First elected: 1st May 1997
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
These initiatives were driven by Shaun Woodward, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Shaun Woodward has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Shaun Woodward has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Shaun Woodward has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Shaun Woodward has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
As part of the procurement process, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency identified that 2,009 optical practices carried out vision testing services. The new contract means that independent practices are no longer required to carry out on average 20 assessments per year. This equates to around 10 hours of work.
The information is not collected in the format requested and the cost of
collecting the information would be disproportionate.
The minimum income threshold for sponsoring a partner under the family
Immigration Rules aims to prevent burdens on the taxpayer and promote
integration. It is appropriate that the requirement to meet the income threshold
should not be affected by the age of the sponsor. The income threshold rules make
provision for the counting of a wide range of both employment and non-employment
income, including pensions, and of cash savings. They also exempt the applicant from
the income threshold requirement where the sponsor is in receipt of a specified
disability-related benefit or carer's allowance.