DCMS Questions
Thursday 15th June Sir John Whittingdale was in the Chamber today for Department for Culture, Media and Sport Questions. He answered questions on topics including BBC Local Radio, the 200 year anniversary of the passenger railway, and the Draft Media Bill. The full questions session can be found here.
Westminster Hall Debate on Professional Wrestling
Today, Sir John Whittingdale attended the Westminster Hall Debate on Professional Wrestling, as the Minister responsible for this area. The debate was obtained by the hon. Member for Warrington North, Charlotte Nichols, and attended by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wrestling, who produced a report looking at how wrestling is classified. The […]
Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool
Saturday 13th May 2023 Sir John Whittingdale MP was delighted to be able to attend the Eurovision Final in Liverpool, in his new capacity as Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, joining the Secretary Of State and other Ministers. John joined the Ukrainian Minister of Culture, Oleksandr Tkachenko, as well […]
Primary Care Plan
Sir John has long campaigned for improving access to primary healthcare in Maldon and the other towns in our constituency, both when representing his constituents both in Parliament and when meeting with local NHS groups. John strongly welcomes the Government’s new Primary Care Recovery Plan, which will improve access to GP and pharmaceutical services and modernise […]
World Press Freedom Day
Appointment as Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure
Sir John Whittingdale MP has been appointed Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure by the Prime Minister, a role similar to the one in held in 2020-2021. This role will see John return to Government as a Minister in both the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, while the […]
Meeting with Ukrainian Speaker and delegation
Today John chaired a meeting for MPs from all parties with Mr Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, and a delegation of 7 Ukrainian MPs, which included the Leaders of the Governing Party and Opposition factions. He also met representatives of Save the Children Fund deployed in Ukraine to hear […]
Russian War Crimes
Today Sir John Whittingdale met with International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan KC, who last week issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, as well as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, and Ukrainian Minister of Justice, Denys Maliuska. In his capacity as Special Rapporteur for War Crimes to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, John […]
Breast Cancer Reception
Sir John Whittingdale attended the reception on International Womens Day, on screenings for breast cancer by the charity Breast Cancer Now. He learned that a third of all breast cancers in England are found through the national screening programme, and it plays a key part in the early detection of breast cancer, with stage 1 […]
Russian Assets Seizure
Sir John Whittingdale made a speech in the Russian Assets Seizure Debate, to highlight what work is being done in the international community to ensure that when the reconstruction of Ukraine can begin, that it must be the Russian Government that pays. It is only right that the Russian State pays for the damage and […]