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 looks forward to book delivery in constituency As part of the celebrations for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, the Government is making available to all primary school children in state-funded education a commemorative book. This takes the form of a story in which a young girl learns from and is inspired by items collected...
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MP thanked by campaigners for championing community energy John Baron MP supports a proposed new law – the Local Electricity Bill – which would empower communities to sell locally-generated electricity directly to local households, businesses and local public services, reducing dependence on foreign gas. Close to a majority of the House of Commons now...
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MP calls on local businesses to sign up John Baron MP recently met Emma Gilson from ECL to discuss an inclusive employment initiative that helps adults with learning disabilities and autism achieve their dreams of paid employment. John is now urging local businesses in Basildon and Billericay to sign up and support this initiative...
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MP: No closures in overseas network The British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been campaigning for a funding settlement which ensured no further closures to the organisation’s overseas network. Yesterday the Foreign Secretary wrote to John Baron MP, the Chair of the British Council APPG, with details of the British Council’s budget over...
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MP: 13,576 extra Police Officers recruited nationwide Recently released figures show that 332 Police officers have been recruited in Essex since September 2019, bringing the force’s full strength up to 3,648 officers. These efforts form part of the Conservatives’ election pledge to recruit 20,000 new Police officers across the country by March 2023, of...
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