Articles
Here you will find articles that I have written for the local/national press. In addition, you will find specialty articles I have written on various current topics.
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Britain can benefit from immigration, but not uncontrolled immigration. Look at any aspect of life today and you can see the contribution that migrants have brought - and not just to the economy.
[01 April 2010]
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, delivered one of the most important Budgets in recent years.
[25 March 2010]
I was saddened to hear of another fatality from 1 RIFLES last week. Corporal Stephen Thompson was killed after volunteering to serve with 3 RIFLES in Afghanistan.
[18 March 2010]
Last month, at the National Farmers Union’s Annual Conference, the Conservatives launched a new agenda for British farming - A New Age of Agriculture.
[11 March 2010]
Last month the Conservative Party launched a new scheme for employee-owned co-operatives.
[04 March 2010]
Today I am taking part in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Guardian newspaper and In Control on the future of personalisation of social care.
[25 February 2010]
On Wednesday, Alistair Darling delivered what should have been one of the most important Budgets in recent years.
[26 March 2010]
The first of two weekends of Unite backed three day strike action by the cabin crew of British Airways is set to start tomorrow.
[19 March 2010]
On Wednesday in Parliament we had a debate on “Taxes and Charges on Road Users”.
[12 March 2010]
On Tuesday, I participated in a special pre-election meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Disability, which focused on disabled people’s priorities for the next Parliament.
[05 March 2010]
On Monday the House of Commons debated the recommendations of the Wright Report.
[26 February 2010]
In many ways there is no ideal time to conduct a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). However twelve years have passed since Britain’s last SDSR was performed and a new review is well overdue.
[19 February 2010]
