A good meeting this afternoon with the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock. Myself and Worcestershire colleagues Rachel Maclean and Robin Walker, who all have hospitals in our constituencies, met with the Secretary of State, to discuss the ongoing needs and requirements for Worcestersh
Mark Garnier has raised concerns with the Transport Minister on behalf of commuters in respect of the continued disruption on the West Midland Railways. There have been continued delays, cancellations and lack of carriages on the route between Birmingham Snow Hill and Kidderminster.
Mark supports the new withdrawal deal which the Prime Minister has renegotiated with the EU. Ever since the referendum Mark has supported the democratic result in Wyre Forest, who voted strongly to leave, and has voted to deliver the result, from triggering Article 50 to keeping no
August is always a strange time for politics. With the absence of breaking news from Westminster, commentators speculate to an extraordinary extent, blowing minutiae into big, out of context, events.
Brexit, of course, is dominating absolutely all the political media.
Mark Garnier MP and Titan Steel Wheels welcome Jeremy Hunt MP
Mark Garnier MP was delighted to welcome Jeremy Hunt on the first day of his leadership campaign to Wyre Forest. The visit gave Mark Garnier the opportunity of introducing Jeremy Hunt to Titan Steel Wheels; one of the oldest
Choosing the next leader of the Conservative Party is not a decision to be taken lightly. We are in Government. This individual will become the prime minister of the 5th biggest economy on the planet, the 4th biggest military budget.
I am delighted to be a co-signatory of the letter to the Home Secretary and support the campaign for the Government to abolish visa fees for Commonwealth servicemen and women for indefinite leave to remain in this country for which they have served.
Flying back into Heathrow last week (I had been in the US doing trade promotion) I was confronted with the possible dual delight of being diverted to another airport, and of meeting climate change campaigner and actress Emma Thompson in the passport queue.
Emma Thompson, flying over 5,000 miles to
Whilst out campaigning for the Remain team during the EU referendum, I was asked a question that has stayed with me to this day. “What”, the audience member of the debate in Kidderminster asked, “do you think is your opponent’s best idea?”
The answer was as blindingly obvious then as it is now.
The chaos doesn’t get any better. With the prospect of the UK facing a hard Brexit on Friday evening, we are no closer to any resolution of the political crisis.
