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The issues over the vote on Gaza
At the heart of the row in the Commons over the Gaza vote was a bitter feud between the SNP and Labour.
For many years the Standing Orders have been followed which state that on an Opposition Day the Opposition party that is given that day can table a motion for...Read More »
Conservative Home article on mutualising parts of the public sector
Oxford lecture on the Digital and Green Revolutions
On Friday 8 th March at 11 am I will give a public lecture on The Digital and Green Revolutions. Tickets can be obtained ( free) from www.asc.ox.ac.uk/event/GDR24. All Souls College, High Street, Oxford.
...Read More »My Intervention on employment in the Urgent Question on the UK Economy
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
It is good news that unemployment has stayed low by European standards, and the economy is still generating plenty of job vacancies. Will the Government take more steps to help more people into those jobs, so that we can get faster growth, bring down the benefit bill...Read More »
My question on the Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation Schemes – UKGI governance
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
Will the Secretary of State review the governance of UKGI? How did it manage to preside over the Post Office with its dreadful treatment of sub-postmasters? How did UKGI allow senior Post Office managers to rack up and accumulate losses of £1,390 million, effectively bankrupting the Post...Read More »