Animal rights activists should be banned from sitting on an animal sentience committee, say Peers 

Animal rights activists should be banned from sitting on an animal sentience committee to stop ‘vocal lunatics’ hijacking the bill, say Peers Amendment specifying the ban is planned for the Animal Welfare Sentience Bill  It aims to avoid Government laws being sabotaged by animal rights groups Critics have warned the Bill is poorly designed and … Read more

Tories back lockdown critic Graham Brady as he gets re-elected to role of 1922 committee chairman 

Tories back lockdown critic Graham Brady as he gets re-elected to role of 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady was re-elected as chairman of the 1922 committee last night  The MP for Altrincham and Sale West faced a challenge from Heather Wheeler Sir Graham, 54, who has held the post since 2010, has thanked his colleagues … Read more

Downing Street insists Boris Johnson ‘greed is good’ boast to 1922 committee was joke about sandwich

Number 10 insists Boris’s ‘greed is good’ boast to 1922 committee wasn’t about UK’s hugely successful vaccine drive – but a jibe at his burly chief whip who was gobbling up a CHEESE SANDWICH as he spoke Boris Johnson made comments during private meeting of the 1922 Committee He said: ‘The reason we have the … Read more

Sturgeon makes clear she will ignore committee finding she misled Holyrood

Nicola Sturgeon is facing fury today after making clear she will ignore a bombshell inquiry finding in a leaked report that she misled the Scottish Parliament over her handling of sexual harassment claims against Alex Salmond.  A committee of MSPs said the First Minister’s ‘inaccurate’ evidence to them amounted to a ‘potential breach of the ministerial … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon DID mislead Scottish Parliament over Alex Salmond evidence, committee concludes

Nicola Sturgeon misled the Scottish Parliament over her handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond, an inquiry has sensationally concluded. A committee of MSPs said the First Minister ‘potentially breached the ministerial code’, which is generally considered a resignation offence, and tonight she was facing fresh calls to quit. Their bombshell report came after Ms … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon DID mislead the Scottish Parliament, committee concludes

Nicola Sturgeon misled the Scottish Parliament over her handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond, an inquiry has concluded. The committee of MSPs said the First Minister ‘potentially breached the ministerial code’, which is generally considered a resignation offence. Their highly anticipated report, obtained by Sky News, came after Ms Sturgeon gave evidence for eight … Read more

Chinese Olympic Committee offers vaccine doses to athletes competing at Tokyo 2020

BREAKING NEWS: Tokyo Olympics bosses agree deal to buy Covid vaccines from China to get all 30,000 athletes jabbed and make sure the Games go ahead, despite hosts Japan lagging behind on vaccinations for the public The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics are due to get underway on July 23 The IOC has urged countries to … Read more

Chancellor to be grilled by Treasury committee

Chancellor to be grilled by Treasury committee on how he expects small firms to repay their mountains of debt taken on in pandemic By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 Rishi Sunak will be grilled by the influential Treasury committee this week … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the former Prime Minister’s parliamentary committee appearance 

After prime ministers waddle out of Downing Street for the final time there’s a tendency for their looks to, well, go to pot. Think Gordon Brown’s haunted features or Tony Blair’s stocking-over-the head visage. So when David Cameron appeared before the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy yesterday I was expecting an ungainly mass of … Read more

‘Covid O’ UK Cabinet committee to consider ‘vaccine passport’ plans

Powerful ‘Covid O’ Cabinet committee is set to consider plans for ‘vaccine passports’ tomorrow amid hopes they could save summer holidays Covid O committee having initial discussions about ‘vaccine passports’ for travel Boris Johnson has said having two Covid jabs could allow you to go on holiday Iata revealed ‘fruitful’ Government talks about vaccination app for … Read more