  We present results from observations made at 33 GHz with the Very Small Array
(VSA) telescope towards potential candidates in the Galactic plane for spinning
dust emission. In the cases of the diffuse HII regions LPH96 and NRAO591 we
find no evidence for anomalous emission and, in combination with Effelsberg
data at 1.4 and 2.7 GHz, confirm that their spectra are consistent with
optically thin free--free emission. In the case of the infra-red bright SNR
3C396 we find emission inconsistent with a purely non-thermal spectrum and
discuss the possibility of this excess arising from either a spinning dust
component or a shallow spectrum PWN, although we conclude that the second case
is unlikely given the strong constraints available from lower frequency radio
images.
