IC South London have published a story about the closure of the Young's brewery in Wandsworth. Martin Linton is quoted as saying:
Local people are understandably bitter at this decision which bears all the signs of being taken by accountants with little understanding of the importance of Young's to Wandsworth and Wandsworth to Young's.
Martin Linton asked for a debate on the problems of industrial firms in London. He cited the recent announcement by Youngs that they would be closing their Wandsworth brewery and moving to Bedford. Replying, Jack Straw said that he enjoyed "Young's products" and sympathised with the concerns but said that overall manufacturing investment was high and that everyone must accept some relocation.
Read the full debate or Martin Linton's speech at TheyWorkForYou.
I've just spotted that the new Martin Linton official web site has gone live.
You can still access it at the old URL (www.martinlinton.org.uk) but that now redirects to a new URL (martinlinton.squarespace.com).
I'll have a full review up soon, but please leave comments on the new site here (there's no way of leaving comments there unfortunately).
Martin Linton spoke in this debate giving a speech about closing a loophole in the law whereby the levels of selection in a partially selective school could be increased back to previous levels. He maintained that the intention was that no increase should ever be allowed. He used an example from two selective schools in the constituency of Tooting.
Read Martin Linton's speech and the full debate at TheyWorkForYou.
Martin Linton asked what proportion of UK forces which have served in Iraq have been reserve forces. When Adam Ingram repied that it was about 10%, Linton invited Ingram to join him in "paying tribute to the 202 members of the London Regiment who served in Basra". He went on to talk about the greater maturity of members of the Territorial Army and how this proved the usefulness of reserve forces in "peacebuilding and peacekeeping" missions.
Read Martin Linton's speech and the full debate at TheyWorkForYou.
Martin Linton spoke in a debate about night flights. He asked the Department for Transport to confirm that the present combination of number limits and noise quota limits will continue until 2013. Derek Twigg replied for the government.
Read Martin Linton's speech or the full debate at TheyWorkForYou.
I've had a sneak preview of Martin Linton's new web site. It looks very nice indeed. The most surprising thing is that despite being told that Martin Linton doesn't want a blog, the new site is effectively a blog. Or, at least, it's build using what looks very much like blogging software. There aren't any comments but there are RSS and Atom feeds which we'll be able to pick up and publish here. It's a major improvement over the last site.
Not sure when it launches, or how much I'm supposed to say. More details will no doubt follow in due course.
Martin Linton asked Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he had had with the Treasury about the allocation of funding to complete both phases of the East London Line in time for the London Olympics.
Derek Twigg replied for the government, pointing out that only phase one of the project would be completed for the Olympics.
Read the full exchange on TheyWorkForYou.
In the continuing absense of a blog from Martin Linton, you might be interested to see that the Wandsworth Labour team has an election blog and the Labour Party leader on Wandsworth Council also has a blog.
Martin Linton invited the Prime Minister to visit Battersea "where the Government and the Mayor have set up safer neighbourhood teams in every ward, helping to cut crime in the borough of Wandsworth by 5 per cent. in the last year".
Read the full exchange on TheyWorkFor You.
When reporting on this exchange the Guardian described it as
Martin Linton (Lab) makes a party political point - well, it is the local election - about safer neighbourhoods and community officers. Mr Blair gratefully lists what Labour has done in London.
