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My Tribute in Parliament to Her Late Majesty the Queen
The King’s speech and Parliament
The King spoke well with a moving tribute to his late mother and his clear pledge to undertake his new tasks in the spirit of public service above politics which informed the Queen for seventy years. At the Privy Council he reaffirmed his wish to uphold our democratic traditions and...Read More »
The Queen
The sad end of the Queen’s life will be felt by us all. She has been our Queen all through our lives, a source of stability and a well known presence at our great national events.
Over seventy years of peace and rising national prosperity the Queen brought many subtle changes...Read More »
Constitutional monarchy
The Queen’s success rested on her firm understanding of the principles of constitutional monarchy in a democratic state. She took seriously her leading role in the great occasions of each year and of her reign.
Every year saw her distribution on Maundy Thursday in spring, her Remembrance day acts so we...Read More »
My interventions to the Prime Minister and the Business Secretary during the debate on UK Energy Costs
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Does the Prime Minister agree that we are too short of energy but have plenty of taxes, and that if we had an over-supply of taxes, as the Labour party wants, we would have less supply of the things we were taxing?
Elizabeth...Read More »