MP: Benefits across the UK In a Statement today in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister confirmed the United States, United Kingdom and Australia would form the AUKUS defence pact. This will see the US and UK help Australia with the technology and knowhow necessary to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine fleet. There will...
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MP criticises Labour and Conservatives Yesterday the Opposition led a debate on whether to set up a new Committee to investigate the circumstances of Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. John Baron MP abstained in this debate because existing Select Committees are already doing much of this work, and because Labour and Conservative governments alike oversaw...
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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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MP: Saving lives must now be the priority As the only Conservative MP who opposed the Afghan intervention and voted against it when finally able to do so in 2010, over the years John Baron has been critical of Government and international policy in Afghanistan, including the nature of the withdrawal. John said, “The...
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MP: Global Britain is forging new ties The Government has announced that the UK has agreed a new partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This is the bloc’s first new partnership in 25 years, and becoming a Dialogue Partner will allow for closer cooperation between the UK and the region on...
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MP writes to Business Secretary Recently it has emerged that private equity companies from the United States are intending to purchase two British defence companies. Meggit makes components used for military and civil aviation, and Ultra Electronics makes some of the key anti-submarine warfare components fitted into Royal Navy and other allied warships. John...
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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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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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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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MP: Deal is a springboard to CPTPP Last night it was announced that the Prime Minister and his Australian counterpart had agreed the main terms of the UK – Australia free trade agreement. This is the first wholly new trade agreement since we joined the EEC in 1973, and eliminate tariffs on all UK...
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