Russia Sanctions Legislation
John WhittingdaleThe Prime Minister has been quoted as saying that we are at the “most dangerous moment” in the next few days. I do not expect a detailed answer to my question but, to bring home the devastating consequences should military aggression occur and to bring home that we will not tolerate this increased military […]
UK Film and TV Production
John Whittingdale I join my hon. Friend in welcoming the excellent news from Amazon Prime. Can she confirm that the film and TV production restart scheme, which was possible only as a result of Brexit, has so far supported production worth nearly £2.5 billion and supported 80,000 jobs? Given this success, will she consider extending […]
Russian Sanctions
John Whittingdale MP stood in Parliament to ask Minister of State for Europe, James Cleverly, what sanctions the Government will consider taking against Russia.
UK Film and TV Production
John Whittingdale MP stood in Parliament today to ask The Minister for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez- whether the Government would consider extending the film and TV production restart scheme beyond April. The Film and TV production restart scheme has so far supported production worth nearly £2.5 billion and supported 80,000 jobs- and […]
Visit to David Wilson Homes, Corinthian Place in Burnham-on-Crouch.
John Whittingdale recently visited Corinthian place, a new housing development in Burnham-on-Crouch. Corinthian Place has been well-received by homebuyers since it launched in April 2019, and the new development has quickly become a popular location for house hunters in the area. Mr Whittingdale is very pleased that more high quality homes are being built in the […]
January Update
It has been a busy month, since returning to my Parliamentary and Constituency duties after Christmas Recess. Coronavirus Update The 27th January saw the end of the Plan B restrictions, that were imposed in December. Plan B restrictions were voted in to slow the spread of the new Omicron variant, and allow time for our […]
Greater Anglia Railways
I have been working with Greater Anglia recently to try to improve the train service as I know that the impact on my constituents trying to get to work has been significant. It is the case that far fewer people have been travelling (around 50% of normal passenger numbers and around 30% of normal peak […]
The Gray Report on Events in 10 Downing Street
Over the last few weeks I have heard from many of my constituents, who have expressed their concern regarding the reported events that took place at Downing Street, during periods of national lockdown. I have read Sue Gray’s report and fully understand the anger felt by many of my constituents at its findings. Some of […]
Russian Sanctions
John Whittingdale MP stood in Parliament today to ask Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Elizabeth Truss, what the UK Government was doing to address the absence of free media in Russia. Mr Whittingdale’s key area of interest has always been media freedom- which is why he is concerned by the lack […]
Russian Sanctions
Mr John Whittingdale(Maldon) (Con) My right hon. Friend is right that our argument is with President Putin and his cronies, not with the Russian people, but she will be aware that Russian citizens, and, indeed, many in eastern Ukraine, are able only to access Russian propaganda from state-owned or oligarch-owned media channels, while independent journalists […]