http://mikegerman.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Michael German AM en-GB Michael German AM http://mikegerman.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Michael German AM 2010-03-09T23:44+00:00 United Kingdom http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000630/severn_bridge_tolls_pay_by_card_one_step_closer.html The campaign to get cards accepted to pay the Severn Bridges tolls took a step closer as it was announced that changes were being made to legislation that governs the Severn crossings. 2010-03-05T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000629/welsh_lib_dem_assembly_member_will_fight_for_isle_of_man_residents_to_keep_nhs_cover_in_wales.html Mr. German, a leading Liberal Democrat member of the National Assembly for Wales, said that The Welsh Government had introduced legislation to exclude the Channel Islands from the 'Common Health Service Agreement' which covers all residents in the different parts of the United Kingdom (inside and outside of the EU) for NHS services. The legislation came into force in January. 2010-03-04T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000628/assembly_member_says_get_empty_homes_back_into_use_and_save_the_taxpayers_some_money.html A local Assembly Member has suggested to the Welsh Assembly Government that more can be done to get empty homes back into use. Welsh Liberal Democrat Michael German made his proposed incentive for property owners during a debate in the National Assembly this afternoon. 2010-03-03T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000627/tories_vote_against_giving_assembly_powers_to_lower_council_tax_for_service_personnel.html The decision by the Conservatives to oppose drawing down more powers on sustainable housing will also prevent the Welsh Government from introducing legislation to give serving members of the armed forces a 50% reduction in their Council Tax as currently happens in England, said Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly member Michael German. 2010-02-26T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000626/health_service_wastage_needs_to_be_tackled_to_help_eliminate_debt.html Commenting on research by the BBC which has found that the new NHS Boards in Wales are expected to go £43 million over budget, local Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Michael German said: 2010-02-25T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000623/micro_green_energy_at_home_feedin_tariffs_awareness_plan_not_fit_for_purpose.html Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Environment and Sustainability, Mike German AM, welcomes the introduction of Feed in Tariffs (FiT) but says the scheme should have been adopted far sooner and the Welsh Government must give a bigger push to raise awareness of the support available, if individuals and businesses across Wales are to be encouraged to install renewable energy systems at home or at work. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000624/nhs_ae_waiting_times_get_worse_despite_lower_numbers_of_people_seen.html Waiting times for patients at a major Accident and Emergency Department got worse during January, despite the local NHS seeing less people turning up for treatment - continuing a downward trend for the past four months. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000625/lib_dems_win_byelection_in_former_labour_heartland_by_landslide__conservatives_fail_to_make_progress_just_weeks_before_general_election.html The Liberal Democrats were celebrating in Chepstow after a landslide victory in a by-election to elect a new Town Councillor in the Labour heartland of Bulwark. 2010-02-18T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000622/michael_german_am_to_switch_offto_join_the_greatest_show_on_earth.html WWF's Earth Hour - 27 March 2010, 8.30pm 2010-02-15T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000621/welsh_liberal_democrats_call_for_empty_home_renovation_grants.html Michael German, Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South East Wales, has back calls for the Welsh Assembly Government to follow the example set by the English Government and to support Liberal Democrat policies of providing grants to owners of empty properties so as to bring them back into use. 2010-02-12T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000620/government_misses_own_waiting_times_target.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for Gwent, Michael German, has criticised the statistics which show the government failed to meet their target that all patients would be treated within 26 weeks. 2010-02-11T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000617/assembly_debates_new_gwent_parkway_station_and_m48_link.html The case for a new road link between the M48 and a Gwent 'Parkway' station at Severn Tunnel Junction near Caldicot will be put to Assembly Members in the Siambr today. 2010-02-10T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000619/new_green_jobs_welcomed_assembly_member_delighted_by_the_news_of_big_jobs_boost.html Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Michael German has welcomed the news that 240 skilled green manufacturing jobs are to be created in Chepstow by a world leading bridge construction company. 2010-01-28T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000618/severn_bridge_tollsminister_has_nothing_new_to_say.html Responding to the letter sent by UK Minister of State for Transport, Sadiq Khan, to a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member, Mr. German said: "The Minister has nothing new to say and is hiding behind the Severn Bridges Act as if it were a sacred tablet of stone and saying that it can never be change." 2010-01-26T00:00+00:00 http://mikegerman.org.uk/news/000616/abolish_severn_bridge_tolls_call__senedd_to_debate_the_future_of_tolls_on_severn_crossings.html The Welsh Assembly Government will be told this afternoon that the tolls on both Severn Bridges into Wales should be abolished. 2010-01-20T00:00+00:00