World Press Freedom Day
Passport Update
I have had many constituents contact me over the last few weeks regarding the delays there have been to their passport applications. I very much sympathise with the concerns of my constituents, who are affected by the increase in waiting times by HMPO. I offer my apologies to any constituents who’s travel plans have been […]
Privatising Channel 4
HM Passport Office Update
I have had many constituents contact me about the increased waiting times for their passport applications to be processed. I understand their concerns regarding these delays, and their worries that their passports will not arrive in time for trips abroad this spring and summer. I wanted to provide an update on what the Government is […]
Celebrating 30 years as a Member of Parliament.
John Whittingdale was delighted to attend a dinner this week hosted by the Speaker, to celebrate 30 years of being a Member of Parliament. He was joined by 13 MPs from across Parliament who are also celebrating 30 years of dedicated service to their constituencies. John Whittingdale said “On the 9th April 1992 I was […]
Online Safety Bill Second Reading
John Whittingdale MP stood in the House of Commons yesterday to speak in the Online Safety Bill Second Reading. This Bill is a groundbreaking piece of legislation, and the UK is one the first countries to attempt to bring in controls over content online. John Whittingdale’s close work with the Department of Digital, Culture, Media […]
Energy Security Strategy- Bradwell B
John Whittingdale stood in Parliament yesterday to ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng about the Bradwell B nuclear site in the Maldon constituency, and the Government’s commitment to building eight new nuclear power plants.
April Update
Spring Budget I welcome the contents of this year’s Spring Statement – announced by the chancellor on 23rd March 2022. We have been facing an unavoidable increase in the cost of living in the UK. The Covid pandemic and other global factors have seen energy and fuel prices going up- and Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine […]
UK Parliament to host the OSCE PA Annual Session
It is excellent news that the UK will be hosting the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly this summer. As Leader of UK Delegation, John Whittingdale MP is looking forward to hosting Parliamentarians from the 57 member states of the PA, in Birmingham, in July. This July will be the first in-person Annual Session […]
Conservative Friends of Ukraine group
The new Conservative Friends of Ukraine group is a way for parliamentarians and allies to stand with those under Russian attack Published in The House Magazine, on the 21st March 2022. John Whittingdale MP. No-one who heard President Volodymyr Zelensky’s historic address to Parliament last week could fail to have been moved by his words. […]