MP View: Gaza debate focussing on arcane Parliamentary procedures is not a good look Tuesday, 27 February, 2024 I wasn’t in Parliament for last week’s debate on Gaza, but it certainly looked chaotic. The descent into ugly arguing about seemingly arcane procedures is never a good look. But the rules of engagement for Parliament underpin our democracy. From time to time, opposition parties have a chance to air things important to them through Opposition Day Debates. Labour gets quite a few days, the SNP just... Local News
MP View: Sunak confronts truth that meeting short-term Net Zero targets were never possible 25th September 2023 A couple of weeks ago, I met with a group from Friends of the Earth. Committed to our environment, they struck me as sensible and driven. They were at the front... Local News
Letter to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 20th September 2023 Further to the public meeting, Mark stated that he would write to the Secretary of State for Levelling UP, Housing and Communities, The Rt Hon. Michael Gove, to... Local News
MP View: Is 20mph speed limit really necessary in arterial routes through towns and cities 18th September 2023 Back in 1964, my race-driver godfather took an AC Cobra for a test run to see how it would fair at Le Mans. He got it up to 185 MPH on, astonishingly, the M1... Local News
MP View: Laughing gas campaign ends in success 18th September 2023 This week saw a campaign I have been leading come to fruition. Readers may well have seen the small, silver gas canisters lying around public spaces. These are... Local News
Public Meeting in Stourport 15th September 2023 Mark Garnier attended a public meeting at Areley Kings Village Hall, along with Stourport Councillors and a representative of Fibre Heroes. The Public meeting... Local News
Openreach Roll out in Stourport 14th September 2023 My office is currently awaiting a full response to their roll out of Full Fibre to the property in respect of how they intend to deliver to the areas which do... Local News
Parliament votes to criminalise Laughing Gas 12th September 2023 Following Mark's Westminster Hall debate earlier this year on the Misuse of Nitrous Oxide, commonly known as Laughing Gas, Mark welcomes Parliament's decision... Westminster News
MP View: Government getting on and dealing with schools concrete 5th September 2023 Parliament returned this week, after the summer recess, to the latest argument doing the rounds. Ironically, as we go ‘back to school’, it is around 150 real... Local News
MP View: Lucy Letby case raises all sorts of questions 29th August 2023 Few can have followed the Lucy Letby reporting without jaw dropping amazement. That a nurse can cold-bloodedly murder and harm some of the most vulnerable in... Local News