The Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes says Boris Johnson's proposed new London airport would devastate the local environment.
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Telegraph on 18th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Following his debate in Parliament on the issue of Sheffield station bridge Paul Blomfield MP says we're winning the argument on pedestrian access through Sheffield station. In the debate Mr Blomfield challenged the Rail Minister Norman Baker about how the Department for Transport's policy of wanting ticket barriers to be installed at Sheffield station would block pedestrian access throu...
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LabourMatters on 15th Dec 2011 (via labourmatters.com)
Last week we published Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker’s defence of his approach to the tar sands issue. Here Chris Davies MEP explains his view… The weak and obfuscating position on tar sands being taken by the Coalition Government is an embarrassment to every Liberal Democrat who wants to believe that having our representatives in
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 6th Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Over the last week or so, visitors to the Lib Dem Voice may have seen articles purporting to outline my position, and that of the government’s, on the EU Fuel Quality Directive and the treatment of tar sands within it. These articles have been misleading to say the least. We in the Lib Dems have
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 2nd Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Norman Baker, the Transport Secretary, tells Liberal Democrat Party Conference that "horror stories" about the High Speed Two rail link are untrue and the line is necessary.
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Telegraph on 20th Sep 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Norman Baker, the Transport Secretary, tells Liberal Democrat Party Conference that "horror stories" about the High Speed Two rail link are untrue and the line is necessary.
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Telegraph on 19th Sep 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Norman Baker may be a veteran MP but is making his first speech to the Liberal Democrat conference as a government minister, writes Louise Stewart.
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BBCPolitics on 19th Sep 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Over at the Mail on Sunday, Lib Dem transport minister Norman Baker talks about his own experiences of being on the wrong end of the Telegraph’s ‘sting’ operation, in which the paper targeted MPs’ constituency surgeries to entrap them into confessions of Coalition discord. Here’s an excerpt: Over the years, I have seen thousands of
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 26th Dec 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Today’s Lib Dem revelations are of the embarrassing, but not explosive, variety. David Heath, the deputy leader of the House, and Norman Baker, the transport minister, hypocritically say they are against tuition fees, despite having voted to let universities charge fees of up to £9,000. Baker also, crassly, compares himself to Helen Suzman, the anti-apartheid campaigner, working from wi...
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Spectator on 23rd Dec 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
The Liberal Democrats are playing Tory ministers "off against each other" to achieve their policy goals, according to one frontbencher.
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Telegraph on 22nd Dec 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)