How hard is Tony Blair working as Middle East envoy?
Tobias Ellwood, Bournemouth East MP and a Shadow DCMS Minister, has posed a written question that is all the more… Read more »
Cheryl Gillan calls for end to postcode lottery for autism services
Cheryl Gillan, who is Shadow Welsh Secretary and MP for Chesham and Amersham, introduced the second reading of the Autism… Read more »
Lord Howe says the Foreign Office is underresourced
Lord Howe of Aberavon, better known as Geoffrey Howe, spoke in the House of Lords yesterday about foreign affairs. Here… Read more »
Is Lord Falconer going to get a monster pension?
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has pressed the Prime Minister over the rather fraught issue of Lord… Read more »
Why aren’t our bins collected more frequently?
At DEFRA questions yesterday Macclesfield’s Sir Nicholas Winterton was rightly troubled about the infrequent collection of rubbish: "I am concerned… Read more »
Philip Davies MP worries that schoolchildren are getting ‘Romeo and Julian’ lessons
The following exchange took part during Business Questions. Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con): "May we have a debate on political correctness… Read more »
Malcolm Harbour welcomes proposal to exempt small businesses from EU regulation
Malcolm Harbour, who speaks on the Internal Market for the Conservatives in the European Parliament, has welcomed a proposal to… Read more »
Gordon Brown breaks Commons rules on office sub-lets
In February 2008 Hammersmith & Fulham MP Greg Hands (now a Shadow Treasury Minister) filed a complaint with Standards Commissioner… Read more »
It was right to suspend PMQs yesterday
I want to place on record that I think the suspension of Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday was absolutely right and… Read more »
Nick Hurd backs short-term Treasury loans to sound charities
Questions were put to the Cabinet Office / Duchy of Lancaster yesterday. Members were swift to express their deep sympathy… Read more »
Stephen Crabb calls for clear Government message on gas storage
Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb secured a Westminster Hall debate for Tuesday, on the subject of gas storage in the… Read more »
More than a hundred MPs want to see police report on Damian Green arrest
A over a hundred MPs from different parties have signed the following Early Day Motion (number 862), calling for a… Read more »
Are the Government doing enough to tackle the Chinese on human rights?
Wells MP David Heathcoat-Amory asked a challenging question of the Foreign Secretary yesterday: "Is the Secretary of State aware that… Read more »
Are the spiritual needs of the Armed Forces adequately met?
Baroness Warsi, Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action, has asked a noteworthy question of the Government: "To ask… Read more »
David Ruffley discovers that the Government doesn’t know what the shortfall in police numbers is
The end of half-term brings with it a new edition of Hansard and written answers. Herewith some that grabbed my… Read more »