The Business of Parliament Articles

I began Business of the House questions by raising yesterday’s Westminster hall debate on the badger cull.  It was attended by well over 50 MPs. It is becoming increasingly clear that the cull is an expensive disaster for farmers, for wildlife and for all taxpayers....

I began Business of the House Questions this week by paying tribute to Sir George Young who has announced that he will stand down after 41 years in parliament. I suggested his local party should incorporate an IQ test as part of the selection process for his successor...

Yesterday the government proposed some very sensible measures to toughen rules for EU migrants, including banning out of work benefits and quadrupling fines for bosses not paying the minimum wage. Labour suggested a lot of these proposals eight months ago, so I asked...

The Conservative party spent last week trawling the annals of its website to confine all of their pre-election promises to the outer reaches of the dark web.  One of the deleted lines was a promise by the chancellor to: 'Harness the internet to help us become more...