MP highlights falling defence spending Yesterday in Parliament, John Baron MP was selected to sit on a Committee of MPs scrutinising European policy and its implementation. The Committee was dealing with aspects of common European security and defence issues. At the end of the Committee, John supported the Government’s motion that defence co-operation should...
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MP: only the Conservatives can deliver an in/out referendum This morning it was announced that, if in government, Labour will not call an in/out EU referendum unless Britain is about to surrender fresh powers to Brussels as part of wider treaty changes. The Shadow Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, has said he...
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MP says Britain must preserve military capabilities This afternoon John Baron MP spoke at the Global Strategy Forum, an organisation which facilitates discussions about foreign affairs, defence and international security issues. John was invited to join a panel to debate the implications on future British military interventions following Parliament’s decision to vote down military...
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MP contrasts slow diplomatic progress with French and German trade delegations Today in the House of Commons the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon William Hague MP, made a statement on the Ukraine, Syria and Iran. Earlier in the day John Baron MP (as a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee) met the Iranian Chargé...
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MP highlights need to work with the United Nations Today John Baron MP has welcomed the Government’s change of heart in now agreeing to take in Syrian refugees, with a particular focus on women and children. Previous to this announcement, the Government had focused its aid on the ground close to the conflict, but...
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MP says Britain should act in concert with other countries The civil war in Syria is worsening, and the UNHCR Syrian programme estimate 2.3m refugees have so far fled the fighting. The majority are seeking sanctuary in neighbouring countries, and are being accommodated in refugee camps, many of which are vastly overfilled and which...
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MP accuses Government of getting defence on the cheap Today in the House of Commons, the Defence Secretary, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, made a statement regarding the Fourth Tranche of Army redundancies. This forms part of the plan to reduce the Army from 102,000 to 82,000 regulars and to plug the gap with...
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MP says both sides must learn from past mistakes Today during Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP pressed the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon William Hague MP, as to the possible wider implications of a successful nuclear negotiation with Iran. In the House of Commons, John asked, “There...
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MP seeks clarity from Defence Secretary On Tuesday in the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, responded to an Urgent Question on the failures and cost overruns of the new MoD IT systems and the consequential negative effects on Army recruitment, particularly into the reserves. In...
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MP will describe Army recruitment IT systems as a shambles The House of Commons has been granted an Urgent Question following a leaked MoD document cited in the Times this morning detailing how the MoD’s new IT Army recruiting system does not work, despite having so far cost the taxpayer up to £15.5m. The...
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