By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Fourteen Conservative MPs voted against David Cameron's proposals on press regulation earlier this evening – or, rather, against the amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill which set out proposals for exemplary damages in relation to newspapers and websites that refuse to be regulated by the new regulator. The […]
By Jonathan Isaby Yesterday saw Gerry Adams appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead – an office of profit under the Crown that therefore disqualifies him from remaining an MP. But a row has broken out over how the appointment was made. A Sinn Fein spokesman said earlier in the week that it […]
By Jonathan Isaby Yesterday MPs passed the following motion without the need for a division: "That this House regrets the unnecessarily high costs and inadequacies of the systems introduced by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA); calls on the IPSA to introduce a simpler scheme of office expenses and Members’ allowances that cuts significantly the […]
Over on his blog Douglas Carswell MP has published his motion of no confidence in the Speaker and the list of supporting MPs: "That this House has no confidence in Mr Speaker and calls for him to step down; notes that Mr Speaker has failed to provide leadership in matters relating to hon. Members' expenses; […]
The MP for South Norfolk, Richard Bacon, introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill yesterday. It seeks to improve food labelling, specifically in terms of the country of origin of a food item. Mr Bacon told the House of Commons: "Pork that has been imported from Denmark and then packaged in the UK may be called […]
Richard Bacon is Conservative MP for South Norfolk and a Member of the Public Accounts Committee. In this piece he contends that "a string of resignations" may be necessary to rectify the attack on Parliamentary sovereignty that last week’s raid on Damian Green’s Commons office represented. The arrest of Damian Green is a catastrophe. It […]