Michael Fabricant on education in Muslim states
Lichfield MP and Opposition Whip Michael Fabricant is good fun. But he has a keen interest in a wide variety… Read more »
James Duddridge on car registration plates
James Duddridge, MP for Rochford & Southend East, introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill in the Commons today, to relax… Read more »
William Hague on the Congo
Yesterday in the House of Commons Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague asked the Government to make a statement about the… Read more »
Government defeated on DNA
Baroness Hanham’s amendment to the Counter Terrorism Bill, reported on yesterday, was successful by a vote of 161 – 150…. Read more »
Brown’s badly-timed sales of gold reserves cost Britain more than Black Wednesday
Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail: "Black Wednesday, which is frequently raised by Labour as an example of blithering Tory… Read more »
Andrew Lansley on health top-ups
The text of the Shadow Secretary of State for Health’s speech to the Commons earlier.
Baroness Hanham on the DNA database
The House of Lords debates the Counter Terrorism Bill today. Baroness Hanham (a Shadow Home Office Minister) is introducing an… Read more »
Eric Pickles uncovers cost of 2011 Census
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has received a written answer on the cost of… Read more »
Tory MPs slam Quentin Davies
Quentin Davies, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, is not wildly popular on the Conservative benches, from… Read more »
Early Day Motions
Update: Brian Binley’s EDM had been tabled very shortly before this post was written, and has since attracted lots of… Read more »
Lord Glentoran on sports funding
Last Thursday the House of Lords held a debate on the funding of sport, secured by Lord Glentoran. A Conservative… Read more »
Opium poppies in Afghanistan
Devizes MP Michael Ancram, formerly Shadow Foreign Secretary, has received a somewhat alarming written answer about drugs in Afghanistan. (Poppies… Read more »
Labour MPs are gratuitously abusive
On Tuesday I wrote that "Parliament isn’t just a place to score political points". Yet some Labour MPs obviously disagree…. Read more »
Douglas Carswell and Gerald Howarth disagree on defence
The House of Commons saw something rather unusual yesterday – a Conservative front bench spokesman going out of his way… Read more »
Round-up of written answers
There are a few noteworthy written answers in the most recent copies of Hansard. In the Lords’ answers, crossbencher Lord… Read more »