

Reading West MP Martin Salter celebrates the arrival of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) to the House of Commons. Members of the UKYP will hold their 2009 annual meeting in the Chamber of the House of Commons on Friday 30th October.

Despite opposition from some MPs representing commercial fishing interests, the groundbreaking Marine and Coastal Access Bill completed all its stages in the House of Commons and is now expected to become law in advance of the Queen’s Speech on 18th November 2009.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter and Labour Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling has today secured written confirmation from the Government that this week’s EU Fisheries Council meeting has seen the end of the threat to make recreational sea anglers catches count against the EU quota for the UK.

Labour’s Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling, Reading West MP Martin Salter, has described the two significant fisheries announcements this week as “great news for recreational anglers in the UK”. Mr Salter has been working closely with government ministers, angling representatives and the Environment Agency to deliver new fisheries byelaws through the Marine and Coastal Access Bill which will prohibit the removal of coarse fish from freshwater fisheries in England and Wales, save for some limited exceptions. He also pressed ministers to stand firm against attempts by the European Commission to impose quota restrictions on fish caught by recreational sea-anglers under Article 47 of the new Community Fisheries Control regulation.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, last week flew to Stockholm in his capacity as a Member of the Home Affairs Select Committee to represent the British Parliament at the annual Inter-parliamentary Conference of Justice and Home Affairs Committees which was hosted by the Swedish EU Presidency. The theme of the conference was “a balanced approach to legal security and combating organised crime, with a special focus on trafficking for sexual purposes”.

There are times, I have to admit, when one of my favourite phrases “gently undulating blobs of impotence” can fairly and aptly describe many of our politicians. I’m thinking of those types who smarm their way up the greasy pole, never rocking the boat, never challenging the party line and never doing anything to put their own careers in jeopardy. On the other hand there are those characters who take risks, who make the political weather and who show leadership, courage and have the ability to inspire. These are the history makers and over the years the British House of Commons has produced some shining examples.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter finally received his letter from Sir Thomas Legg, the former top civil servant, charged with overseeing MPs, allowance claims for the past five years.

Reading West MP Martin Salter has welcomed the unanimous decision by the council’s Planning Committee to reject Thames Water’s application to build 96 homes on the Bath Road Reservoir site. Mr Salter had lodged a formal object to the proposals and had written personally to every councillor on the Planning Applications Committee, setting out the reasons why the plans should be rejected.