New MPs John Glen and Neil Parish use maiden speeches to highlight challenges facing rural Britain

The texts below are extracts from the two new MPs' first speeches to the Commons. Neil Parish MP: "I should… Read more »

Zac Goldsmith uses maiden speech to declare Conservatives as the party of the environment

In his maiden speech, Zac Goldsmith, the new MP for Richmond Park, argued that conservatism has always been green: "The… Read more »

Bob Stewart, James Morris and Jeremy Lefroy make their maiden speeches

Yesterday was day two of the new Parliament and three more Conservative MPs delivered their maiden speeches. Bob Stewart, the… Read more »

Richard Harrington, Mark Spencer and David Morris are the first of the 2010 Conservative intake to make their maiden speeches

The first of the 148 Conservative MPs of the 2010 intake to make his maiden speech was Richard Harrington, who… Read more »