John Baron MP presses Minister on need to monitor local cancer patient experience

31st October 2013
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MP: There is a disconnect between national priorities and local experience Yesterday in Parliament, a debate was held about cancer patient experience. As Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer, John Baron MP warned the Government that it risked a disconnect between well-meaning national priorities regarding patient experience and local implementation, and...
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John Baron MP urges Government to recognise debt of gratitude to nuclear test veterans

29th October 2013
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MP: Parliamentary Debate today marks second and final phase of campaign John Baron MP, Patron of the British Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association, will be speaking in a debate he has secured today urging the Government to finally recognise the debt of gratitude we owe our nuclear test veterans. Britain compares poorly to other countries...
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John Baron MP supports Breakthrough Breast Cancer reception

25th October 2013
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John Baron MP supports Breakthrough Breast Cancer reception

MP supports access to breast cancer drugs John Baron MP joined over 70 MPs at a recent reception hosted by Breakthrough Breast Cancer at the House of Commons. The charity called on the Government to bring about a new focus on breast cancer, and ensure new treatments are routinely made available to patients. John...
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Nuclear test veterans take their fight to Parliament as Patron John Baron MP secures Westminster Hall debate

24th October 2013
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Our nuclear test veterans have been campaigning for official recognition for many years, and today marks a big step forward as their case is to be aired in a Parliamentary Westminster Hall debate led by their patron John Baron MP. For years our test veterans have felt forgotten and unacknowledged by the nation for...
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John Baron MP raises Interest Rate Swap issue in House of Commons debate

24th October 2013
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MP says banks have failed SMEs in the constituency   Today John Baron MP raised the plight of smaller companies who have been mis-sold interest rate swaps by banks, but are yet to receive redress or even permission to suspend payments into the swap agreement. The debate was introduced into the Chamber by the...
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John Baron MP says history of Northern Ireland terrorism must not be re-written

23rd October 2013
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MP remembers courage of soldiers and civilians Today John Baron MP spoke in the House of Commons during a debate introduced by the DUP on ‘Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland’. The DUP argued that those engaged in or supported acts of terrorism should not succeed in re-writing the narrative of the Troubles...
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