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  • Lord Frost – 2021 Statement on Controls on Incoming Goods from EU

    Lord Frost – 2021 Statement on Controls on Incoming Goods from EU

    The statement made by Lord Frost in the House of Lords on 14 September 2021.

    On 31 December 2020, the UK left the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. The Government put in place the staffing, infrastructure, and IT to ensure a smooth transition. Thanks to the hard work of traders and hauliers, we did not see disruption at our ports; and, despite dips in trade value with the EU in the early months, the monthly value of exports to the EU has recovered strongly.

    Now the UK is an independent trading country, our intention is to introduce the same controls on incoming goods from the EU as on goods from the rest of the world.

    The Government initially announced a timetable for the introduction of the final stages of those controls on 11 March. The Government’s own preparations, in terms of systems, infrastructure and resourcing, remain on track to meet that timetable.

    However, the pandemic has had longer-lasting impacts on businesses, both in the UK and in the European Union, than many observers expected in March. There are also pressures on global supply chains, caused by a wide range of factors including the pandemic and the increased costs of global freight transport. These pressures are being especially felt in the agri-food sector.

    In these circumstances, the Government have decided to delay further some elements of the new controls, especially those relating to sanitary and phytosanitary goods. Accordingly:

    The requirement for pre-notification of agri-food imports will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as opposed to 1 October 2021.

    The new requirements for export health certificates, which were due to be introduced on 1 October 2021, will now be introduced on 1 July 2022.

    Phytosanitary certificates and physical checks on SPS goods at Border Control Posts, due to be introduced on 1 January 2022, will now be introduced on 1 July 2022.

    The requirement for safety and security declarations on imports will be introduced as of 1 July 2022 as opposed to 1 January 2022.

    The timetable for the removal of the current easements in relation to full customs controls and the introduction of customs checks remains unchanged from the planned 1 January 2022.

    The Government will work closely with the Devolved Administrations on the implementation of this new timetable, given their devolved responsibilities for agri-food controls.

    Full guidance to stakeholders will be provided on www.gov.uk shortly.

  • Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Lord Bethell’s Use of Private Email Account

    Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Lord Bethell’s Use of Private Email Account

    The comments made by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, on 16 September 2021.

    Lord Bethell has shown contempt for the British people by dishing out taxpayers’ money to his mates in private and then trying to cover it up. At the height of the pandemic the first priority for ministers should have been saving lives, not enriching their mates.

    It is vital that the Information Commissioner’s investigation gets to the bottom of this racket, and this investigation must be extended to other government departments and other Ministers. These emails must be secured for the public inquiry so we know exactly what has been going on in secret.

    After he has handed over these emails Lord Bethell should clear his desk. He has breached security rules, broken the Ministerial Code and ignored basic standards of integrity and transparency in public office. If he had any shame he would resign and if the Prime Minister had a backbone he would sack him.

  • Chloe Smith – 2021 Comments on Abolishing Supplementary Vote for Police and Crime Commissioner Elections

    Chloe Smith – 2021 Comments on Abolishing Supplementary Vote for Police and Crime Commissioner Elections

    The comments made by Chloe Smith, the Minister for the Constitution, on 15 September 2021.

    Britain’s long-standing national electoral system of First Past the Post ensures clearer accountability, and allows voters to kick out the politicians who don’t deliver. First Past the Post is fair and simple – the person with the most votes wins.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on Parsons Green Anniversary

    Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on Parsons Green Anniversary

    The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 15 September 2021.

    Four years on from the terrorist attack at Parsons Green Station, I want to pay tribute all those affected by this cowardly act and to thank our brave emergency services and the TfL staff who were first on the scene and ran towards danger, while directing others to safety.

    London condemns those individuals who attempt to use terror to harm us and destroy our way of life. I’m proud of the way our city has responded in the face of horrific terrorist attacks: standing united in defiance and staying true to our values and way of life. As London has proven time and again, we will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism.

  • Gavin Williamson – 2021 Comments on his Dismissal as Education Secretary

    Gavin Williamson – 2021 Comments on his Dismissal as Education Secretary

    The comments made by Gavin Williamson, the outgoing Secretary of State for Education, on 15 September 2021.

    It has been a privilege to serve as Education Secretary since 2019. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, I’m particularly proud of the transformational reforms I’ve led in Post 16 education: in further education colleges, our Skills agenda, apprenticeships and more.

  • Mike Amesbury – 2021 Comments on Increasing Ground Rents

    Mike Amesbury – 2021 Comments on Increasing Ground Rents

    The comments made by Mike Amesbury, the Shadow Housing Minister, on 15 September 2021.

    Whilst this is a welcome ruling from the CMA it highlights the glaring lack of action from the Government to tackle the leasehold scandal.

    For each year that the Conservatives drag their feet, ever more innocent homeowners are being trapped in feudal leasehold homes, facing extortionate fees, poor service and restrictive contract terms without recourse.

    We cannot wait for the CMA to investigate every abuse of leasehold. The Government must finally bring forward leasehold reform, which has been promised for years.

  • Keir Starmer – 2021 Comments on the Government Taxing Working People

    Keir Starmer – 2021 Comments on the Government Taxing Working People

    The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, on 15 September 2021.

    This country’s success is built by working people. But the tax system is loaded against them.

    The Prime Minister may not understand the pressures facing families across the country. But we do.

    It’s time this Prime Minister got in the real world and understood the terrible impact his decisions will have on the finances of families right across the country.

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Ipswich Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    IPSWICH

    11 Apr 1660 – Nathaniel Bacon 12 Dec 1593 Aug 1660 66 Francis Bacon (to 1661) (30 Sep 1600 – c. Sep 1663) aged 62

    29 Oct 1660 – Sir Frederick Cornwallis,1st baronet,later [1661] 1st Baron Cornwallis (14 Mar 1611 – 7 Jan 1662) aged 50

    17 Apr 1661 – John Sicklemore c 1612 mid 1670 William Blois (to 1674) (7 Jul 1600 – 13 Nov 1673) aged 73

    9 Nov 1670 – John Wright (to 1685) (9 Apr 1615 – 29 Nov 1683) aged 68

    22 Jan 1674 – Gilbert Lindfield (? – 1680)

    14 Dec 1680 – Sir John Barker,4th baronet (to 1696) (c. 1655 – 14 Aug 1696)

    16 Mar 1685 – Sir Nicholas Bacon (c. 1622 – 1687)

    12 Jan 1689 – Peyton Ventris (Nov 1645 – 6 Apr 1691) aged 45

    28 May 1689 – Sir Charles Blois, 1st baronet (14 Sep 1657 – 10 Apr 1738) aged 80

    31 Oct 1695 – Charles Whitaker (to 1698) (c. 1642 – 19 Jun 1715)

    10 Nov 1696 – Richard Philips (to Jan 1701) (c. 1640 – 8 Jan 1720)

    26 Jul 1698 – Samuel Barnardiston,later [1707] 2nd baronet – (28 Jan 1660 – 3 Jan 1710) aged 49

    9 Jan 1701 – Joseph Martin [kt 1712] (c. 1649 – 16 Aug 1729)

    9 Jan 1701 – Sir Charles Duncombe (16 Nov 1648 – 9 Apr 1711) aged 62

    9 Dec 1701 – Charles Whitaker (to 1705) (c. 1642 – 19 Jun 1715)

    9 Dec 1701 – Richard Philips (c. 1640 – 8 Jan 1720)

    29 Jul 1702 – John Bence (to 1708) (27 Sep 1670 – 18 Oct 1718) aged 48

    11 May 1705 – Henry Poley (5 Jan 1654 – 7 Aug 1707) aged 53

    21 Nov 1707 – William Churchill (to 1714) (11 Aug 1661 – Feb 1737) aged 75

    6 May 1708 – Sir William Barker, 5th baronet (c. 1685 – 23 Jul 1731)

    3 Sep 1713 – William Thompson (c. 1676 – 27 Oct 1739)

    [Both sitting members (Churchill and Thompson) were unseated on petition in favour of Richard Richardson and Orlando Bridgeman 1 Apr 1714]

    1 Apr 1714 – Richard Richardson (c. 1664 – 31 Dec 1714)

    1 Apr 1714 – Orlando Bridgeman (22 Jun 1680 – 24 Apr 1731) aged 50

    28 Jan 1715 – William Thompson [kt Jul 1715] (to 1730) (c. 1676 – 27 Oct 1739)

    28 Jan 1715 – William Churchill (11 Aug 1661 – Feb 1737) aged 75

    13 Dec 1717 – Francis Negus (to 1733) (3 May 1670 – 9 Sep 1732) aged 62

    27 Jan 1730 – Philip Broke (to 1734) (1702 – 21 Sep 1762) aged 60

    19 Jan 1733 – William Wollaston (to 1741) (26 Apr 1693 – 20 Jun 1757) aged 64

    25 Apr 1734 – Samuel Kent (to 1759) (c. 1683 – 8 Oct 1759)

    8 May 1741 – Edward Vernon (12 Nov 1684 – 30 Oct 1757) aged 72

    7 Dec 1757 – Thomas Staunton (to 1784) (13 Mar 1707 – 1 Oct 1784) aged 77

    20 Nov 1759 – George Montgomerie (30 Aug 1712 – 26 Mar 1766) aged 53

    27 Mar 1761 – Francis Vernon, later [1762] 1st Baron Orwell [I] and [1777] 1st Earl of Shipbrook [I] (c. 1715 – 15 Oct 1783)

    16 Mar 1768 – William Wollaston (Feb 1731 – 10 Nov 1797) aged 66

    3 Apr 1784 – William Fowle Middleton,later [1804] 1st baronet (8 Nov 1748 – 26 Dec 1829) aged 81 (to 1790)

    3 Apr 1784 – John Cator – (12 Mar 1728 – 21 Feb 1806) aged 77

    [his election was declared  void 18 Jun 1784]

    25 Jun 1784 – Charles Alexander Crickett (to 1803) (12 Jan 1736 – 16 Jan 1803) aged 67

    18 Jun 1790 – Sir John Hadley D’Oyly, 6th baronet (Jan 1754 – 5 Jan 1818) aged 63

    28 May 1796 – Sir Andrew Snape Hamond,1st baronet (28 Dec 1738 – 12 Oct 1828) aged 89 (to 1806)

    8 Feb 1803 – William Fowle Middleton,later [1804] 1st baronet (8 Nov 1748 – 26 Dec 1829) aged 81

    29 Oct 1806 – Richard Wilson 5 Oct 1759 7 Jun 1834 74 Robert Stopford [kt 1815] (5 Feb 1768 – 25 Jun 1847) aged 79

    6 May 1807 – Home Riggs Popham [kt 1815] 12 Oct 1762 11 Sep 1820 57 Robert Alexander Crickett (to Jun 1820) (1784 – 3 Jan 1832) aged 47

    [following the general election in Apr 1820, his name was erased from the return and that of Thomas Barrett-Leonard substituted 14 Jun 1820]

    5 Oct 1812 – John Round (8 Mar 1783 – 28 Apr 1860) aged 77

    4 Jul 1818 – William Newton (c.1783 – 4 Nov 1862)

    14 Apr 1820 – William Haldimand (to 1827) (9 Sep 1784 – 20 Sep 1862) aged 78

    14 Jun 1820 – Thomas Barrett-Lennard (4 Oct 1788 – 9 Jun 1856) aged 67

    17 Jun 1826 – Robert Torrens (1780 – 27 May 1864) aged 83

    [the names of the sitting members (Haldimand and Torrens) were erased from the return and those of Robert Adam Dundas and Charles Mackinnon substituted 23 Feb 1827]

    23 Feb 1827 – Robert Adam Dundas (Christopher 1836-1855, then Nisbet-Hamilton) (9 Feb 1804 – 9 Jun 1877) aged 73

    23 Feb 1827 – Charles Mackinnon (1773 – 19 Oct 1833) aged 60

    4 May 1831 – James Morrison (6 Sep 1789 – 30 Oct 1857) aged 68

    4 May 1831 – Rigby Wason (12 Apr 1797 – 24 Jul 1875) aged 78

    8 Jan 1835 – Fitzroy Kelly [kt 1845] (1 Oct 1796 – 18 Sep 1880) aged 83

    8 Jan 1835 – Robert Adam Dundas (Christopher 1836-1855, then Nisbet-Hamilton) (9 Feb 1804 – 9 Jun 1877) aged 73

    Election declared void 9 Jun 1835

    19 Jun 1835 – James Morrison (6 Sep 1789 – 30 Oct 1857) aged 68

    19 Jun 1835 – Rigby Wason (12 Apr 1797 – 24 Jul 1875) aged 78

    27 Jul 1837 – Thomas Milner Gibson (to 1839) (3 Sep 1806 – 25 Feb 1884) aged 77

    27 Jul 1937 – Henry Tufnell – (1805 – 15 Jun 1854) aged 48

    [he was unseated on petition  in favour of Fitzroy Kelly 26 Feb 1838]

    26 Feb 1838 – Fitzroy Kelly [kt 1845] (to 1841) (1 Oct 1796 – 18 Sep 1880) aged 83

    15 Jul 1839 – Sir Thomas John Cochrane (5 Feb 1789 – 19 Oct 1872) aged 83

    3 Jul 1841 – Rigby Wason (12 Apr 1797 – 24 Jul 1875) aged 78

    3 Jul 1841 – George Rennie (1802 – 22 Mar 1860) aged 57

    Election declared void 25 Apr 1842

    3 Jun 1842 – Otway O’Connor Cuffe,3rd Earl of Desart [I] 12 Oct 1818 1 Apr 1865 46 Thomas Gladstone,later [1851] 2nd baronet (25 Jul 1804 – 20 Mar 1889) aged 84

    Election declared void 30 Jul 1842

    17 Aug 1842 – John Neilson Gladstone 18 Jan 1807 7 Feb 1863 56 Sackville Walter Lane-Fox (24 Mar 1797 – 18 Aug 1877) aged 80

    30 Jul 1847 – John Chevallier Cobbold 24 Aug 1797 6 Oct 1882 85 Sir Hugh Edward Adair, later [1886] 3rd baronet (to 1874) (26 Dec 1815 – 2 Mar 1902) aged 86

    20 Nov 1868 – Henry Wyndham West (1823 – 25 Nov 1893) aged 70

    6 Feb 1874 – John Patteson Cobbold (12 Jul 1831 – 10 Dec 1875) aged 44

    6 Feb 1874 – James Redfoord Bulwer (to 1880) (22 May 1820 – 4 Mar 1899) aged 78

    1 Jan 1876 – Thomas Clement Cobbold (to 1883) (22 Jul 1833 – 21 Nov 1883) aged 50

    2 Apr 1880 – Jesse Collings (to 1886) (2 Dec 1831 – 20 Nov 1920) aged 88

    12 Dec 1883 – Henry Wyndham West

    [following the 7 Nov 1823 25 Nov 1893 70 general election in Nov 1885, the two sitting members (Collings and West) were unseated on petition 1 Apr 1886]

    14 Apr 1886 – Sir Charles Dalrymple,1st baronet (to 1906) (15 Oct 1839 – 20 Jun 1916) aged 76

    14 Apr 1886 – Hugo Richard Charteris,styled Lord Elcho, later [1914] 11th Earl of Wemyss [S] (25 Aug 1857 – 12 Jul 1937) aged 79

    15 Jul 1895 – Daniel Ford Goddard [kt 1907] (to 1918) (17 Jan 1850 – 6 May 1922) aged 72

    12 Jan 1906 – Felix Thornley Cobbold (8 Sep 1841 – 6 Dec 1909) aged 68

    15 Jan 1910 – Charles Silvester Horne (15 Apr 1865 – 2 May 1914) aged 49

    23 May 1914 – Francis John Childs Ganzoni, later [1929] 1st baronet and [1938] 1st Baron Belstead (to 1923) (19 Jan 1882 – 15 Aug 1958) aged 76

    REPRESENTATION REDUCED TO ONE MEMBER 1918

    6 Dec 1923 –  Robert Frederick Jackson (28 May 1880 – 28 Jan 1951) aged 70

    29 Oct 1924 –  Francis John Childs Ganzoni,later [1929] 1st baronet and [1938] 1st Baron Belstead (to 1938) (19 Jan 1882 – 15 Aug 1958) aged 76

    16 Feb 1938 – Richard Rapier Stokes (27 Jan 1897 – 3 Aug 1957) aged 60

    24 Oct 1957 – Dingle Mackintosh Foot [kt 1964] (24 Aug 1905 – 18 Jun 1978) aged 72

    18 Jun 1970 – Ernle David Drummond Money (17 Feb 1931 – 14 Apr 2013) aged 82

    10 Oct 1974 – Kenneth Thomas Weetch (17 Sep 1933 – )

    11 Jun 1987 – Michael Fraser Irvine (21 Oct 1939 – )

    9 Apr 1992 – James Charles Cann (28 Jun 1946 – 15 Oct 2001) aged 55

    22 Nov 2001 – Christopher David Mole (16 Mar 1958 – )

    6 May 2010 – Benedict Michael Gummer (19 Feb 1978 – )

    8 Jun 2017 – Sandy Martin (2 May 1957 – )

    12 Dec 2019 – Tom Hunt (31 Aug 1988 – )

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Ilkeston Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ILKESTON

    2 Dec 1885 – Thomas Watson (1823 – 7 Mar 1887) aged 63

    24 Mar 1887 – Sir Balthazar Walter Foster,later [1910] 1st Baron Ilkeston (17 Jul 1840 – 31 Jan 1913) aged 72

    7 Mar 1910 – John Edward Bernard Seely,later [1933] 1st Baron Mottistone (31 May 1868 – 7 Nov 1947) aged 79

    15 Nov 1922 – George Harold Oliver (24 Nov 1888 – 22 Sep 1984) aged 95

    27 Oct 1931 – Abraham John Flint (27 Mar 1903 – 23 Jan 1971) aged 67

    14 Nov 1935 – George Harold Oliver (24 Nov 1888 – 22 Sep 1984) aged 95

    15 Oct 1964 – Leopold Raymond Fletcher (3 Dec 1921 – 16 Mar 1991) aged 69

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983

  • Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on Covid Recovery Visa

    Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on Covid Recovery Visa

    The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 14 September 2021.

    Many sectors that are important to our economic recovery, from hospitality to haulage, construction to culture are now under huge strain due the lack of EU workers and the Government’s immigration rules. We know there are countless struggling businesses across London that are working hard to get back on their feet, but are now simply unable to hire the staff they need.

    Given the urgency and the scale of the challenge, I’m calling on the Government to change its immigration system so that it meets our economic needs and helps our businesses. This must include introducing a “Covid Recovery Visa” to help attract international workers into key roles to support our economic recovery. London has unique needs when it comes to attracting workers from around the world – and so a more tailored, dynamic approach is urgently required.

    When it comes to immigration, many politicians seem to be too scared to argue for what they know is needed. The truth is that a flexible migration system that can attract talent from around the world will always be crucial to London’s competitiveness and our ongoing success.