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Gerald joins Aldershot local Blair Edwards at the “Set for Britain” exhibition [...]

Like many political animals, I enjoy going to Party conferences - not so much for the formal business in the hall, as for all the political gossip ('networking' as we now call) and the social side - and when you have been in an organisation as long as I've been [...]

redevelopment of the Denmark Square area of North Town [...]

One of the big issues in the constituency at the moment is the plan by two of the big supermarket chains to open up new stores - Sainsburys in Stockbridge, and Tescos on Picardy Place in Broughton. These proposals have caused a lot of concern, particularly to local food shops [...]

As readers of my website and blog will know, tackling climate change is one of the issues in which I'm most involved at Parliament in Westminster. I know that sometimes I've heard a few whispers that I'm a little bit obsessed with the issue, but today I've taken part in [...]

I've been spending a lot time on Parliamentary Committees and other work outside the Commons Chamber over the last few days, so I was quite keen to get into Question Time today. I was no.7 on the list for Scottish Questions, and made the point that there were many people [...]

A year or so ago, Harriet Harman (in her role as 'Leader of the House of Commons') introduced the idea of having a weekly 'topical debate' - a short (90 minute) debate, without a vote at the end, but allowing members to debate issues as they came up, without having [...]

Amongst the gloom of most of the news pages, it's good to be able to say something positive! I was up this morning again at the new Community Football Academy opened a few months ago by local football club Spartans FC. Going along there at the weekend and seeing the [...]

The Government promised that there would be an inquiry into the Iraq war at the appropriate time. Now that the Prime Minister has announced that British troops are to be withdrawn later this year MPs are debating today whether the inquiry should now be timetabled. This inquiry is aimed at [...]

The latest revelations about MP expenses reinforce the need for a complete shake-up of the whole system. Some good sense on the subject was written yesterday in the Mail on Sunday by Sir Alistair Graham who used to chair the Committee on Standards in Public Life. You [...]