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  • Questioning Care as a Commodity

    • June 29, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: News
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    As Chair of the Health Committee Mark was recently interviewed by the BBC on plans by the Committee to examin the issue of residential care for older people. You can find the BBC report and a video at this website

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  • Mark Drakeford calls for an end to ‘stubby pencil’ voting

    • June 1, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: Press Release
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    PRESS RELEASE Mark Drakeford AM for Cardiff West ***For Immediate Release***  30 May, 2012 Mark Drakeford calls for an end to ‘stubby pencil’ voting Cardiff West Assembly Member Mark Drakeford has called for major reforms to the way people vote in elections so that more people exercise their right to vote at future elections. With

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  • Mark Drakeford calls for Public Health campaign to prevent sight loss

    • May 9, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    Mark Drakeford AM  has called on the Welsh Government to tackle preventable sight loss by making it a public health priority in Wales. Experts believe that half of all sight loss in Wales is preventable and Mr Drakeford says that a public health campaign to educate people on the need for regular eye tests could

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  • MARK DRAKEFORD CONDEMNS FIRST IMPRESSION OF CITY FOR VISITORS

    • March 21, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: Press Release
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    Cardiff West Assembly Member Mark Drakeford has raised concerns about the Cardiff Railway and Cardiff Central Bus Station area at the National Assembly today  (Wednesday, 21 March).  He is worried that visitors arriving by public transport in Cardiff for the first time will have a poor impression of the Capital City as the area is

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  • MARK DRAKEFORD CALLS FOR CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE TO WELFARE CRISIS

    • February 26, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    A Cardiff Assembly Member has described the impact of the Government’s Welfare reforms as a crisis about to engulf our most disadvantaged people and communities. Cardiff West AM Mark Drakeford says that the worst of the cuts is still to come and he called for a new prominence to be given to the work going

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