Mark Pawsey: If vaping helps smokers kick the habit, the Government must support it

Despite public health campaigners coming round to the benefits of e-cigarettes, mixed-messaging is still discouraging people from switching.

Councils are still blocking the freedom to vape

Millions are spent on anti-smoking campaigners – while the most effective way to quit is being undermined.

1922 Executive Committee election results announced. Two new MPs join it – Badenoch and Lamont.

All but two of those elected are from the 2010, 2015 and 2017 intakes.

The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.

There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.

Neil Clarke and Mark Pawsey: In praise of district councils

Brexit shows that we ignore local identity and what matters most to local communities at our peril.

The 118 Tory MPs the Daily Mail lists as being opposed to gay marriage

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to… Read more »

Mark Pawsey MP: To benefit from planning changes, the powers of external bodies need to be curtailed

Mark Pawsey is Member of Parliament for Rugby. Follow him on Twitter. As MPs return to Westminster after a busy summer… Read more »

Mark Pawsey MP: It’s not just a sporting legacy that Britain has to build

Mark Pawsey is Member of Parliament for Rugby. Follow him on Twitter. For millions of people up and down the… Read more »

41 Tory MPs join call by Robert Halfon MP for OFT to investigate high petrol prices

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Robert Halfon, the Member of Parliament for Harlow, and one of the most successful… Read more »

34 Conservative MPs write to Andrew Lansley to express “serious concerns” about plain tobacco packaging

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. On Friday, 50 MPs, including 34 Conservatives, wrote a letter to the Health Secretary,… Read more »

Tory MPs raise their grievances, hopes and caution with Justine Greening over HS2

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter After Justine Greening's announcement giving the go-ahead for a high speed rail network, High Speed… Read more »

Mark Pawsey MP: The government must not lose its nerve on planning reforms, and reject nimbyism

Mark Pawsey is the MP for Rugby, and a member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee For the… Read more »

Mark Pawsey MP answers ConHome’s Twenty Questions for the Class of 2010

Here is the latest in our series of Twenty Questions with members of the Class of 2010… Mark Pawsey was… Read more »

Robin Walker and Mark Pawsey pay tribute to the fathers in whose parliamentary footsteps they are following

Two MPs who were elected at the general election for the same seats that their fathers once represented made their… Read more »