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The intervention in Libya

Yesterday, we debated the following motion on Libya: That this House welcomes United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1973; deplores the ongoing use of violence by the Libyan regime; acknowledges the demonstrable need, regional support and clear legal basis for urgent action to protect the people of Libya; accordingly supports Her Majesty’s Government, working with others, in the taking of all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack in Libya and to enforce the No [...]

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Alternative Vote: Why I am against

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I have now added a page setting out why I am against AV.

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European Union economic governance

I spoke last night in the European Union (Amendment) Act debate: Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): First, I wish to associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Mr Jenkin). Too often when addressing questions such as the one under discussion we get bogged down either in procedural matters or matters that verge on the nationalistic, but this evening he has transcended that old territory and talked about what is good for the UK [...]

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The politics of petrol

Via today’s Order of Business, the Opposition attempt to put the boot in and we kick back: 3 OPPOSITION DAY (13th allotted day) [Until 7.00 pm]   FUEL PRICES AND THE COST OF LIVING Edward Miliband Ed Balls Ms Angela Eagle Maria Eagle Kerry McCarthy Ms Rosie Winterton      That this House recognises that rising world oil, food and commodity prices are increasing the cost of living and adding to the squeeze on families on low and middle incomes across [...]

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Aircraft operations in winter

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I’ve just come from the Transport Committee, where we heard from the airlines and the airfield operators about December’s disruption due to snow. It had me reflecting on my time involved with Jaguar operations in Arctic Norway, right. We had some advantages over British airports and the commercial airlines: There were no passengers. If aircraft operations were abandoned, we just had to find something to occupy our time. There were not ever-growing thousands of people to care for. We kept [...]

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The Protection of Freedoms Bill

I attended much of the second reading debate on the Protection of Freedoms Bill today, conscious that liberty is still the subject about which I have written most, judging by the tag cloud, bottom right. There’s much in the Bill to be glad about and I shall certainly support it but of course I would have liked it to do more. I discover that many of my colleagues are less concerned about these issues than I might have liked: we [...]

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David Cameron explains why he is voting No to AV

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Cheered as a rebel in Wycombe

Today, I was introduced at a Wycombe Probus lunch as one of the top ten rebels of the new intake, to a rousing cheer. And by an apolitical audience too. I went on to explain the truth as I see it in relation to the nature of society, the growth of the state, tax, debt and debasement. That too was well-received. Whatever the political class may think, people can handle the world as it is. I was inspired to meet [...]

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Votes for prisoners – motion carried

This afternoon, and further to our recent article, I voted to support this motion on votes for prisoners: That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion [...]

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The EU Bill in committee vs human flourishing

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We seem to be spending an excessive amount of time debating Labour’s rather tedious amendment to the EU Bill (Clause 1, Amendment 85). It would introduce a European Union Referendum Committee. I should think it will be safely defeated but it is a pity that we will not reach Peter Bone’s amendment to require an in/out referendum after a referendum result refusing a transfer of powers to the EU. At least, it seems we will not reach it today… Stepping [...]

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