Very Happy Christmas and Happy New Year. The last thing I wanted to do was talk about Brexit – but unfortunately as a Member of Parliament, I simply don’t feel I can avoid the subject. It will be – at least in terms of our politics, economy, and society, the issue which dominates 2019. I […]
Rory, in his capacity as Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice, answered Wera Hobhouse’s question at Women and Equalities Questions today. Watch it here:
Rory appeared on Sky News today, alongside Richard Burgon, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Faisal Islam, and Kirsty Blackman, the SNP’s Economic Spokesperson, to discuss Prime Minister’s Questions and Brexit. Watch it here:
Rory, David Gauke, Lucy Frazer and Ed Argar answered Justice Questions in the House of Commons today. Watch it here:
Rory was recorded in conversation with James Forsyth, The Spectator’s Political Editor, Stephen Bush, The New Statesman’s Political Editor, and Lara Prendergast, The Spectator’s Assistant Editor, for The Spectator’s Christmas Podcast. You can listen to it here:
Rory: I pay tribute to Ruth Smeeth for securing this debate. This is a genuinely horrifying case, and I hope I will be able slightly to express our debt of gratitude to her and to Kayden Dunn’s family for bringing this case to the House. It begins, of course, as a terrible personal story of […]
Rory, together with a group of locals, has launched a campaign to save Alston’s cobbles. Alston is one of only a handful of traditionally laid ‘A’ roads surviving in the North of England. The setts (rectangular cut stones as opposed to cobbles) have a very special place in the heart of the Alston community and […]
Rory participated in a Brexit debate alongside Dominic Raab, Fraser Nelson, James Forsyth and Katy Balls, in which he made the case for the Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal. You can listen to it here:
Rory appeared before the Justice Select Committee today, alongside Michael Spurr, the CEO of HMPPS, Neil Richards, Head of Custodial Contracts at HMPPS, Paul Newton, the Governor of HMP Birmingham and Jerry Petherick of G4S. Watch it here:
Rory met with The Farmer Network management team for an update on local projects run by the organisation. The Farmer Network, founded in 2006, is a unique and independent organisation that is run by farmers for farmers, and currently has around 1,100 members. It offers expert advice to its members, from people used to dealing with the […]