Local MP for Cheadle constituency has welcomed the Department of Education’s approval today of proposals to build a new primary school in Cheadle Hulme. 

Local MP for Cheadle constituency, Mark Hunter, has celebrated with pupils from Lady Barn House School in Cheadle, after student Amelie won a prize in World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Sky Rainforest Rescue’s Forest illustration competition.

Cheadle constituency MP, Mark Hunter, has today put the Prime Minister on the spot in Parliament by asking why changing the law to make paediatric first aid training compulsory for all relevant nursery staff is taking so long.

Mark Hunter, MP for Cheadle constituency, joined patients, carers and MPs from across the political parties in Parliament yesterday, Wednesday 25 February, for the launch of the British Lung Foundation’s (BLF) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patient experience report.

Mark Hunter has welcomed plans revealed today to transform local rail services. Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP, unveiled the proposals that will mean passengers in the North of England will have access to more seats, additional services and new trains.

Local MP for Cheadle constituency, Mark Hunter, called and chaired a well-attended public meeting on Friday 20^th February at the Cheadle (Kingsway) Sports Club about the Kingsway and Gatley Road junction, enabling local residents to share their views on how to improve the notoriously congested intersection.

Local MP for Cheadle constituency, Mark Hunter, visited Jinkinson Opticians in Bramhall last week to find out why regular eye tests are so important in preventing blindness.

Animal protection campaigners today welcomed the support of local MP Mark Hunter for important advances in the effort to reduce the use of animals in laboratories.

Local MP, Mark Hunter, joins forces with animal welfare charities to mark success of Hunting Act ten years on

Today, February 18 marks ten years since the Hunting Act 2004 came into force. This important legislation was introduced to stop hunting with dogs for sport due to the profound suffering caused by the prolonged chase and violent death. Ten years on, the Act has outperformed all other wild mammal legislation and is now the most successful piece of wild animal welfare legislation in England and Wales.

Mark Hunter, MP for Cheadle constituency, commenting on the anniversary said: “I am delighted to celebrate the Hunting Act ten years on from when it first came into force. As a society we decided to protect animal welfare and I am delighted that the Act has been so successful. I look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries of this important legislation.”

Joe Duckworth, Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, said:  “Hunting wild animals with dogs for sport was banned ten years ago on animal welfare grounds. A decade on, this important and popular legislation has both the highest number of convictions and highest conviction rate above all other wild mammal legislation. Many more people have been deterred from chasing and killing animals for pleasure - something worth celebrating. The problem is not with the law.  It’s with those that flout it.”

David Bowles, RSPCA Head of Public Affairs said: “The RSPCA firmly believes that the cruel practice of chasing and killing live animals with dogs is a barbaric and outdated pastime and has no place in modern Britain. This is a sentiment echoed by the vast majority of the British public. A decade on, public feeling towards the hunting ban is still strong. The fact remains that it is only a tiny minority of people who, seek a return to cruelty.

“The RSPCA also believes that the Hunting Act is a workable, enforceable piece of legislation - since it came into force in 2004, 344 defendants have been found guilty of offences.”

The Hunting Act prohibited the hunting of wild mammals, including foxes, deer, hares and mink with dogs, something which the vast majority of the British public ten years on do not want to see a return to.

Latest opinion polling carried out by Ipsos MORI¹ at the end of 2014 shows that 80 per cent of people in Great Britain think that fox hunting should remain illegal, 86 per cent for deer hunting and 88 per cent for hare hunting/coursing. These figures are about the same in both rural and urban areas.

Local MP Mark Hunter has welcomed Liberal Democrat Schools Minister David Laws MP to Cheadle constituency today for a major announcement regarding the next phase of the Priority Schools Building Programme, a £2bn government scheme spearheaded by the Liberal Democrats to rebuild those schools across the country suffering most from wear and tear. Locally, both Cheadle Primary School and Great Moor Junior School have been awarded government money to realise their renovation proposals.