Articles by Jeremy Hunt MP
Jeremy Hunt MP
BBC Question Time
Last night I was put through my paces by an audience in Oxford on BBC Question Time. I was quizzed on the NHS, social mobility, arts funding cuts and the AV referendum. You can watch the episode again here . We had a feisty debate on the NHS - unbelievable for [...]
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AV debate
Tomorrow I will be holding the first of my public debates on the AV referendum which is taking place on May 5th. The meeting is at the Wilfred Noyce Centre in Godalming at 12pm. This is your chance to listen to the debate on a change [...]
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Farnham Lions' Easter Eggstravaganza
This afternoon I popped in to Farnham Castle, along with the Mayor of Farnham, John Ward, to present the first egg of the 2011 Farnham Lions' "Easter Eggstravaganza". This is a fantastic scheme launched in 2007 to raise money for [...]
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No to AV
Since the General Election the political debate has understandably focused on the economy. But on May 5th we will all be voting about whether to change the voting system to the Alternative Vote, a proposal that I believe would massively reduce the accountability of members of [...]
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Localism Bill
Today I am meeting with a group of residents from South Farnham to discuss the Localism Bill. This is potentially a really important piece of legislation for South West Surrey. It will give significantly more power to local communities to determine the shape and character of their [...]
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Update on Forestry Commission Proposals
As I’m sure you are aware from the news, yesterday we made an
announcement about our proposals for the Forestry Commission. I wanted to just
update you.
Alice Holt and our [...]
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Farnham traffic
This morning I was grilled by year 6 at St Mary’s School Chiddingfold, good preparation for future appearances on Question Time, Paxman has nothing on them! This afternoon I am catching up with Mary Orton, Chief Executive of Waverley Borough Council and meeting a constituent to [...]
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Success for Runfold campaigners
I was delighted to
discover yesterday that SITA have decided not to resubmit their proposals to build
an In-Vessel Composter on their site in Runfold. This is excellent news for all
those involved in campaigning against these plans. This has been rumbling on for
some time [...]
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Stepping Stones School
I was up early this morning handing out leaflets and meeting commuters at Godalming and Farncombe stations, always a pleasure even at 6.30am! Following this early start I have a full day ahead with a packed surgery in Haslemere, a visit to Brightwells Gostrey Centre and [...]
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Constituency update
First full week back at work after the festive season and it has been nonstop complete with a mini student protest on Wednesday night when I was being interviewed at the LSE. See here for footage. I am looking forward to a packed constituency day today. I am [...]
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Happy Breughel news
Wonderful news today that
Brueghel’s masterpiece ‘Procession to Calvary’ is to stay in the UK. It is a wonderful start to what I hope will be a bumper year for public involvement in the arts. Particular congratulations go [...]
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Progress for Godalming Key Site
Out and about in the constituency today with a meeting to discuss Haslemere Hospital, unveiling the winner of my Christmas card at The Chandler School, opening a new business in Godalming and holding a supermarket surgery. The news this week about the Key Site in Godalming is excellent [...]
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Purrfect Purfleet
After the excitements of yesterday morning on the Today programme, I had a rather calmer evening visiting Purfleet for the opening of the new Royal Opera House backstage workshop. Along with the formal opening the ROH put on the world premiere Ludd and Isis, an opera that charts the history of the local [...]
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England 2018 Bid
So it is all over now. And fans at home as well as everyone in the 2018 bid team are understandably gutted.
I don't regret for one moment all the effort we put in. I have not felt as proud of [...]
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The Pelican Post
Another jam packed day in South West Surrey today. Meetings about Hindhead and the A3 Tunnel, Surrey Youth Consortium and GP commissioning alongside visits to the Operation Christmas Child warehouse, The Meath in Godalming and I am opening the new Library at All Saints School in Tilford. Later [...]
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North London Derby
Following my visit to Haslemere last week to add my decoration to their Ribbon of light, Christmas fever now seems to have spread to Farnham where I am heading tomorrow morning for the North Farnham branch Christmas Fair. I expect Christmas cards, decorations and mince pies to be in abundance. [...]
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England glory...at last
For those lucky enough to see Saturday's rugby triumph against Australia it really was a treat. Not only is Toby Flood gamely starting to follow in Jonny Wilkinson's footsteps, but the try by Chris Ashton was the best I have ever seen. The pleasure of course was heightened by sitting [...]
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Haslemere Christmas Project
After another frantic week in Parliament and a jam packed constituency day I am looking forward to some respite in Haslemere this afternoon as I join in with their project to create a giant ribbon to be wrapped around the town hall. This may sound strange but the idea is [...]
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Keeping Haslemere Hospital on the agenda
Another packed constituency day: a busy surgery in Farnham Sainsburys, catching up with local councillors and meeting with the new Chief Executive of Surrey Primary Care Trust to discuss the future of local health care services in Surrey. As always I will be keen to discuss [...]
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California dreaming
In Silicon Valley at the moment trying to persuade US tech companies to locate their European HQs in the UK. Today I went to Yelp, Twitter (from where I tweeted - well you have to really), Facebook, HP, the Silicon Valley Bank and the venture capitalist Sequoia. I also had [...]
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