Women and Equalities Parliamentary Question
A question on women in business: Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): What recent progress she has made on encouraging women to set up their own businesses? The Minister for Women (Nicky Morgan): The...
View ArticleWestminster Hall debate on public consent for local plans
Yesterday in Parliament, I led a Westminster Hall debate on the issue of public consent for local plans. I introduced my remarks as follows, I begin by outlining two key problems. First, land for...
View ArticleI deplore the violence by both sides in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Yesterday, the House of Commons heard a statement from William Hague on Gaza. Today, I met a party of pupils from Cressex School whose concern was obvious and who were keen to discuss the situation....
View ArticleSpeech on the timetabling of DRIP yesterday
Yesterday in the debate on the timetabling of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill, I said: Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): The subject of the Bill is of profound importance to members of the...
View ArticleGaza: the violence must stop
As the appalling toll of lives lost has mounted again today in Gaza, it is increasingly clear that it is practically impossible for the Israelis to conduct proportionate operations there. The UN...
View ArticleQuestion to the PM on anti-terrorism
Yesterday the Prime Minister gave a statement to the House on the EU Council, Security and Middle East. I asked the following question; Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): I was appalled to learn that the...
View ArticleDebate on Hospital Car Parking Charges
Yesterday I made an intervention during a debate on Hospital Car Parking Charges. You can view the full debate here. Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): I want to set in context what my hon. Friend has just...
View ArticleOn green belt protection
In DCLG questions this week: Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con): Will the Minister confirm that the national planning policy framework has provisions that protect the green belt from developers and people...
View ArticleKashmir Westminster Hall Debate
Yesterday I attended a Westminster Hall debate on Kashmir. The full Hansard transcript of proceedings can be found here. I made the following remarks; Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): Three foreign policy...
View ArticleOn declining to support action in Iraq
ISIL is a brutal tyranny founded on a narrow and perverted interpretation of Islam together with unyielding violent religious intolerance. Muslims in Wycombe have with one voice condemned ISIL....
View ArticleThe capacity of the Royal Air Force
Much of Friday’s debate took for granted the Royal Air Force’s capacity to deliver substantial air power. We are to understand the operation in Iraq could last for years. In 1991, at the time of our...
View ArticleWhy I will vote to recognise Palestine
On 21 July, I wrote of the conflict over Gaza: As we have recoiled from the violence committed by both sides, too little attention has been paid to the reality of Israeli settlements on the West Bank,...
View ArticleAmending the Recall of MPs Bill with Zac Goldsmith
The Government’s Recall Bill is before Parliament. I am signed up to all the amendments brought forward by Zac Goldsmith to deliver voter-led recall. As I have long said here, I am in politics to...
View ArticleNHS top brass at the Health Select Committee
Last week, the NHS published its Five Year Forward View. I have written about the emerging models, as they might impact upon Wycombe. On 28th October, three NHS leaders provided evidence to a regular...
View ArticleFewer workless households under this Government
Via Share The Facts, the number of children living in workless households is at its lowest level for a generation:
View ArticleSupporting Fiona Bruce against the abomination of sex-selection abortions
A detestable practice has arisen in our country which is illegal: abortions for the purpose of sex selection. It is a monstrous evil which must be stopped. Today, my colleague Fiona Bruce is...
View ArticleThe Armed Forces Parliamentary Remembrance Service
On 5 November, I was among 30 MPs who had either served or continue to serve in our Armed Forces who took part in an act of Remembrance before Sunday’s official national commemorations. With this, the...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Money Creation and Society Debate
Together with colleagues spanning four parties – Michael Meacher (Lab), Caroline Lucas (Green), Douglas Carswell (UKIP) and David Davis (Con) – I have secured a debate on Money Creation and Society for...
View ArticleSpeech on Money Creation and Society
A lady in Wycombe recently asked me the following questions: Why is my house valued higher than its worth? Why do crashes keep happening every 8 years? Who owns the money supply and how does it relate...
View ArticleSupporting Sir Bill Cash’s UK Sovereignty and Jurisdiction over Borders Bill
On 3 December, my colleague Sir Bill Cash MP, presented his United Kingdom Parliament (Sovereignty and Jurisdiction over Borders) Bill to the House of Commons. I am a supporter. The Bill aims to give...
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