By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Guido Fawkes has a list of new Conservative members of Select Committees, from Graham Brady's office. Mr Brady explains: "For the following committees I have received the same number of nominations as there are vacancies, the following are therefore elected". The appointments are: Communities and Local Government John Stevenson […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. In Parliament on Thursday, the Member for North Swindon, Justin Tomlinson, introduced a motion to promote financial education in schools. The text of the motion was: "That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The government e-petition website has been in the news recently, following the Commons debate on a European referendum in which an e-petition on the subject was regularly cited as justification for a referendum (erroneously, as it happens – the leading e-petition calling for a European referendum has just over 39,000 signatures, […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Yesterday in the Commons Tory MPs voiced concern about legal financial companies that charge very high interest rates. They were speaking in response to proposals from the Labour benches. Learning the lessons from anti-smoking campaigns, Neil Parish MP called for health warnings to be added to the advertising of […]
Here is the latest in our series of Twenty Questions with members of the Class of 2010… Justin Tomlinson was elected MP for Swindon North with a majority of 7,060. 1. What is your earliest political memory? Kenny Everett, Big Hands – 'Let's Bomb Russia' in 1983! Mind you, at that age I was more […]
Here are excerpts from the maiden speeches this week from two former local councillors elected to represent their patch in the Commons. Justin Tomlinson, who gained Swindon North, deplored the lack of open spaces in new build developments: “I am concerned about the long-term quality-of-life issues arising from new build development. In the 10 years […]