Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood and a Member of the Health Select Committee. Follow Chris on Twitter. This last week we have been inundated with articles, speeches and pamphlets, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Beveridge report. Predictably, the majority of these have come from the left, celebrating the report that founded […]
Chris Skidmore is MP for Kingswood and a Member of the Health Select Committee. His report can be read on his personal website. Follow Chris on Twitter. At the weekend, the Daily Mail ran a story highlighting the results of a recent Freedom of Information investigation I conducted into the cost of hospital car parking. […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Guido Fawkes has a list of new Conservative members of Select Committees, from Graham Brady's office. Mr Brady explains: "For the following committees I have received the same number of nominations as there are vacancies, the following are therefore elected". The appointments are: Communities and Local Government John Stevenson […]
By Chris Skidmore MP, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Dominic Raab MP, and Priti Patel MP. Our new rivals in the world economy are working harder than us, taking their studies more seriously, keeping their debt low, and taking more risks. If Britain is to remain competitive, we must learn from their example. Britannia Unchained is a rallying cry for […]
Chris Skidmore is MP for Kingswood and a Member of the Health Select Committee. His report can be read on his personal website. Follow Chris on Twitter. There will be many issues facing the new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as he inspects his in tray this week. Crucially, there remains the challenge of finding 20% […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter If Enid Blyton were writing the story of British politics this month, it might be called Five Go Hunting For Growth. After all, on 13th September, five plucky, relatively young members of the 2010 intake will be publishing a book stuffed full of prescriptions for our ailing economy and the […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood, and a Member of the Health Select Committee. Follow Chris on Twitter. It's fair to say that one of the most controversial pieces of legislation to pass through this Parliament has been the Health and Social Care Act. Parliament devoted hundreds of hours to the bill, rightly […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The 2010 intake is, by now, known for being one of the most active and resourceful for a number of generations. In choosing ten MPs who could be promoted from the 2010 intake, I have had to overlook a number of extremely good candidates who, in normal, non-Coalition times […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood, and a Member of the Health Select Committee. Follow Chris on Twitter. Although somewhat overshadowed by A-level results day, perhaps the biggest story in today's news are the reports suggesting that the Government intend to commit to funding the Dilnot Commission’s proposals on social care in full. […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood, a Member of the Health Select Committee and recently authored 'The Social Care Market' for the Free Enterprise Group. Follow Chris on Twitter. Much of the debate over the Care and Support White Paper has, to date, focussed on the big question of how we pay […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood and a Member of the Health Select Committee. Follow Chris on Twitter. The gathering storm over how we best care for our rapidly aging elderly population has been brewing for some decades. The arguments over an aging population, over funding and over quality of care are […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood, a Member of the Health Select Committee and author of the Report: ‘The Social Care Market: Fixing a Broken System’. Follow Chris on Twitter. We all know that, when it comes to delivering care for our rapidly ageing population, change needs to come: we know that […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood. Follow Chris on Twitter. "Dear Ed, I am writing as a Member of the Health Select Committee, asking if you might be able to clarify precisely what the Labour Party’s position on the BMA strike taking place this Thursday will be. While the Shadow Health Secretary […]
Chris Skidmore is the Member of Parliament for Kingswood and a Member of the Health Select Committee. Follow Chris on Twitter. If there is one issue that unites people in the Kingswood constituency that I was born in and represent, it is protecting the Green Belt. Ever since Labour tried to build 10,000 houses on […]