By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter In an over-subscribed Urgent Question debate in the Commons yesterday, on the Palestinian statehood bid, foreign office minister Alistair Burt (standing in for Hague who was in Libya) refused to be drawn on whether the government would officially support a Palestinian bid for UN membership. On Tuesday, ConservativeHome reported that […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Here is the list of those who went into the No lobby to oppose the Dorries/Field amendment. It included such senior Conservatives as George Osborne, Ken Clarke, Cheryl Gillan, William Hague, Eric Pickles, David Willetts, Sir George Young. NOES Abbott, Ms Diane Abrahams, Debbie Ainsworth, rh Mr Bob Alexander, […]