Meeting with Chief Superintendent
John Whittingdale MP was pleased to attend a meeting at Maldon Police Station with Chief Superintendent Claire Talbot, the new Local Policing Commander for North Essex, which is the largest area within Essex Police. During their meeting, John raised with her the difficulties of policing the rural parts of the County like the Dengie Peninsula as […]
East Anglia GREEN, Letter to Minister for Energy
John Whittingdale and 12 of his colleagues have signed a second letter to Energy Minister, Greg Hands, putting forward our increasing concerns with National Grid and their handling of the East Anglia GREEN proposal. It is very clear John’s constituents support an offshore grid option that would protect our local countryside and communities- however this […]
Artificial Intelligence and copyright
John Whittingdale I strongly endorse the remarks made by my hon. Friends the Members for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill) and for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), but may I raise a separate issue with the Secretary of State: the deep concern felt across the creative industries about the proposal in the consultation about relaxing the […]
Intellectual Property
John Whittingdale My right hon. Friend will be aware that yesterday was British IP Day, and that the creative industries for which she is responsible rely on intellectual property protection. Is she aware of the deep concern across the creative industries about proposals to dilute copyright for artificial intelligence, and will she raise the matter […]
Intellectual property and artificial intelligence
John Whittingdale MP asks Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Nadine Dorries, about the Government’s approach to intellectual property and artificial intelligence.
Functioning of Government
John Whittingdale Without wishing to pre-empt the Prime Minister’s statement, does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that he can be proud of a large number of achievements of his Government? May I invite my right hon. and learned Friend to pre-empt the Opposition by making it clear that Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, Tony […]
World Press Freedom Day
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) on securing the debate, on the second attempt, after Prorogation got in the way last time. As he said, we had this debate last year, when a great number of concerns were expressed. Since then, the freedom and safety of journalists have […]
World Press Freedom Day
John Whittingdale(Maldon) (Con) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) on securing the debate, on the second attempt, after Prorogation got in the way last time. As he said, we had this debate last year, when a great number of concerns were expressed. Since then, the freedom and safety […]
Visit to Chelmsford Jobcentre
John Whittingdale MP was pleased to be able to visit the Chelmsford Jobcentre at the Gemini Centre, to meet Dave Cope, the Service Leader for Essex, and staff. He was delighted to hear about the success of the Way To Work programme which aims to help half a million job ready claimants in the UK, […]
Cost of Living Assistance
I know many of my constituents are concerned by the affect that rising living costs are having on them and their families. It is right that this Government is taking significant action to help alleviate these financial pressures off as many households as possible. I am encouraged by the Chancellor’s recent statement that laid out the new […]