David has signed a Parliamentary motion calling on the Government to improve the safety testing of new drugs.

Although many medicines are essential and save lives, their side effects hospitalise a million Britons and kill more than 10,000 every year, making them one of our leading causes of death. Current methods rely on animal tests, which often create a false sense of security, as with Avandia and Vioxx, which both caused thousands of fatal heart attacks, despite animal tests which indicated that they would protect the heart.

David Ward has welcomed the announcement of new measures to clamp-down on uninsured drivers

The Government is introducing a new offence of keeping a vehicle whilst uninsured which will come into force in the Spring. This will be combined with a new enforcement scheme which will allow uninsured drivers to be continuously identified by matching the DVLA driver's database with the motor insurance database.

David Ward has welcomed today's announcement that Control Orders are to be scrapped. In a statement today the Home Secretary announced that Control Orders are to be abolished and replaced with a more moderate alternative.

New measures will end the power to impose virtual house arrest and to force relocation. Also to go are police powers to stop and search indiscriminately and 28 day detention without charge, which will be reduced to 14 days.

Bradford MP David Ward has today spoken out against the Government's plans to abolish the Education Maintenance Allowance

The grant of up to £30 per week is paid to children from low-income families to help them to meet the additional costs of education after the age of 16 such as travel and equipment. The Government intends to abolish the Education Allowance, and no new applications have been accepted since the beginning of this year.

Bradford MP, David Ward, has given his backing to an innovative scheme to make credit union services available at every Post Office counter across the country.

Credit unions are financial co-operatives, owned and controlled by their members, who provide inclusive financial services to communities up and down the country.

David Ward MP has ridiculed the Payments Council's announcement that it may introduce a new "paper-based system" to replace cheques.

The organisation, which represents all the major high street banks, has set a target date of 2018 to phase out cheques.

Their own projections suggest that two million cheques will still be issued every day in the year cheques are supposed to be abolished. Some banks may withdraw cheque facilities on some of their accounts as early as next year.

Bradford MP, David Ward, has spoken out against Eric Pickles' decision to "front load" local government cuts, calling it "reckless economic vandalism".

David Ward's comments came during a House of Commons debate on local government funding, in advance of funding settlements later this week.

Pickles' plans will see councils having to find the majority of savings in the first two years of the Spending Review Period.

Bradford MP, David Ward, has been asked to co-chair a new cross-party group of MPs looking into innovative routes to regeneration.

The newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration Through Innovation held its first inaugural meeting yesterday where it elected David Ward as its co-chair.

The Group aims to act as a forum to explore and discuss innovative ways of addressing deprivation and social cohesion in our towns and cities.

Bradford MP, David Ward, has accused the Labour Party of "dithering" on tuition fees after they tabled a Parliamentary motion calling on the Government to produce a white paper on their proposals.

Commenting, David Ward said:

"The Liberal Democrats are still the only Party protecting students from uncapped fees, while the Labour Party dithers on the sidelines.

Bradford MP, David Ward has expressed concern over changes to sports funding affecting School Sports Partnerships which he has called "successful" and "good value for money."

Under the Government's plans, money to fund sport in schools will no longer be ring-fenced. The money previously set aside for the sport will go into the schools budget, and head teachers will decide how much money to allocate towards sport.