Happy 2012 !
A happy and healthy 2012 to all visitors to my website. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the hosting of the Olympic Games will provide two superb opportunities...
Read this entry »Today marks the 60th anniversary of the death of King George the Sixth and the accession of his daughter Elizabeth to become our Monarch Queen...
Read this entry »Today is Kashmir Solidarity Day and yesterday I attended a meeting organised by the Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement at the Jinnah...
Read this entry »Many constituents are already employed in the media industry and with the BBC moving more departments up to media city the number of constituents...
Read this entry »Who would have thought just a couple of years ago that the question of Scotland becoming an independent nation would seriously be taking up Parliamentary...
Read this entry »I am one of the ten backbench Conservative MP’s who have promoted a new work on the impact of the Human rights legislation which has been...
Read this entry »The House of Commons returns today with the firs day ‘s main debate being the Second Reading of the Local Government Finance Bill which...
Read this entry »Many congratulations to my colleague John Redwood the MP for Wokingham who has recently been voted as the Backbencher of the Year on the Conservative...
Read this entry »A happy and healthy 2012 to all visitors to my website. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the hosting of the Olympic Games will provide two superb opportunities...
Read this entry »I was saddened today to learn of the death of Councillor John Byrne who I understand died yesterday from a suspected heart attack. John was presently serving as...
Read this entry »A very happy, peaceful and blessed Christmas to all visitors to my humble blog. I am spending Christmas at home with family and, in addition to attending to my...
Read this entry »The House of Commons may have risen for th Christmas recess but work in the Constituency continues. Today I have had a meeting with the Principal of Holy Cross...
Read this entry »Last Christmas the driving test centre in Bury suffered damage from flooding as a result of which it had to be closed. Not surprisingly driving instructors and their...
Read this entry »I do not share the view that the overnight news that the Prime Minister’s refusal to join in a new European Union treaty will somehow leave us isolated and...
Read this entry »After my week in Westminster and Scotland Friday was as ever full of constituency visits and meetings. The day began with a visit to Kays Soaps in Ramsbottom. The...
Read this entry »Last week I took part in my first official Parliamentary visit. Parliamentarians have frequent opportunities to travel to all corners of the globe and I guess there...
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