Tackling Homelessness and Rough Sleeping in Shropshire Friday, 19 April, 2024 I am pleased at this week's announcement that Shropshire Council’s Cabinet has approved an eight-week consultation on a draft strategy to help prevent and reduce homelessness in the county. The Draft Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 highlights how the council, in collaboration with key partners, will deliver initiatives to help prevent homelessness, secure sufficient... Local News
What progress has been made on identifying parish churches suitable for wi-fi and broadband in rural areas? 17th March 2017 Please note, if you cannot view the video correctly here, you can do so at this link: http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/dcbcf772-1c9a-4bc0-9a7a-da25da1acf…... Speeches in Parliament
Article 50 31st January 2017 The Supreme Court decided that an Act of Parliament is required to invoke Article 50. I had argued that the Government had the power to begin the withdrawal... Westminster News
High Court ruling 14th November 2016 The news that the High Court judges have found in favour of the lead claimant, Gina Miller, that the Government cannot invoke article 50 without consulting... ArticlesWestminster News
Heathrow expansion 5th November 2016 I was delighted that yesterday the Government has announced that it is to go ahead with the expansion of Heathrow Airport by building a new North West runway... ArticlesWestminster News
Daesh (ISIS) and Iraq 20th October 2016 It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were forced to lay witness to those terrible terrorist attacks in France. Through hard work and difficult decisions... ArticlesWestminster News
Shropshire A&E Future Fit 13th October 2016 As I write I am currently preparing for my Prime Ministers question on Wednesday afternoon, where I will be asking Theresa May a question regarding the... ArticlesLocal News
Tackling the Ivory Trade 29th September 2016 I watched with great interest as Prince William delivered his speech on illegal poaching of ivory to campaigners and policymakers at Time For Change, an event... ArticlesWestminster News
Digital Economy Bill 15th September 2016 Yesterday in Parliament, we debated the Second Reading of the Government’s Digital Communications Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to enable the building of... ArticlesLocal NewsWestminster News
North West Relief Road 8th September 2016 Parliament returned this week and amongst all the noise regarding Brexit, lay a subject which I feel is of significant importance to the constituency, the North... ArticlesLocal News