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. Yesterday, Justine Greening said she would "push on" with awarding the West Coast rail franchise to FirstGroup, rather than Virgin, despite Sir Richard Branson’s calls for an inquiry into the decision. Today, Daniel Kawczynski, the Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Atcham, has written to Sir Richard, urging him to accept […]
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter David Morris, the Conservative MP for Morecombe, used to work in the music industry. He was among the Stock, Aitken and Waterman's team of songwriters and he also played keyboards for Rick Astley. This background proved useful when one of his constituents needed help in a dispute over royalties. Russ […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter I recently profiled the 2020 and Free Enterprise groups of Tory MPs. Those two groups are formed by ideology: MPs are attracted to the groups because, in the case of the Free Enterprise Group, members wish to open up markets and make Britain business-friendly enough to compete with other world class economies. The 2020's […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter David Morris, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, is set to call for a change in the law on Wednesday, making it compulsory for all hairdressers to be state registered. A Bill under the Ten Minute Rule to amend the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964, will be introduced. Morris, who has 28 years […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Here is the Defence Secretary's statement, and below are questions from Conservative MPs with his answers. It's worth noting that Fox went out of his way to disagree with former serviceman Kris Hopkins – who features in Gazette this morning – that the incident was a dark day for […]
By Jonathan Isaby Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Caroline Spelman has just made a difficult statement to the Commons, making a full U-turn on the Government's proposals to sell off some state-owned forests. She announced The forestry clauses will be removed from the public bodies bill; The consultation on the forest sell-off – due […]
By Jonathan Isaby David Morris, who gained Morecambe and Lunesdale at last year's general election, is clearly in the running to be the most motorist-friendly MP. He has just tabled two early day motions, the first of which was inspired by a proposal made by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear that speed cameras should have […]
The first of the 148 Conservative MPs of the 2010 intake to make his maiden speech was Richard Harrington, who rose for the first time in the Commons at 5.32pm yesterday, the very first day of the new Parliament. Aside from paying tribute to his Labour predecessor as MP for Watford, Claire Ward, he began […]
David Morris is MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale. Some weeks ago I was approached by a constituent who also happens to be a leading figure of the Mothers' Union in Lancashire. My constituent wanted to make me aware of th ‘Bye Buy Childhood campaign.’ The Mothers' Union commissioned a report and engaged ComRes to collate […]