Trinity St Mary’s School
John Whittingdale visited Trinity St Mary’s Primary School in South Woodham Ferrers to present the newly elected School Council members with their badges and to talk to the children about his work as a Member of Parliament. John said: “I was delighted to meet the new School Council members and to congratulate them on […]
New Police Divisional Commander
John Whittingdale had a meeting with Chief Inspector Gerry Parker, the new Police Divisional Commander for Chelmsford and Maldon. John said: “I was very pleased to meet Chief Inspector Parker, the new Divisional commander and was encouraged to hear of his determination to step up pro-active policing across the Division. We are fortunate that the […]
Salisbury Update
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share My right hon. Friend has set out very powerful evidence that a British citizen died on British soil as a direct result of a Russian assassination, but she will be aware that there have been a number of other deaths in Britain in the past few years of […]
Withdrawal Negotiations
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share May I confirm what the Chairman of the Select Committee has just said? Mr Barnier said to us in Brussels yesterday that the Chequers proposal fundamentally undermines the single market and is unacceptable. He went on to say, however, that he was keen to negotiate a free trade […]
Withdrawal Negotiations
Mr Whittingdale Share Does my right hon. Friend agree that the financial settlement contained in the withdrawal agreement is one of our strongest bargaining cards? Will he therefore include in the Bill provisions to ensure that its full payment is conditional on our achieving a satisfactory outcome to negotiations? Dominic Raab Share […]
Nord Stream 2
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share I begin by warmly congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) on securing this debate, which covers a matter of considerable concern, both in this country and across Europe. I think we saw evidence of that yesterday, when the Prime Minister gave her statement […]
NATO summit
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share I welcome my right hon. Friend’s support for Ukraine and the recognition of the potential threat of Nord Stream 2. Will she confirm that there is absolutely no question of any NATO member country recognising the illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula by the Russian Federation? The […]
Draft Investigatory Powers
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share I do not want to detain the Committee; I just have one question for the Minister and one area in which I seek reassurance. My question refers to the explanatory note, which says that one of the purposes of this instrument is to “reflect changes to strengthen protection […]
UK Visas and Immigration
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) Share Is my right hon. Friend aware of the chorus of complaints from countries such as Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, where businessmen who want to come to do trade deals with us—indeed, in some cases Members of Parliament or Government Ministers from those countries—are facing lengthy delays in obtaining […]
Deaf Children’s campaign
John Whittingdale met Ella Pennycott from Burnham on Crouch who had come to Westminster to talk to MPs as part of the Stolen Futures Campaign of the National Deaf Children’s Society: http://www.ndcs.org.uk/ Ella, who is a Year 8 student at Southend High School for Girls, is a member of the Youth Advisory Board […]