MP says there is "no place for gangsters" in the halls of civilised nations Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, called upon Russia to be expelled from the Council of Europe in a debate in the House of Commons. The MP said that Winston Churchill created the pan-European body as

Sir Edward Leigh MP responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by calling for the aggressor state to be punished with "financial and economic isolation". "Putin has now moved into the dark side of history," the Lincolnshire MP told the House of Commons, "but if we cut off Russia entirely from the

Sir Edward Leigh joined Dame Margaret Beckett MP and Paul Waugh of the i newspaper for Radio 4's The Week in Westminster. You can listen to the recording of it here.

Sir Edward Leigh revealed the verbal abuse he had suffered from his skin condition in a debate on dermatology and mental health. Speaking in a debate he had organised on skin conditions and mental health, Sir Edward said "I have rosacea, which makes one’s face red and can ultimately deform it, and

Sir Edward Leigh today pressed Foreign Officer ministers regarding the case of Maira Shahbaz, the Pakistani girl who was kidnapped, forcibly married, raped, and then escaped. Miss Shahbaz and her family are now living in hiding in a single room surviving on one meal a day because of violent threats

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, has called for stronger Government action to stop the flow of illegal migrants across the English Channel. Speaking after a Ministry of Defence statement in the House of Commons on the role of the armed forces in fighting ill

Responding to the announcement that the Government will open a consultation on a future funding formula for the BBC, Sir Edward Leigh said that reform is "clearly needed" but that the Government must recognise that not all villages have access to high-speed broadband yet. "It is absurd in the moder

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, has spoken in the House of Commons backbench business debate on Russia's grand strategy. A video of his speech is available below.

PM Confirms to Sir Edward Leigh in Commons The Prime Minister today confirmed to Sir Edward Leigh in the House of Commons that the Government would not consider relaxing visa restrictions in order to obtain trade deals with countries following the UK's departure from the European Union. "While a f

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, has continually urged the Government to take stronger action to stop the flow of illegal migrants across the English Channel. "If we are being weak as a government we are actually being inhumane.