Sir Edward wants the remit of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to be extended to cover members of the House of Lords as well as MPs.
On Tuesday, 17th November he presented a proposal for a Bill, which has cross-party support, to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to make pr
Sir Edward Leigh MP has welcomed the Government’s commitment to provide faster broadband speeds across the country.
The Prime Minister has outlined plans to ensure that everyone can access broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps by the end of this Parliament in 2020.
Sir Edward Leigh MP has welcomed the Minister for Local Government’s announcement that the Caistor wind turbine appeal has been called in for the Secretary of State’s determination.
The Conservative Member of Parliament, whose Gainsborough constituency covers Caistor, had personally requested that
The Chancellor’s recent budget has demonstrated that the Conservative Government is committed to ensuring the whole country, whether here in Lincolnshire or deep in the City of London, enjoys the fruits of steadily improving economic prosperity.
Recently released figures show that real wages have g
This is the text of the speech I delivered at the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the War Memorial in Scotter, Lincolnshire:
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
These remarkable words from St John’s Gospel are appropriate to recall when we reme
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for contacting me about human-specific research techniques.
I strongly advocate for these methods and recognise that they will greatly improve our animal welfare standards, the economy and the safety of chemical products in the UK.
In the last Parliament, the prev
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding waiting times for cancer treatment.
I doubt there is a single family across the country that has not been affected by cancer, and mine is no exception.
The Government is investing £8 billion to reduce the cancer care backlog
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for contacting me about social care and the Spring Budget.
There are currently 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this is projected to rise to 1.6 million by 2040, so it is crucial that the social care system is set up to meet the needs of those affected
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for contacting me about trophy hunting.
There are strong arguments for conservation hunting, and my fear is that if we ban legal hunting we will only encourage poaching.
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for contacting me about breast cancer.
Please be assured that the Government is committed to ensuring that breast cancer is diagnosed as early as is possible. As part of the 2021 Spending Review, £2.3 billion was allocated to improve diagnostic capacity over t
