MP: Government must break logjam During Defence Questions in the House of Commons today, John Baron MP asked, “As the Chair of the British Council APPG, I have been raising the plight of the 170 British Council contractors who remain in Afghanistan, 85 of whom are deemed by the Government to be at ‘very...
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MP: Looks forward to Prime Minister’s input Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, John Baron MP asked, “The Prime Minister will recall that I have previously raised the plight of the roughly 170 British Council contractors who remain in Afghanistan in fear of their lives – of whom 85 are assessed to be at ‘very...
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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: Russian Sanction is a badge of honour Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow announced that 287 British MPs have been banned from entering the Russian Federation due to their ‘Russophobic hysteria’. Many of those named on the banned list are no longer MPs, but John Baron MP is amongst the number...
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MP: Britain owes a debt to these contractors Yesterday in the House of Commons the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, updated MPs on Government business. In the Chamber, John asked, “The Government and the British people have provided extensive support to Ukrainian refugees, but around 200 British Council contractors remain in Afghanistan,...
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MP: Soft Power Closures make no sense During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons this afternoon, John asked, “On Monday the Foreign Secretary agreed with me that we needed to expand our soft power capabilities at this uncertain period. Yet the Government is imminently about to take a funding decision which may...
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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: Cutting the cost of fuel and resourcing economic crime agencies are included in priorities Ahead of the Spring Statement, John Baron MP and 52 other Conservative backbench MPs have sent a letter to the Chancellor calling on him to reduce fuel costs, either through reducing duty or cutting VAT. The letter suggests the...
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MP: British Council closures must not go ahead Yesterday John Baron MP led a Westminster Hall debate on the future of soft power. John is the Chairman of the British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group. In the debate, John said, “We have to do more to realise that democracy needs defending. We have to step...
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