Foreign Office Questions: Ukraine
John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) Last week’s attack on Ukraine by Russian missiles and drones was the biggest since the Russian invasion started. Can the Minister make it crystal clear that Ukraine’s right to self-defence must include the ability to target the origin of those missiles and drones, including Russian aircraft in Russian airspace and […]
Sir John Whittingdale raises issue of new developments in Maldon and Heybridge, and Hammonds Farm
John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) An additional 3,000 homes are currently being built in Maldon and Heybridge in my constituency, and Liberal Democrat-controlled Chelmsford city council wants to build another 3,000 at Hammonds Farm in my constituency, yet the local roads and health and education services are all under intolerable pressure, so what will the Secretary […]
Russian Sanctions Regime
John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) I thank the Foreign Secretary for his early statement calling on the Russian Government to release the British citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza. Will he look at what further sanctions might be used to put pressure on the Russian Government to release him and other political prisoners, such as the American journalist Evan Gershkovich? Stephen Doughty Minister […]
Elizabeth Emblem
John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend eligibility for the Elizabeth Emblem award to all emergency service workers who are severely injured and medically retired from the service. Nick Thomas-Symonds The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Government recognises the invaluable contribution of emergency service workers to […]
Health and Social Care Reform
Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the House of Commons, Chair, House of Commons Commission I call the shadow Minister. John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) I congratulate the Minister and his Front-Bench colleagues on their appointments. I welcome the suggestion that the Government are considering the possibility of a royal commission on social care and intend to address the issue […]
NATO and European Political Community Meetings
John Whittingdale Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) I welcome the Prime Minister’s reiteration that the UK remains the strongest supporter of Ukraine against Russian aggression, but what support can we also give to another former Soviet state, Armenia, both in resolving its conflict with Azerbaijan, and in pursuing its ambition to move closer to NATO and […]
South Korea: FTA Negotiations
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon What recent progress her Department has made on negotiating a free trade agreement with South Korea. Greg Hands Party Chair, Conservative Party, Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) I thank my right hon. Friend for the valuable work he is doing as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to the Republic of Korea. I […]
Clause 19 – Power to impose conduct requirements, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill – in the House of Commons
Chris Bryant Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) First, I pay tribute to my much-loved neighbour, my hon. Friend Alex Davies-Jones, who led for Labour during the last round of proceedings on the Bill, and to my hon. Friend Seema Malhotra, who led for us when the Bill was introduced. Might I say a few words about the Minister? […]
Telegraph Media Group Ltd: Acquisition
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon My right hon. and learned Friend will be aware that at the end of this week we have World Press Freedom Day, so her statement is particularly welcome. I congratulate her on the scrupulous way in which she has undertaken her responsibilities. She will be aware that the Enterprise Act was written before […]
Iran-Israel Update
John Whittingdale Conservative, Maldon It has been two weeks since the journalist working for Iran International was attacked on the streets of our own capital. The journalists and families of those working for BBC Persia Service live under constant threat. The organisation responsible for those acts is the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), working for the Iranian regime, so will my […]