Now some of these MPs may have been ill, or absent, or abroad. But how many were slipped with the connivance of the system?
Meanwhile, the Government has quietly been appointing more trade emissaries during the last few months.
All but one of the current team has been appointed since May became Prime Minister. What institutional memory are they supposed to draw on?
Moves to curb or ban resale would replace it with lotteries and black marketeers without even solving the fundamental problems in the market.
A tale of fatal misunderstandings, tensions and deep differences – and of a potential cycle of grievance which all the leadership candidates must stop before it starts.
While on the Labour front bench, Watson smiles the smile of a man who knows he will one day have to get rid of Corbyn.
There were 26 critical questions from Conservative backbenchers on the Government’s EU referendum leaflet yesterday and 5 supportive ones.
Chris Skidmore becomes Deputy Chair.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to constituents indicating their opposition to gay marriage proposals. The Mail says "Their opposition has been expressed in letters and emails sent to constituents who have contacted them with their own concerns", and points out that […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Conservative Friends of Israel is an influential affiliate group of the Conservative Party which contains perhaps the largest number of Conservative MPs of any group in Parliament. It exists to promote understanding of and support for the State of Israel in the Conservative Party, and its membership reaches the […]
Nigel Adams is the MP for Selby and Ainsty Over the last year, MPs have received large numbers of postcards from constituents calling on them to support the VRS Today! campaign. This campaign is calling for equal access to telecoms for British Sign Language (BSL) users, an issue in which I have become increasingly involved. […]
Allowing deferred payment of Corporation Tax and wider access to high speed broadband are among the proposals from a new report.