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Speeches & Articles

The Role of Charity Trustees (January 2010)
Trustees are the unsung heroes of the charity world. In an adjournment speech to the House of Commons on Monday 18 January Labour MP Tom Levitt spelt out the importance...

Volunteering and the Environment (March 2008)
On 18 March 2008 Tom spoke to a Natural England conference in York. He was invited as a member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering. Here is his...

Volunteering and the Inland Waterways (2 Nov 2009)
On 2 November Tom, as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Community and Voluntary Sector, spoke to 100 delegates at a conference on 'Volunteering and the Inland...

Visit to Tanzania with READ International (19 September 2009)
Visit to Tanzania with READ International (19 September 2009)Tom Levitt MP has been READ International’s Patron since he hosted our parliamentary launch at House of Commons in October 2007. In September 2009 he travelled to Tanzania at his...

Improving police accountability (23 October 2009)
On 23 October 2009 Tom Levitt spoke to a conference organised by North Yorkshire Police Authority on ways of improving police accountability. He was invited as a member of the...

Launch of Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum (17 September 2009)
Click here for more information about the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Speech at Launch of Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum Polish Embassy, London, 17 September 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, I bring...

Traditional Crafts (25 June 2009)
Tom spoke in an adjournment debate on Traditional Crafts on Thursday 25 June 2009. The debate was prompted by a visit to traditional sieve maker Mike Turnock of Whaley Bridge...

The impact of the recession on voluntary organisations and charities? (11 May 2009)
What will be the impact of the recession on voluntary organisations and charities? Writing exclusively for the House magazine, Tom Levitt MP reports as Chair of the All Party...

Adaptation 2009: Tackling Climate Change (29 January 2009)
Tom Levitt has praised East Midlands local authorities for their commitment to tackle climate change and promised them the tools to deliver on Government targets. Speaking to the Adaptation 2009 event in Leicester on...

Skills are essential, recession or not - Levitt (4 February 2009)
Whether or not we were in a recession, says Tom Levitt, "The message to business and industry must surely be exactly the same: if Britain is to compete successfully on the global stage,...

Mountain Rescue (21 January 2009)
In his speech in the 21 January 2009 debate the High Peak MP told of his personal experience of Mountain Rescue. He expressed frustration that different issues relating to Mountain Rescue had to...

Japan Day Seminar in Matlock, Derbyshire (18 November 2008)
Speaking in Matlock to an event celebrating ten years of twinning between Derbyshire and Toyota City in Japan, Tom Levitt gave the following speech. He was speaking in his capacity as Assistant Minster...

East Midlands Talent Debate (13 October 2008)
Speech to Talent Market Place Conference, Mansfield. Tom's first speech as Deputy Regional Minister, East Midlands, on 13 October 2008 East Midlands Talent Debate Thank you the introduction and the opportunity to come here to...

Carbon Monoxide Detectors (8 January 2008)
Two constituents who lost their daughter to CO poisoning in 2004 inspired me to put this issue on the record. Click here for the 8 January speech on Carbon Monoxide Detectors...

Town and Village Greens (25 March 2008)
Town and Village green applications are frustrating genuine and socially valuable developments across High Peak - in housing and leisure. This was my chance to put the case to change the rules to...

Middle East debate (1 May 2008)
In this debate, which I requested, I wanted to put on record the horror of my recent experience visiting Gaza. Click here for the Topical debate on the Middle East on 1 May...

Saviour Siblings debate (19 May 2008)
I spoke in favour of this controversial issue after a constituent told me that saviour sibling technology was the only way his young son would survive to adulthood. Click here for the debate...

Opposition Day debate on Volunteering (4 June 2008)
This speech supported the Government's programme for encouraging volunteering and criticised the Tory approach. I spoke as Chair of the All Party Group on the Community and Voluntary Sectors and of the Community...

Making the Police More Accountable (1 October 2008)
An election too far? Writing in Progress magazine (October 2008) Tom Levitt questions whether the proposal in the Policing Green Paper, to establish direct elections to police authorities, is really the best way of...

What England means to me (November 2007)
In November 2007 Tom was asked to write a short article for a web site on 'What England means to me'. The web site describes itself as a “Domesday Book” of the mind...

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