Phil Willis MP - Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough

“The fact that bowel cancer is the UK’s second biggest cancer killer, when it is one of the most curable cancers shows that we need to make sure that everyone is aware of the symptoms of bowel cancer and the help that is provided by the NHS,”

commented Phil Willis MP after backing the BE LOUD! BE CLEAR! campaign organised by Beating Bowel Cancer.

Local MP Stands united with thousands on bridges across the world to mark International Women’s Day.

Phil Willis, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, today joined thousands of women gathering on bridges across the world to mark International Women’s Day. Phil Willis met with the Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Brown, and music legend Annie Lennox on Millennium Bridge to mark the worldwide celebration by releasing 100 white dove balloons at 12 noon.

Claire Kelley and I have been fighting hard against the closure of Harrogate community stroke services; please join this group to show your support: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10150119519755705#!

I will tell the House of Commons how many people have signed up in support during my debate on Monday 15th March. Please invite all your friends - the more people sign up, the more impact we can make!

Phil Willis MP formally opened Coppice Park Nursery’s new outdoor play area last Friday
The nursery had been awarded a £9000 outdoor grant from North Yorkshire County Council to improve its outdoor play provision.

Despite the rain the children, parents and staff all turned out to see the ribbon cut.
Nursery owners Isobel and Gilly said,

"The funding from North Yorkshire County Council is enabling us to develop further our outdoor play so that the children can really benefit from the experiences that can only be provided outdoors.

Liberal Democrat MP first to adopt youth-led quality mark

Phil Willis MP was today recognised as an internship pioneer by youth organisation Internocracy, and awarded the I.SIP (Internocracy Star Internship Programme), a youth-focused quality mark. The first parliamentary office to gain such accreditation, Phil Willis’s internship programme allowed for fair recruiting practices and a worthwhile experience for interns. The I.SIP mark will enable young people to identify internship schemes which give them great opportunities and support them in learning about their chosen workplace.

BULLYING: Helpline boss must quit, says Willis

Former headteacher, Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis has called on bullying helpline chief Christine Pratt.

Mr Willis, a longtime campaigner against bullying in schools, said she had to go because she had betrayed the trust of the No 10 staff who had allegedly complained about bullying in Downing Street.

He said that at the very least the Charity Commission should step in and hold a formal inquiry.

Politicians, anti-poverty groups and churches unite against vultures funds.

Phil Willis MP (LibDem, Harrogate and Knaresborough) has signed up to the campaign to stop so called “Vulture Funds” at a reception held in parliament this week. Vulture funds are where a small number of firms buy up the defaulted debts of the world’s poorest countries, often at low prices. They then take countries to court to aggressively recoup the debts at full value for immediate repayment, often in UK and US courts.