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My article for Wokingham Today about Housing Development
Wokingham needs a new local plan. Recent years have seen a lot of housing development which places strains on schools, surgeries, roads and green spaces. I would like to see a new local plan with a more sustainable rate of new housebuilding, with further additions to services and infrastructure to...Read More »
My Intervention to the SNP Spokesman during the SNP Opposition Debate on Scotland’s Future
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): As I understand it, the hon. Gentleman wants Scotland to pull out of the UK but join the European Union. How easy does he think that would be, given the EU’s stubborn attitude towards the Catalan claims and its support of Spain...Read More »
What happens when there is no wind ?
This is an article the Telegraph asked me to write for their publication:
For more than a decade I have been asking Energy Ministers how do we keep the lights on when the wind does not blow? There has been an almost universal enthusiasm to finance ...Read More »My Interventions in the debate on the Remaining Stages for the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Can the Minister remind the House how the Government will stop developers gaming a local plan and getting permissions that are not within the local plan under some silly rule?
Lucy Frazer, Minister of State: This Bill and the proposals that we are bringing...Read More »
« Newer EntriesOlder Entries »Stopping the small boats
Yesterday the Prime Minister committed himself and the government to ending illegal migration across the Channel, announcing a series of administrative measures and proposing a stronger law in January.
Knowing the importance of this issue to many readers I reproduce below a summary of the government’s proposals in their words for...Read More »