We never got to the Committee Stage of my Private Members Bill today, since the discussion on previous bills got the House to its finishing time of 1500 on Fridays. (Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall Bill) A pity, but I’ll chase for another day to debate, particularly the Clause about the…
Lords Bradshaw and Berkeley believe that the high speed lines of this country should be part of an integrated rail network with many services operating beyond the limits of high speed lines, and with the most economic and convenient links to major cities should reflect the needs of the passenger for easy interchange as well…
The idea of a ‘Heathrow Hub’ will never take off with our insistence of putting transit passengers through ‘Security’ run by people training to work art Yarls Wood Detention centre.
I cannot be at the Lords debate today on Syria, but came across this list of countries the USA have bombed since the Second World War. China 1945-46 Korea 1950-53 China 1950-53 Guatemala 1954 Indonesia 1958 Cuba 1959-60 Guatemala 1960 Belgian Congo 1964 Guatemala 1964 Dominican Republic 1965-66 Peru 1965 Laos 1964-73 Vietnam 1961-73 Cambodia…
Severn barrage: decarbonising shouldn’t come at any cost As one of the few civil engineers in Parliament, I’ve long tracked the debate around attempts to harness the power of the Severn Estuary. Huge potential undoubtedly exists, but as the UK seeks to decarbonise its energy mix, projects of this nature and scale still need to…
