MP raises with Government British Council employees still in Afghanistan During Defence Questions in the House of Commons this afternoon, John Baron MP raised the plight of Afghans who worked with the British Council and who are eligible for evacuation via the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, but are still unable to...
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John Baron MP secures meeting with Ministers on Afghan scheme
John Baron MP welcomes Budget
MP continues to oppose National Insurance rise Yesterday in the House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, delivered the Budget and Spending Review. In the Chamber, John said, “The Chancellor has done a phenomenal job. He has been very sure-footed during the last 18 months, and that is...
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John Baron MP presents Budget proposals to Chancellor
MP opposes National Insurance increase Ahead of the Autumn Budget on 27th October, the Chancellor and Treasury Ministers have been asking MPs for their suggestions. This week John Baron MP met the Chancellor and his team to put forward his proposals. These include scrapping HS2; cutting the costs of quangos; cancelling the rise in...
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John Baron MP: First priority is to save lives
MP says strategic lessons must be learnt During yesterday’s emergency session on Afghanistan in the House of Commons, John said, “As someone who opposed this nation-building intervention, I believe that it now brings its responsibilities. Will the Prime Minister assure me that, in addition to getting our nationals out safely, and in offering a...
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John Baron MP condemns British Council closures in Estimates Day Debate
MP: These are largest closures in British Council’s history Yesterday in the House of Commons, John Baron MP led an Estimates Day debate on the British Council following a successful application to the Back Bench Business Committee supported by a list of MPs who had also signed the letter to the Prime Minister condemning...
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John Baron MP highlights flaws with British Council closures
MP: Closures hurt alliances with key allies The British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group is pursuing a campaign to persuade the Government to abandon its plans to close some of its overseas offices by closing the £10 million shortfall in the British Council’s finances. On 7th June John and the Chair of the Foreign Affairs...
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John Baron MP welcomes Prime Minister’s positive response on British Council campaign
MP questions Prime Minister on G7 Summit in House of Commons The British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group, of which John Baron MP is chair, is campaigning to persuade the Government to avert the need to close some of its overseas offices by closing the £10 million shortfall in the British Council’s finances. Last Monday...
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John Baron MP raises British Council closures at Business Questions
MP says Government should not fall at the final fence Today at Business Questions, John Baron MP asked the Leader of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, “Due to a £10 million shortfall in the generous financial support the Government has so far provided and the cost of running its existing...
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John Baron MP and letter signatories raise British Council closures
MP: Government should avoid making a bad decision As a further step in the campaign to persuade the Government to avert the need to close some of its overseas offices by closing the £10 million shortfall in the British Council’s finances, today Mr Speaker granted John Baron MP an Urgent Question. In the Chamber,...
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British Council letter to Prime Minister gains cross-party support
John Baron MP: Government must close £10 million shortfall The British Council has a key role in promoting British culture and the English language overseas, and is one of the key reasons why the UK is often referred to as a ‘soft power superpower’. However, there is currently a £10 million shortfall between the...
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