John reports on the January 2023 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 30th January 2023 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has four Plenary Session each year. Below is John's Delegation Leader report for the January 2023 session... Westminster News
Breakthrough in major human rights case. 29th November 2022 In his role as Rapporteur on Türkiye for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), John has been granted access to visit arrested... Westminster News
John comments on the resignation of the Prime Minster and the leadership election 23rd October 2022 Many have called for Liz Truss to resign as Prime Minister. She has now done so. Hopefully this will bring to an end what has been a chaotic period of... Westminster News
John comments on the Public Order Bill 21st October 2022 Let me start by saying that I support freedom of speech and the right to protest but these do not come without boundaries. These are freedoms that we value... Westminster News
John's media interview at the Council of Europe on Türkiye 19th October 2022 Whilst in Strasbourg last week for the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe John was asked to comment on his work in Türkiye on... Westminster News
John comments on the current political situation 18th October 2022 In the last few days, Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer. I welcome this very much. Jeremy is a fine individual and a great... Westminster News
John reports on the October session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 17th October 2022 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has four Plenary Session each year. Below is John's Delegation Leader report for the October session. Leader... Westminster News
John reports back on mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina 5th October 2022 Further to my piece on Friday 30th September I am now able to report back on the mission to observe the presidential election in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The UK... Westminster News
John joins delegation monitoring Presidential elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina 30th September 2022 John is one of three members of the UK Parliament joining an election observation delegation sent by the Council of Europe to monitor the General and... Westminster News