Conservative David Burrowes accused David Lammy of "playing the race card", after the Labour MP compared the fight for gay marriage to the battle to e...
Major Conservative donor and former party treasurer Lord Ashcroft warned that the rows over Europe, gay marriage and "loongate" risk pitching the Tori...
My amendments today give MPs the opportunity to give clarity and protection for freedom of speech and conscience that are under threat from the Marriage Bill. We have the opportunity today and tomorrow to uphold the fine British traditions of free speech, tolerance and marriage. I hope we don't miss it.
The attorney general has rejected calls from a Conservative MP for Chris Huhne's "unduly lenient" eight month prison sentence to be extended. In ea...
A Tory MP has written to the Attorney General urging him to appeal the "unduly lenient" eight month prison sentence handed down to former Lib Dem ener...
Same-sex marriage poses a "real threat" to the freedoms of teachers with traditionalist views, a Tory MP has warned. David Burrowes said classrooms...
I said in the Commons yesterday that the Home Secretary had saved my constituent's life. Some MPs, such as the former Home Secretary Alan Johnson reacted with incredulity. It was of course Alan Johnson who in 2009 refused to step in and stop Gary's extradition when medical evidence made clear that he would take his own life.
An "urgent investigation" has been launched after dozens of confidential social services files, including notes on the Victoria Climbie case, were fou...
Those who have known somebody with a terminal illness will know the distress and concern that can be present towards the end of life, and the real vulnerability that exists amongst families in these circumstances.
Teenagers carry knives because it makes them feel safer. They feel they need a strong means of protecting themselves from their peers who carry knives. We need to break this vicious circle - to persuade teenagers that there is a greater risk in carrying a knife than not.
