Prime Minister says yes to a meeting Today in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister made a statement on his negotiations in Brussels regarding the EU budget over the next seven years. John Baron MP used the opportunity to highlight the need for an EU referendum concerning membership. This follows a letter sent...
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MP says a strike by Israel would be illegal Today in the House of Commons, John Baron MP asked a question during a statement by the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon William Hague MP, on the situation in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the fighting continues in Syria. Meanwhile,...
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MP highlights the importance of UK – Commonwealth relations Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, of which John is a member, today released a report on the role and future of the Commonwealth. The report is the result of a wide-ranging set of inquiries looking at the role and function of the Commonwealth, both today...
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MP says the programme was impossible to justify Today the Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, informed MPs in a Written Ministerial Statement that the UK will cease its aid to India programme in 2015. John has been campaigning in Parliament on this issue. John said, “I and a...
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MP reminds the Government of the reasons for our Afghan deployment Yesterday in the House of Commons, during Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions, John Baron MP asked the Minister, Alistair Burt MP, about our mission in Afghanistan. In the House of Commons, John said, “The education of girls is of course very laudable, but...
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MP highlights Government’s willingness to opt-in to EU measures Today in the House of Commons, Rt Hon Theresa May MP, the Home Secretary, made a statement to the House regarding the Government’s decision to opt-out of a block of EU police and crime measures. John took the opportunity to press the Home Secretary as...
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MP highlights Taliban account for just one quarter of ‘green-on-blue’ attacks Further to his Urgent Question in Parliament on Tuesday, John Baron MP has sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Defence calling on him to re-examine the case for joint on-the-ground operations between British troops and Afghan forces in light of...
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MP still awaiting reply to letter co-signed by 100 MPs Yesterday in Parliament, during a Westminster Hall debate on the relationship between the UK and the European Union, John Baron MP again raised the fact that the Prime Minister still has not replied to a letter John and 100 of his Parliamentary colleagues sent...
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Key questions asked and mission clarity requested. Today in the House of Commons, the Speaker granted John Baron MP an Urgent Question (UQ) – this allows MPs to raise issues of concern at short notice, and involves the appropriate Secretary of State answering those concerns at the dispatch box. John raised reports of NATO’s...
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MP: We are fighting the wrong enemy in the wrong country Today in the House of Commons the Secretary of State for Defence made a Statement about the recent deaths of British soldiers killed by rogue Afghan security forces. There have been 51 cases of ‘green on blue’...
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