What has Steven Baker been up to today?
Steven Baker is MP for Wycombe and a member of the Conservative party.
Steven Baker has 154827 followers on Twitter.
๐ขGrowing Hope High #Wycombe is a fantastic charity offering free therapy for children and young people with additional needs
https://growinghope.org.uk/high-wycombe/
๐ทI bid for and won their cake a month for a year...
๐This month, my team chose our great local firefighters to receive it๐คฉ
๐คMissed bin collections in #Wycombe have rightly angered residents.
๐I'm grateful to @MATatBucks and @BucksCouncil for their apology and plan. We need @VeoliaUK to step up please.
โ๏ธResidents can report a missed bin collection here:
https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/report-a-missed-bin-collection/
EU countries are seeking changes to a raft of climate change policies in negotiations as countries battle an energy crisis and demand weaker targets for renewables. Energy security is taking priority over Net Zero policies.
#CostOfNetZero
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fears-eu-climate-ambition-countries-seek-weaken-proposals-2022-06-24/
Thank you to all our residents and visitors for co-operating with our request to keep the High Street clear of vehicles last night. At 10.30pm there was not a vehicle in sight and the gully emptying crew were able to work unimpeded.
Thank you.
Sharon Henson, Clerk,
As Boris Johnson calls for a reduction in the use of biofuels to help ease soaring food prices, @SteveBakerHW has hit out at Net Zero policies saying โwe need to implement policies that stack up with realityโ.
#CostOfNetZero
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2022/06/23/boris-johnson-pumps-brakes-drive-green-fuel/
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Iโm sad that my colleague and friend @OliverDowden took the decision to resign this morning.
We all take responsibility for the results and Iโm determined to continue working to tackle the cost of living, including delivering NICs changes saving 30 million people on average ยฃ330
Officials from some G7 countries, including Britain and Germany, will push for a halt to biofuel mandates in order to combat soaring food prices when the group meets on Sunday, three sources told Reuters.
#CostOfNetZero
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/exclusive-britain-germany-push-g7-halt-biofuel-mandates-tame-food-prices-2022-06-23/
+ @OliverDowden quits. โSomebody must take responsibility.โ https://bit.ly/3ygtUHw
It may not be the main theme for the day, but anyway here is my @Telegraph column on why it does matter if the country is subject to foreign courts, and why @trussliz
and @DominicRaab are doing a good job in getting to grips with the consequences.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/24/not-ideological-oppose-rule-foreign-judges/
โLet us remember that just as progress is impossible without peace, economic growth is a crucial pillar of peace, beckoning with brighter horizons all who dream of a better life.โ โ Ronald Reagan
So, in contrast to many 'normal' mid-term by-elections, these do not show strong protest votes for the opposition.
They show people who voted for us in 2019 refusing to come out and do so again.
We as @Conservatives must decide why that is, and what we do about it. (4/4)
In Wakefield turnout was extremely low. The Lab/Lib vote actually fell, from 28% to 20%.
But the Tory vote fell even further, from 30% to 12%. That's why we lost. (3/4)
In Tiverton there was some Lab/Lib switching, but their total vote as a share of the whole *electorate* only went up from from 25% to 29%.
The Tory vote collapsed from 43% to just under 20%. Nearly 20,000 of our voters stayed at home. That's why we lost. (2/4)
It's important to cut through the noise and spin on the Wakefield and Tiverton results.
Both are terrible for @Conservatives.
Neither is particularly good for @labour or @LibDems.
Why? (1/4)
Bumped into one of my very favourite men in politics at work this morning.
@SteveBakerHW
I have published my views on the interesting legal parts of the Bill of Rights
It is a proposal - so not yet law, but these are the parts I found interesting - and the broader point of the constitution restoring itself
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-does-raab-s-bill-of-rights-mean-for-human-rights-/
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Today @AJMcCormick reveals Legatum has committed a further $26 million to combatting NTDs, a cause now backed by 26 British MPs ahead of #CHOGM ๐
Read coverage: http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10942123/Tory-MPs-urge-Boris-Johnson-help-eradicate-neglected-tropical-diseases-Commonwealth-summit.html
The future of the Civil Service is in safe hands! Lots of interest in a CS career (and especially MoJ!) at @ChingfordSchool today. Brilliant questions including reducing reoffending, the Bill of Rights, and the importance of impartiality. Thanks @speakrs4schools.
It would be right that the Government take steps to mark next yearโs 75th anniversary of Windrush with nationwide celebrations befitting of a day with such national importance. I know that many in Worthing and in Arun would agree.
Good to have the Father of the House Peter Bottomley supporting the @75Windrush call for the 75th anniversary with parliamentary colleagues including @SteveBakerHW @Gibbo4Darlo @NatWei & the @Tories4Equality group @Binita_MP @albieamankona @SiobhanAarons
https://twitter.com/PBottomleyMP/status/1539634060057890816
It would be right that the Government take steps to mark next yearโs 75th anniversary of Windrush with nationwide celebrations befitting of a day with such national importance. I know that many in Worthing and in Arun would agree.
Today is International Women in Engineering Day!
As an official Community Partner of #IWED22 we're excited to be supporting this great initiative! @INWED1919
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#changinglivesthroughaviation
#INWED2022
#ImagineTheFuture
#InventorsandInnovators
I am delighted with the appointment of WO Elliott as the @RAF_Regiment Corps Warrant Officer.
An outstanding leader, he is well placed to represent the interests of the Corps as it evolves to face future threats while continuing to deliver Operations today! #RAFRegiment
๐Less than two weeks until this great event๐
๐It is great to see that the Burford Bolt is back on Sunday 3rd July
๐ณBeautiful and scenic 10k, 7K, 3K and 2K fun runs in and around Marlow Bottom
๐http://www.burfordbolt.co.uk
๐Best of luck to all who enter
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/call-to-mark-75-years-of-windrush-psxxhddc7
Campaigners have called for #WindrushDay in โ23 to be a โmajor national momentโ that broadens public conversation about British society.
Signatories to @thetimes letter include @SteveBakerHW @Gibbo4Darlo @SiobhanAarons @albieamankona @PBottomleyMP
Today is the 74th anniversary of #WindrushDay. A special day for Black Britons & a significant landmark in 20th century British History. Iโm proud to join this call on our great British institutions to make Windrush Day next year, the 75th anniversary, a major national moment. https://twitter.com/75Windrush/status/1539493015462494208
Today, #WindrushDay, more than 100 voices from across politics, sport, culture & civil society have signed a joint letter in @TheTimes urging all institutions to play their part in making 2023's 75th anniversary of the Windrush a 'major national moment'. https://www.britishfuture.org/windrush-day-call-to-make-75th-anniversary-next-year-a-major-national-moment/
Our new Bill of Rights will replace Labourโs Human Rights Act to strengthen free speech, deport more foreign offenders, & prevent early release of dangerous prisoners. It will make us freer and our streets safer.
Read my @TheSun article โคต https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18961973/european-human-rights-dominic-raab/
๐งPleased to have attended the #ItsOurCare Day of Action in Parliament today.
๐It is vital we support care-experienced young people and create a better future for them.
@Become1992
The National #WindrushMonument is here.
Unveiled today on #WindrushDay it is a significant symbol honouring the contribution of the Windrush Generation standing proudly at @LondonWaterloo.
#WindrushDay2022 | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-windrush-monument-unveiled-at-london-waterloo-station
An important statement from @Jacob_Rees_Mogg on reforming retained EU law - it's amazing that so few @UKLabour and *no* @LibDems MPs are in attendance
It is vital that the public knows how much EU law is retained and hold government property to account to reform it says @Jacob_Rees_Mogg over 2,400 pieces of legislation. The public will be able to count down retained law through a dashboard
What the cost of living crisis has proved is that you cannot shut the country down and print ยฃ500bn of quantitive easing money for 2 years and expect to get away with it. This is the inevitable economic reckoning from the lockdown era. We did warn about this quite some time ago.
At the end of a long, Tube & train ๐ strike day, here comes the 211 ๐ to take me home.
Itโs packed of course.
All thanks to the Labour-backed Tube & train strike.
And Mayor Khan plans to curtail this bus route too! ๐ ๐ก
It was absolutely promised on my doorstep. https://twitter.com/frances_cutler/status/1539564349198589952
@LesBugbee @MATatBucks She absolutely NEVER promised to stop #HS2 in its tracks. And I didn't vote for her. I voted @TheGreenParty but Mr Tett continues to peddle this misinformation.
Great news for Airbus' wing assembly plant in Broughton: easyJet has confirmed it will buy 56 Airbus A320neo aircraft and convert an existing order of 18 A320neo jets to the same number of A321neo aircraft. The list price is around ยฃ5.4 billion. #UKmfg๐ฌ๐ง
Over 26,000 people have signed our petition calling for MPs to stand up for honesty so far. Will you join them?
https://actions.fullfact.org/petitions/mps-owe-us-truth/
MPs @CommonsProcCom have announced an inquiry into Parliamentโs corrections system.
We hope this can be an important first step towards more trustworthy politics. https://fullfact.org/blog/2022/jun/parliament-corrections-inquiry-is-an-important-step-towards-more-trustworthy-politics/
Still waiting for the promise made on my doorstep to be delivered. No doubt any day now ? https://twitter.com/lesbugbee/status/1539548982053113864
@MATatBucks She's very good with railways. Stopped HS2 in it's tracks just as She promised.
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Before you enter any body of water - think about your safety!
๐๏ธ Is there a lifeguard at the site?
๐ Where are the exit points?
๐ Do you know what to do if you get into trouble? Float to live!
If you don't feel safe, do not swim #DPW
Rail strike - challenge to โฆ@SarahGreenLDโฉ
I have written to ask our MP to join all the other Bucks MPโs and myself in condemning the rail strikes affecting 6000 of our constituents. โฆ@SteveBakerHWโฉ โฆ@joymorrisseyโฉ โฆ@RobBAylesburyโฉ โฆ@gregsmith_ukโฉ
Today CAP is launching our annual client report and survey.
Our CEO Paula Stringer explains how the cost of living crisis is affecting our clients & why we're speaking to MPs in Parliament later.
#CostOfLivingCrisis #OnTheEdge
CAP's client report is launched today. Key findings make tough reading:
โ ๏ธ 14% rise in priority debts
โ ๏ธ 40% increase in calls to helpline
โ ๏ธ 30% increase in suicidal thoughts
#CostOfLivingCrisis #OnTheEdge
https://capuk.org/downloads/general/EMBARGOED_UNTIL_JUNE_20_Client_Report_2022_On_the_edge.pdf
๐Yesterday, I donated to @insidesuccessuk after I spoke with an inspiring young man raising money for them.
๐I encourage all to look at their great work supporting disadvantaged #youth and tackling knife crime among young people.
https://www.insidesuccessuk.co.uk/
๐Pleased to have met with @WalkerWorcester to raise concerns about the #SchoolsBill.
๐ซI know some in #Wycombe are worried about what it would mean for religious education settings & those who home-school their children.
๐I will continue to engage with the Minister on this.
๐๏ธProud to have been able to attend the #ArmedForcesDay Flag Raising Ceremony yesterday in Parliament!
๐คHaving served in the @RoyalAirForce - it is no ordinary job - thank you to all the serving men and women of this country!
1/ Yesterday we announced plans to strengthen regulation of Buy-Now-Pay-Later credit agreements - protecting millions of people from potential harm.
Find out more about our proposals ๐
Every single day, members of the Armed Forces work around the clock to keep the UK and our allies safe.
On #ArmedForcesWeek, we salute their service.
But remember these strikes are NOTHING to with Labour. No sir. Nothing at all. https://twitter.com/zarahsultana/status/1538956865895374853
I will be on an @RMTunion picket tomorrow to show my solidarity with workers fighting for jobs and fair pay ๐ช๐ฝ
Podcast is out and you can listen to it here ๐
It was a real treat to be given the freedom to speak on law for so long https://twitter.com/wizradio/status/1538854857456631809
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