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Leadership of the country
Given the unusual events playing out this week I write this short piece to give people an opportunity to send in their views. I am consulting widely on what should now happen.
I am strongly of the view that the issue of leadership has to be resolved by the Conservative Parliamentary...Read More »
My Speech at the Westminster Hall debate on the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): I welcome any measure to buttress our energy security. Ministers are right to be alert to the difficulties we face. I am concerned about this decade. Once again in this debate, we have heard many ideas about nuclear, wind and solar—new technologies...Read More »
John Redwood urges government to accept new clauses to Planning Bill
NC17
To move the following Clause—
“Community right of appeal
- The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is amended as follows.
- After section 78 (right to appeal against planning decisions and failure to take such decisions) insert—
“78ZA Community right of appeal
- The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision—
- enabling communities to appeal against a...Read More »
Debate on energy security
I spoke yesterday in a Westminster Hall debate about the UK’s energy security. The Minister Greg Hands confirmed that the UK is pressing ahead with new oil and gas investments as part of an effort to reduce European dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. He told us the UK is supplying gas...Read More »
The OBR tries to revive its old Remain forecasts
You might have thought official forecasters would have given up trying to prove their wildly pessimistic forecasts about Brexit had a point. After all they said unemployment would rise and it fell, that interest rates would go up and they went down, that GDP would go down and it went...Read More »