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John Redwood MP for Wokingham

These are the most recent articles mentioning "john redwood" Possible legislation to clarify flooding proposals Posted 04/23/08, 08:30 Following strong representations from several MPs including John Redwood about continuing confusion between national and local agencies over responsibility for surface water flooding, Sir Michael Pitt (Chairman of the Flood Review) has suggested he will be recommending legislation to clarify respon... John Redwood Presses Ministers on Mortgages Posted 04/22/08, 14:26 John Redwood was among those MPs scrutinising the Bank of England™s attempt to improve liquidity in the financial markets and its likely impact on mortgage borrowers when the Chancellor made his statement to the House yesterday. The exchange, taken from Hansard, follows. Mr. John Redwood (Woki... John Redwood responds to Professor Anand Menon Posted 04/24/08, 11:10 Professor Anand Menon of the University of Birmingham has responded to John Redwood’s article, Britain in Europe , published on the e-International Relations website. The text of Professor Menon’s criticisms can be found here , and John Redwood’s response, is reproduced below.... Winning debaters visit the real thing Posted 04/25/08, 11:59 ... the two winners from Emmbrook School, were joined by Amber Anderson and Rebecca Knowlson of Luckley-Oakfield. After a cup of tea in Portcullis House, John Redwood gave a tour of the palace to the four students and their two teachers, Pam Pierce and Marie Pearce, guiding them through its history, fro... John Redwood Champions Small Businesses Posted 04/30/08, 08:32 Speaking in yesterday™s debate on the Finance Bill, John Redwood joined the shadow minister in stressing the advantages of keeping taxes on small business down. Using the example of Ireland, he illustrated how such a measure would benefit the economy as a whole. Small businesses are fundamental fo... Islands in the Thames - a vision for new London Posted 05/12/08, 08:03 ... ry land. At the same time they could dredge good deep water channels for shipping and strengthen London™s sea defences. (Thames Reach A New City by John Redwood is available through this site) age of that privileged capital gains tax regime. We saw a response to that favourable tax regime in th... John Redwood welcomes new photography business to Wokingham Posted 05/16/08, 10:33 John Redwood met Martin Sandford Draper, the photographer behind the new Sandford Images business in Wokingham, last week. Martin took several new professional photographs of John, who has now displayed them on his website. John has adopted one of Martin™s pictures as his new official photograph.... Redwood welcomes the exposure of Government™s fuel duty windfall Posted 05/19/08, 13:17 John Redwood has welcomed a report published by the British Chambers of Commerce on Friday which reveals the £505 million windfall received by the Government in just six weeks on account of the rising price of oil. The BCC™s report calculates the Government™s actual tax revenue from fuel duty and V... Ease the squeeze - Business Post article Posted 07/09/08, 06:09 Business Post Rt Hon John Redwood MP There is a nasty squeeze underway on people™s incomes. Most wages and salaries are going up by less than inflation. The prices of food and energy have soared, putting the most intense squeeze on those on the lowest incomes, who spend more of their ... John Redwood welcomes announcement of funds for flood defences Posted 07/21/08, 09:10 John Redwood today welcomed the Government™s announcement that Wokingham Borough Council and West Berkshire Council are to receive additional funding to help develop and maintain their flood defences. The Department for Communities and Local Government has allocated £30.6 million through its Rest... John Redwood interviewed for Total Politics magazine Posted 07/22/08, 09:07 John Redwood recently took part in Total Politics magazine’s “Daily Politico”. A transcript of the questions, and of John’s replies, follows: Why did you get involved in the political world? I was fed up with so many things working badly in the UK. I wanted to priv... Wokingham needs a Home Information Pack holiday says John Redwood Posted 08/11/08, 12:36 As damaging uncertainty continues over whether or not the Government will introduce a stamp duty suspension or deferment scheme, John Redwood today called on Gordon Brown to use government powers to suspend Home Information Packs (HIPs) to help boost the beleaguered housing market. Twelve months... Wokingham MP™s website gains top spot in Total Politics blog awards Posted 08/21/08, 14:11 John Redwood has thanked all the people who voted to make his website, www.johnredwood.com, the top ranked MP™s website as chosen by the readers of the top sixty political blogs in the UK and Total Politics magazine. John Redwood™s blog was voted the best blog produced by a Member of Parliament. ... Wokingham MP⬢s website gains top spot in Total Politics blog awards Posted 08/21/08, 14:11 John Redwood has thanked all the people who voted to make his website, www.johnredwood.com, the top ranked MP⬢s website as chosen by the readers of the top sixty political blogs in the UK and Total Politics magazine. John Redwood⬢s blog was voted the best blog produced by a Member of Parliamen... John Redwood calls for Government intervention to save Arborfield postal services Posted 09/09/08, 10:14 John Redwood has today written to Pat McFadden, Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform responsible for Royal Mail, asking him to look into the sudden closure of the Post Office on Eversley Road in Arborfield and ensure that another operator will be found s... John Redwood slams huge increase in Whitehall early retirement figures Posted 09/15/08, 08:30 The Rt. Hon John Redwood MP has today criticised the huge increase in the number of Whitehall staff taking early retirement over the last two years. In response to a series of parliamentary questions tabled before the summer, the government has admitted that the number of staff in some Whitehall d... John Redwood at Party Conference Posted 09/26/08, 14:06 ... Tuesday the 30th September, 10.00pm “ Freedom from High Taxes The Selsdon Group, in partnership with The Freedom Association, presents the Rt Hon John Redwood MP, chairman, Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, and Matthew Elliott, chief executive, TaxPayers™ Alliance. Chaired by Michael Fallon... Wokingham Schools™ Debating Competition Posted 10/06/08, 15:41 ... each of these rounds will progress through to the semi-finals at Wokingham Town Hall on Thursday the 20th November, and the final will be chaired by John Redwood at Wokingham Town Hall on Friday the 28th November. John Redwood has been organising the annual debating competition for several years.... John Redwood speaks to the Freedom Association at the Conservative Party Conference Posted 10/13/08, 11:24 John Redwood on the global financial crisis - part one John Redwood on the global financial crisis - part two John Redwood on the global financial crisis - part three Uploaded by the Freedom Association John Redwood and Matthew Elliot speak to the Freedom Association’s fringe ... John Redwood responds to Department of Transport consultation on the safeguarding of the Maidenhead to Reading Crossrail route Posted 10/13/08, 10:51 John Redwood has today responded to the Department of Transportation™s consultation on the safeguarding of the Maidenhead to Reading route for the potential future expansion of Crossrail. The consultation does not provide a commitment to extend Crossrail to Reading, but seeks views on whether form... Four schools go through to the next round of the Wokingham Schools™ Debating Competition Posted 10/21/08, 08:26 ... he Holt, St. Crispin™s and the Willink all advanced to the semi-finals in the annual Wokingham Schools™ Debating Competition organised by the Rt. Hon John Redwood MP. The first round of the competition, held at the Emmbrook on Thursday the 9th October, saw the home team of Adam Connell and Florence... John Redwood’s contribution to the Banking Bill debate Posted 10/20/08, 14:48 Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): I welcome a Bill on this subject, and I am glad that my right hon. and hon. Friends on the Front Bench are in a collaborative spirit because this is a case where working together might improve the Bill, but it needs a lot of improvement because the main things ... John Redwood supports campaign to help blind people get around Posted 10/22/08, 16:12 The Rt. Hon John Redwood MP has thrown his weight behind a campaign to help blind and visually impaired people receive a higher classification of disability benefit that would make it easier for them to get around and travel. At present, blind people are excluded from receiving a benefit called t... John Redwood speaks out against regional select committees Posted 11/13/08, 16:57 Speaking during the parliamentary debate on the Government™s proposals to bring regional select committees into the House of Commons yesterday, John Redwood strongly criticised plans to introduce yet another unnecessary lawyer of bureaucracy and the attempts to divide England into unwanted regions... Semi-final of the Wokingham Schools™ Debating Competition just around the corner Posted 11/14/08, 13:33 ... lt School and the Willink will compete against one another, with the two winning teams going through to the final eight days later to compete for the John Redwood Cup. The semi-final will take place at Wokingham Town Hall, at 7pm, on Thursday the 20th November. The motions to be debated are as fo... Semi-final of the Wokingham Schools™ Debating Competition just around the corner Posted 11/14/08, 13:33 ... lt School and the Willink will compete against one another, with the two winning teams going through to the final eight days later to compete for the John Redwood Cup. The semi-final will take place at Wokingham Town Hall, at 7pm, on Thursday the 20th November. The motions to be debated are as fo... Figures on Government correspondence reveal no major demand for Identity Cards Posted 11/28/08, 16:30 ... entity Cards, and that they will prove to be popular amongst the British people. However, a series of Parliamentary Questions tabled by the Rt. Hon John Redwood MP has revealed that of the 3,073 items of correspondence regarding Identity Cards and the National Identity Database received by the Ide... Winnersh Primary School pupil wins John Redwood™s Christmas Card competition Posted 12/02/08, 12:54 ... hristmas painting by Winnersh Primary School pupil Sam Pulleyn, aged 8, has been chosen as the picture that will be used on the front of Wokingham MP John Redwood™s parliamentary Christmas cards. Sam™s picture was chosen by a panel of two judges as the winning entry in the annual Wokingham Christm... Emmbrook triumphs in the Wokingham Schools Debating Competition Posted 12/01/08, 17:16 Emmbrook School has walked away with the John Redwood Cup for debating for the second year in a row, following the hotly-contested final of the Wokingham Schools Debating Competition on Friday the 28th November at Wokingham Town Hall. After a hard fought contest on the subject of œThis House beli... John Redwood contributes to Queen™s Speech debate Posted 12/04/08, 11:13 During yesterday™s debate on the Queen™s Speech, John Redwood called on the Government to re-visit the banking package and also look again at the regulatory framework in order to get credit flowing again. He also called for Parliament to be given greater opportunity to hold the Government to accou... John Redwood’s Christmas message for 2008 Posted 12/15/08, 09:25 ... not say whether he welcomed the Government™s putting money into the banks to improve their reserve ratios, which will get them lending again. Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): I remind the House that I am a company director, and that I have declared my interests on the register. I echo the ... Wokingham MP gets connected with Facebook Posted 12/17/08, 09:25 Wokingham MP John Redwood has signed up to the online social networking site Facebook to make it easier for his constituents to keep up to date with what he is doing locally and in Parliament on their behalf. John joins a number of other Conservative MPs who have signed up for the service, and whi... John Redwood criticises Equitable Life delays Posted 12/30/08, 09:46 John Redwood has expressed disappointment at the Government™s announcement that they will not be publishing their response to the Ombudsman™s report into Equitable Life until later in the New Year. During Business Questions in the House of Commons last week, the Leader of the House announced that ... << back