MP disagrees with cuts to conventional forces Yesterday the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, gave a Statement in the House of Commons regarding the Command Paper on the future of the Armed Forces. This is bound up with the Integrated Review into British foreign policy, which was launched last...
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MP: Turing Scheme is a truly global programme Replacing Britain’s participation in the Erasmus+ programme, the £110 million Turing Scheme will fund opportunities for around 35,000 students across the UK. Schools, colleges and universities can now apply for funding to allow students to study and work across the world. The Turing Scheme will target...
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MP: All-Party Group concerned by possibility of closures Yesterday afternoon the Chairman of the British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), John Baron MP, secured and led a House of Commons Adjournment debate on the British Council and the Integrated Review, the Government exercise which is considering all forms of Britain’s international engagement and which...
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MP pleased that Defence Secretary thinks there isn’t enough British Council This afternoon, during Defence Questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP asked the Secretary of State for Defence about the contribution of Britain’s soft power to its international engagement, and whether it was being considered as part of the Government’s ongoing...
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MP: Successful application will support and create high-value jobs The UK has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a trading partnership which accounts for £9 trillion of trade and which provides access to some of the fastest-growing markets in the world, including Mexico, Malaysia and Vietnam. This application shows Britain’s...
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MP: Britain shares expertise with the world Today the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care will announce that Britain’s expertise will be offered to other countries through the New Variant Assessment Platform, to help them identify new variants of covid-19. This will enable them to spot new changes in the virus and...
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MP says courts should stay out of politics The Trade Bill returned to the Commons yesterday, having completed its stages in the House of Lords on Monday. Amendment 3 would have empowered the High Court to halt trade negotiations with a country if it determined that it was engaged in genocide. John Baron MP...
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MP says Britain is reaping Brexit dividend Last week the Government announced that a major free trade deal had been agreed in principle with Japan. This deal will boost trade between our countries by an estimated £15.2 billion, implementing tariff-free trade on 99% of exports to Japan and securing new opportunities for British businesses...
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MP says Britain sends strong signal In Britain’s first autonomous application of sanctions, the Government has published its Global Human Rights sanctions regime, under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. This will allow the Government to impose asset freezes and travel bans upon individuals in response to activity which would amount to serious...
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MP says citizenship offer keeps historic commitments to Hongkongers Today the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, gave a Statement following the Chinese Government’s implementation of its new security law, which breaches the 1985 Sino-British Joint Declaration. This legally-binding treaty, lodged with the United Nations, was signed by the UK and China and...
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