W2W - SNP fails a once proud nation Friday, 3 May, 2024 DEVOLUTION in Scotland has, in my view, been an unmitigated disaster. Since the Scottish Parliament opened 25 years ago, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has held sway for 17 of them. Their sheer incompetence has seen a once proud part of the UK fall in disrepair. Despite a higher, per capita spend than England, educational attainment has declined, deaths due to drugs are the highest in Europe... Articles
Statement by Education Secretary Justine Greening - national funding formula 14th December 2016 With permission, I would like to make a statement on the second-stage consultation on the Government’s proposals to create a national funding formula for... Westminster News
Diary - fairer funding for schools 14th December 2016 Today we got the news we've been calling for, certainly as long as I've been an MP: the question of the education funding formula. But more about this later... Diary
Speech - neighbourhood planning Bill 13th December 2016 IT is a pleasure to participate in the debate, and with a mainly rural constituency, I felt I must. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’... Speeches in Parliament
Diary - trying to improve planning 13th December 2016 Into the House by 0845 and straight up to my office. Through the papers and emails before walking across to PCH to meet representatives from the Federation of... Diary
Diary - Marine A secures bail hearing 12th December 2016 Up early and into the office after a quick breakfast in order to finish off constituency correspondence before leaving for London. A routine day until mid... Diary
W2W - tolerance is a two-way thing 9th December 2016 THE levels of immigration into our country continue to cause concern. Latest numbers show that the net figure is a record 335,000. If you consider that the... Articles
Speech - leave means leave 7th December 2016 It is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I have two minutes and 58 seconds to say an awful lot. The vote offered to the British people on 23 June came with... Speeches in Parliament
Diary - an historic day 7th December 2016 Today was always going to get a little rough and so it proved. It was calm for the first few hours and then I entered the Chamber for PMQs, this week taken by... Diary
Diary - Marine A granted another hearing 6th December 2016 A routine day really until later afternoon, when the news broke that Marine A had been granted another hearing by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). I... Diary