MP: Victims’ families seek closure Today in the House of Commons, John Baron MP spoke during the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. In the Chamber, John said, “Some of us served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, and did indeed see the sacrifice made. We tend to underestimate...
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Chair details 1922 Defence Committee report Today the House of Commons held a general debate on NATO and international security. During the debate, John Baron MP highlighted the recent report of the 1922 Defence Committee, which he chairs. John said, “The consensus achieved today in this debate is essential if we are...
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Committee Chair John Baron MP looks forward to meeting Prime Minister Earlier this year John Baron MP was appointed chair of the Conservative 1922 Defence Committee. This, like its sister committees, exists to solicit policy ideas from backbenchers and feed them into the Government to be translated into action. In a ‘call for evidence’...
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MP: British Council closures must not go ahead Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, gave a Statement on Ukraine. John asked, “Perhaps for too long, the West has harvested the peace dividend, but there is no doubt that we have entered a new era in the...
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MP: British Council should not have to be closing operations During yesterday’s general debate on Ukraine, John Baron MP twice intervened on the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon David Lammy MP. In the Chamber, John said, “…do those on the Labour Front Bench accept that, for too long, the west has basked in the...
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MP: We need a significant and sustained increase based on proper assessment, not % GDP In a debate yesterday evening in the House of Commons on Defence estimates, John Baron MP argued again for an increase in Defence spending and pressed the Labour Party to help move the dial regarding this debate. Having raised...
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MP: direct military intervention would lead to wider war Today in the House of Commons John Baron MP asked the Government to confirm its intentions regarding direct military involvement in Ukraine. John said: “In part because of humanitarian concerns, there are siren voices which continue wanting to commit us to a no-fly zone in...
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MP: Solutions must be sought to end conflict To suggestions that Britain, along with its NATO partners, establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to help reduce civilian casualties, John said, “Notwithstanding the terrible acts of Russian aggression and our Article V undertakings to NATO, the Government must continue to resist the siren calls for...
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Hard and Soft Power must be enhanced in the battle for democracy globally Yesterday in the Chamber, John asked, “The House is united in its condemnation, but I suggest to the Prime Minister that the lessons to be addressed from this affair started with Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, and not in 2014....
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MP again calls for stronger defence During yesterday’s Opposition Day debate in the House of Commons, MPs debated countering Russian aggression and tackling illicit finance. In the Chamber, John said, “We need to do everything we can to provide the Ukrainian Government with all the means required to defend themselves…NATO must also continue its...
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