Opinions

John joined forces with fellow Trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to speak out on the urgent need to learn the lessons from...

The COVID vaccination programme is one of the most optimistic things that has emerged in recent times. Inevitably there are many questions around it, and I have...

I look forward to 2021 with great optimism. At the end of December we had an approved vaccine against Covid-19 already rolling out and a second approved by the...

I am all too aware that I have had conversations with different groups across the Constituency but have not necessarily been able to follow up on all questions...

Like many I am disappointed that the spread of Covid-19 has brought the Prime Minister to a lockdown of approximately a month. The Prime Minister too is...

Council of Europe – a different way of behaving. Article written for the ConHome website. “Why are we still in the Council of Europe when we have left the EU?”...

When I write on my opinion on a bill some readers assume that I am simply doing so at the behest of the Whips. Let me make it clear from the outset that I have...

I am posting a copy of a joint article written by me and a barrister colleague, John Pugh-Smith, which we have submitted by way of representation from the All...

The Government has brought out a consultation document on reforms to the planning system which is open until the end of October. Radical reform of the planning...