Whatever one’s view of the origins of the conflict in Ukraine may be, Putin’s conduct has changed the balance of the argument about threat.
Endorsement from the NAO is a concrete demonstration of how the Conservatives have transformed the Ministry of Defence.
He contends that we have become “a classless society” – and will set out in his election address his demands for our EU renegotiation.
Philip Dunne is MP for Ludlow, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party's International Office and the Parliamentary Chairman of Conservatives Abroad. The countdown is closing fast on Gordon Brown's options as to when to take the short trip along The Mall to ask Her Majesty to dissolve Parliament and allow the British public to have […]
Philip Dunne is MP for Ludlow and chaired the party's Retail Crime Commission, which reported yesterday. He will be discussing the issues raised here at a the British Retail Consortium-sponsored fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester at 10am on Monday 5th October. For all Labour’s tough talk on tackling crime and the […]
Philip Dunne is MP for Ludlow, winning the seat from the Liberal Democrats in May 2005. In this Platform article he examines the reputation of Vince Cable MP, the Liberal Democrats' Treasury spokesman. For a politician to become a national treasure can be a mixed blessing. It must be nice to think you are held […]
Defence Questions came around again yesterday. Conservative members dominated the session and exhibited excellent technical knowledge. James Arbuthnot (MP for North-East Hampshire) chairs the Defence Select Committee. He asked about Pakistan: "Does the Secretary of State accept that the events in Lahore today show that instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan extends far beyond the border […]
Yesterday saw questions to Transport ministers. Congleton’s Ann Winterton (right) – who is an assiduous attendee of oral questions – asked about rail prices: "What recent assessment he has made of levels of rail fares. [261705] The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon): We continue to regulate rail fares to balance the protection […]
Questions were put to ministers from the Department for Children, Schools and Families department yesterday. The very last question of the session was from John Bercow, Buckingham MP, and addressed the loathsome phenomenon of bullying: "Given that approximately 6,000 children a year exclude themselves from school after suffering extreme bullying, approximately 50 per cent. of […]
The Commons also hosted Treasury questions yesterday. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne scented blood: "Are we really expected to believe that when the Prime Minister appointed Sir James Crosby to the board of the Financial Services Authority, and when the current Chancellor promoted him to the job of deputy chairman in 2007, neither of them had […]
Ludlow MP Philip Dunne has produced some remarkable figures on community sentences, which the Government has not challenged: "The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr. Hanson), referred earlier to the introduction of high-visibility jackets last week for those serving community sentences. Will he now turn his attention to […]
The House of Commons was dominated by the Pre-Budget Report yesterday, which has been well reported elsewhere on ConservativeHome. But there was also an oral questions session on Work and Pensions. David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, exposed a worrying fact – that far too many gas fitters are not properly qualified: "Mr. David […]
This Government has transformed defence procurement and is building a world-class fleet.