He may be made to apologise to the Commons, face suspension, or even be expelled, depending how the Commons Standards Committee rules.
Groups of MPs are able to beat their jungle drums into a frenzy. And the powers-that-be have limited capacity to quieten them.
People cannot simply be viewed as consumers or producers – there are other dimensions to policy, including the stewardship of the countryside.
Ellwood to chair the Defence Committee. Tugendhat to chair Foreign Affairs. Hunt to chair Health and Social Care.
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.
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.
Members of the Policy Board aren’t members of the Government.
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.
Robert Buckland has replaced Eleanor Laing as Chairman of the the Home Affairs Committee. There could be fresh elections for all Chairman posts.
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I am tabling vital amendments to the Bill. Efforts to reduce toxic pollution should not be on the backburner.