Adam Afriyie is MP for Windsor. He was Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation from 2007 to 2010. He is Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee, President of the Conservative Technology Forum and Founder of Conservative Friends of Science. The Coalition Government will conduct a […]
Adam Afriyie is MP for Windsor. He was Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation from 2007 to 2010. He is Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee, President of the Conservative Technology Forum and Founder of Conservative Friends of Science. From Peel to Thatcher, the concepts […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Like Graham Brady I wasn't keen on the nature of some of the electioneering but the overall result of the 1922 elections was, as I blogged this morning, encouraging. I'm more worried about the outcome of the elections for the Backbench Business Committee. The BBBC has been hugely successful. It […]
Adam Afriyie is the Member of Parliament for Windsor. It is all too easy to confuse wealth creation with wealth itself. As Conservatives we must be staunch defenders of wealth creation, although this does not mean we should automatically defend inherited privilege and unearned wealth. Like many of my fellow Conservative colleagues, I am becoming […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in the Commons, the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 was debated. The 2009 Act created IPSA, the body responsible for regulating the current expenses regime for MPs. Its workings are deeply resented by many MPs – some of whom dislike it in principle. Adam Afriyie, the Chair of the Members' Expenses […]
Adam Afriyie is Conservative MP for Windsor and is optimistic for both taxpayers and constituents…. IPSA’s revised scheme is expensive and counterproductive Having come to politics from a background building businesses, I have never encountered an expenses system as expensive and counterproductive as the one introduced by IPSA. The scheme is needlessly costly for taxpayers […]
Adam Afriyie is Conservative MP for Windsor. I recently published this analysis of local newspaper coverage of MPs’ expenses claims. One thing is quite clear: the IPSA system will do nothing to restore the reputation of Parliament. The results of the analysis are quite shocking: IPSA is bringing MPs into disrepute by portraying honest claims […]
By Jonathan Isaby Yesterday MPs passed the following motion without the need for a division: "That this House regrets the unnecessarily high costs and inadequacies of the systems introduced by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA); calls on the IPSA to introduce a simpler scheme of office expenses and Members’ allowances that cuts significantly the […]
Adam Afriyie has been Conservative MP for Windsor since 2005. The Conservative Party looks younger and more diverse than at any time in its history. In large part that’s a testament to David Cameron’s determination to build a modern and inclusive party. But as the dust settles there remain real questions about the best way […]
Adam Afriyie is MP for Windsor and the Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation, whose role was recently transferred to the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The fate of the short-lived Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is symptomatic of the desperation at the heart of Gordon Brown’s dying government. Over the […]
The Department for Innovation, Skills and Universities was up for questions yesterday. Shadow Secretary of State David Willetts asked about the role of about further education in the recession: "I want to ask the Secretary of State about something that I hope he will agree is very important in ensuring that people have training and […]
Adam Afriyie is the Member of Parliament for Windsor and Co-Chair of the 2020 Conservatives Economic Commission. He was Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation from 2007 to 2010. He is Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee, President of the Conservative Technology Forum and Founder […]