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Posts Tagged: Neil Parish MP

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Dodds looks as if he wants to push the delete button on May

The Prime Minister clearly thinks she can talk her own backbenchers into supporting her deal, but could find no way of conciliating the DUP.

By Andrew Gimson | 21 November 2018 | 67 comments

Tugendhat, Morgan, Halfon elected. The new power of the Select Committees.

They already elect their chairmen and there will be fewer trips abroad – at least when the Commons is sitting. That means more scrutiny of what Ministers are up to.

By Paul Goodman | 13 July 2017 | 79 comments

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

By Paul Goodman | 30 October 2015 | 86 comments

Blunt’s victory is an emphatic win for the pro-Palestinian cause

Jesse Norman wins Culture, Julian Lewis Defence…and Meg Hillier is the new Chairman of the Public Accounts Committtee.

By Paul Goodman | 18 June 2015 | 25 comments

Zahawi should be free to speak his mind

Members of the Policy Board aren’t members of the Government.

By Paul Goodman | 10 January 2014 | 28 comments

The case for free school co-operatives is set out by Steve Baker

The Telegraph’s report of his view is a sign of rising media interest in the Chairmen of the ’22’s Policy Committees. Expect to see more it.

By Paul Goodman | 18 November 2013 | 7 comments

The key role of the ’22’s five policy committee chairmen

Robert Buckland has replaced Eleanor Laing as Chairman of the the Home Affairs Committee. There could be fresh elections for all Chairman posts.

By Paul Goodman | 13 November 2013 | 2 comments

70 Tory MPs vote to repeal the Human Rights Act

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in Parliament, Richard Bacon, a Conservative backbencher, tried to introduce a Bill which would… Read more »

5 December 2012

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 »

24 November 2012

Who are Conservative Friends of Israel? A profile of the Conservative Party’s most populous grouping

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Conservative Friends of Israel is an influential affiliate group of the Conservative Party which… Read more »

26 October 2012

80 Tory backbenchers voted for Lords reform last night. 110 did not.

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. We know that 91 Tories voted against the Lords Reform Bill last night. That's… Read more »

11 July 2012

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 »

2 July 2012

Tory MPs debate 4,500% interest rates charged by legal lenders

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Yesterday in the Commons Tory MPs voiced concern about legal financial companies that charge… Read more »

5 July 2011 | 18 comments

Majority of the 50 most “cost-efficient” MPs are Conservatives

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The company Key Business Insight's "Commons Performance Cockpit" ranks MPs by their total cost… Read more »

By Matthew Barrett | 19 June 2011 | 15 comments

How Labour MPs will vote tomorrow to make life difficult for David Cameron

As most readers know, the Select Committee Chairmanships have been carved out among the parties, and tomorrow's elections for the… Read more »

8 June 2010 | 7 comments

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