John Whittingdale signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment
This week John Whittingdale signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging [his/her] commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today. This year we are marking 75 years […]
West Hanningfield Village Hall
John Whittingdale visited the Memory Lane event at West Hanningfield Village Hall as part of Village Halls Week. John met Derek Paxman and other Trustees of the Hall as well as Cllr Sue Dobson and Sue Gibson of Rural Council for Communities in Essex. John looked at the exhibition on the history of the Hall […]
Court proceedings
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of court proceedings covered by court reporters. Link to this speechIn context Individually Tweet Share (Citation: HC Deb, 14 January 2020, c878) Chris Philp The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice We at the Ministry of Justice do not track or hold data on the number of reporters […]
Britain in the World
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon 5:03 pm, 13th January 2020 I am most grateful to be called so early in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to follow Emily Thornberry, who raised some important issues. I wish her success in the campaign she is about to embark on, and I hope her candidacy lasts a little longer than that of Barry […]
Iran
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon Will my right hon. Friend work closely with Ministers from the other countries that lost citizens on Ukraine International Airlines flight 752? Will he perhaps attend the joint investigation group meeting in London on Thursday, which will be attended by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister? Does he agree it is essential that Iran not only allows […]
John Whittingdale pledges support for local pubs in Maldon
John Whittingdale MP has today pledged their support for the Long Live the Local Campaign to help pubs in Maldon keep their doors open. John Whittingdale joins the more than 240,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 379 in Maldon alone. John Whittingdale MP is calling on the Government to cut beer […]
Article for the Telegraph on the future of the BBC
In the election post-mortems, the BBC and Channel Four are again under heavy fire from all the parties. Many at the Corporation will argue that the fact that no side is happy is evidence that they largely succeeded in maintaining the balance. I have never believed that the BBC is biased in favour of a […]
North Fambridge Sea Scouts
John Whittingdale was delighted to welcome the 1st North Fambridge Sea Scouts Group on a visit to Westminster on a momentous day in Parliament. The Scouts were able to tour the Houses of Parliament and then visit Downing Street where they were able to see inside the famous black door. John is pictured with Adrian […]
Early General Election
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon My right hon. Friend raises an important point. There is an essential democratic process that needs to be conducted before a general election, which is the selection of candidates. I suspect quite a large number of constituencies have not yet selected candidates. Members of local associations need these extra few days to have […]
Shared Rural Network
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on persuading the mobile operators to do what they resisted and told us was completely impossible for them to do? When she comes to address the final 5%—the notspots—will she ensure that lessons are learned from the previous attempt, which was the mobile infrastructure project? […]