What has William Wragg been up to today?
William Wragg is MP for Hazel Grove and a member of the Conservative party.
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Great to see the Mellor Fete back after three years!
Windswept, but largely sunny with great views 🌞
🇬🇧 On Armed Forces Day it was good to be at the launch of ‘We Were There’ - a video about life on the Home Front during the Second World War.
It was lovely to chat to those with personal and family experiences, remembering veterans and the wider impact of conflict.
Great to have the opportunity once again to raise #AorticDissection at #PMQs - including the hard work of @AorticDissectCT and their fantastic patient resources videos featuring @WhisperingBob - https://aorticdissectioncharitabletrust.org/courses/living-with-aortic-dissection/
Next week we will be questioning Lord Geidt, the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests, about his first year in the post, and the recent changes to the powers of the Independent Adviser.
Tuesday 14 June at 10am
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b882e230-aa6e-4cb6-9131-eee634a405c6
The Parliament Square bus stop had the result long before anyone else did.
“I have been humbled and deeply touched that so many people have taken to the streets to celebrate my Platinum Jubilee.”
As the #PlatinumJubilee weekend draws to a close, Her Majesty has sent a thank you message to all those who have marked her 70 years as Queen.
🌞 Thank you to the Marple Bridge Association and Compstall Community Council for organising a great Platinum Jubilee event yesterday.
Lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves in the sunshine 🌞
👑 Great turnout at the Romiley Platinum Jubilee street party yesterday. So nice to see the community coming together!
A big “Thank you” to the organisers who made it all possible! 👑
🔔 I took part in the Platinum Jubilee Ring yesterday at St Thomas’ Church, Mellor. @stthomasmellor
70 people with one minute each on the bell all raising money for good causes. 🔔
#campanology
Superb Platinum Jubilee well dressing at St Thomas’ Church in Mellor. Well done to the team for their creativity with natural materials and hours of work. @stthomasmellor
Great to be at the lighting of Stockport’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon with @MaryRobinson01 following a lovely service reflecting on Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years of dedicated service to our country.
🇬🇧 God Save the Queen 🇬🇧
Next week we will be questioning @DavidGHFrost.
The Former UK Chief Negotiator, Exiting the EU & Task Force Europe, as part of our inquiring into the Scrutiny of Treaties and other international agreements.
Tuesday 7 June at 10am
A Joint letter from @CommonsPACAC @CommonsJustice @HumanRightsCtte @HLConstitution has been sent to Lord Chancellor @DominicRaab @MoJGovUK calling for pre-legislative scrutiny of a 'Bill of Rights'.
Read the letter here https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22473/documents/165604/default/
** Congratulations to Sir Graham Brady who today has become the longest serving Chairman of the 1922 committee in history **
You can hear his reflections on this milestone on Chopper’s Politics podcast tomorrow from 6am. @ChoppersPodcast. @SirGrahamBrady
Today the Committee visited Edinburgh to hold meetings with @scotparl committees, @scotgov and Civil Service leaders.
The Government has blocked the Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, and Director General of Propriety and Ethics, Darren Tierney, from appearing before the Committee on Tuesday.
The Cabinet Secretary will now appear on June 28th
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/327/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/news/170985/government-blocks-evidence-session-with-cabinet-secretary/
Good to join the Mellor march this year, raising funds for local and Ukrainian cancer charities. £10k distributed this year. 100s taking part. Thank you to the organisers! 🇬🇧 🇺🇦
Happy Birthday Your Majesty!
Today as The Queen turns 96, we’re sharing this photograph of the young Princess Elizabeth aged 2.
Then, in 1928, it was never expected she would be Queen, and this year Her Majesty is celebrating her #PlatinumJubilee - a first in British history.
If banning conversion therapy will stop the likes of me being subjected to mental cruelty in repressing my true self, why not so for someone who is trans? I can see no logic in excluding trans people from legislation banning conversion therapy. Let’s have some empathy.
Plans to extend the Bredbury Park Industrial estate have been rejected by the Planning Inspectorate. It would've meant a huge logistics park next to the River Tame. It follows a campaign by the MPs Andrew Gwynne and William Wragg - along with local people who live nearby.
🌲BREDBURY GREENBELT SAVED🌸
I’m pleased that the Planning Inspectorate has rejected Quorum's appeal to extend the Bredbury Parkway estate into the Tame Valley.
My thanks to @GwynneMP & @bbgkpp who have worked hard, alongside local campaigners, throughout the appeal.
🌳TAME VALLEY SAVED🌳
Delighted to announce that we have won, and that the Planning Inspectorate has REJECTED Quorum's appeal to extend the Bredbury Parkway estate deep into the Tame Valley.
Read my full statement and the Inspector's report here: https://andrewgwynne.co.uk/gwynne-celebrates-as-tame-valley-is-saved/👈
The Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an urgent appeal to help people fleeing conflict in Ukraine. #UkraineAppeal
The UK Government will match pound-for-pound up to £20 million donated by the public to this appeal. #UKAidMatch
Donate now: http://bit.ly/DECUkraineAppealTW
Thanks to @StockportMBC for pulling out all the stops for my request to get the town hall lit up 🇺🇦. Stockport Ukrainian Club turned up in their droves - and sang the Ukrainian national anthem on the steps. A tear was shed.
Grim.
This is *not* the kind of country we want to be.
The prospect of adopting this approach poses yet more serious questions for my Conservative MP colleagues and I to consider in the weeks and months ahead. https://twitter.com/SophiaSleigh/status/1491092648371044352
Analysis: Boris Johnson's Savile slur is a foretaste of the next general election campaign.
“This wasn’t something said off the cuff - this is something we know people are talking about,” one Tory MP tells HuffPost UK.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/-boris-johnson-savile-slur-foretaste-of-the-next-general-election-campaign_uk_62027b41e4b0f8a1b84a05ba?utm_campaign=share_twitter&ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
What happened to Keir Starmer tonight outside parliament is appalling. It is really important for our democracy & for his security that the false Savile slurs made against him are withdrawn in full.
✍️ On the eve of the 70th anniversary of her Accession to the throne, The Queen has written a message thanking the public and her family for their support, and looking forward to #PlatinumJubilee celebrations over the coming year. #HM70
This year The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, marking 7⃣0⃣ years as Monarch.
To begin the celebrations, Her Majesty viewed a selection of cards, letters and artwork sent to her by children and other members of the public to mark this, and previous, Jubilees.
I am so thrilled to become Patron of the @TheRFL and @EnglandRugby 🏴🏉
Two fantastic organisations who are committed to harnessing the power that sport can have in bringing communities together and helping individuals flourish.
The smear made against Keir Starmer relating to Jimmy Saville yesterday is wrong & cannot be defended. It should be withdrawn. False and baseless personal slurs are dangerous, corrode trust & can't just be accepted as part of the cut & thrust of parliamentary debate.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
In 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK.
Fifty years later, That’s Life reunited him with some of those children.
Today we will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Join us LIVE at 16.00 CET
#Auschwitz77
http://77.auschwitz.org
Apparently the 1922 executive shouldn’t leak, but I specifically said I didn’t support a rule change… 🤷♂️ https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1486432003654356992
https://www.williamwragg.org.uk/news/william-wragg-mp-and-andrew-gwynne-mp-hold-save-tame-valley-summit-house-commons
✈️ All testing measures for eligible fully vaccinated arrivals to England will be removed from 4am on 11 February. Arrivals in to England who are not fully vaccinated will need to take a pre-departure test and a PCR test on or before day 2 after arriving in England.
Happy Burns Night to the Scots of Hazel Grove constituency and beyond! 🏴
Happy #BurnsNight to everyone celebrating around the world.
🏴“It is often said that it is the people that make a place, and there are few places where this is truer than in Scotland, as we have seen in recent times.”
- The Queen, Opening of Scottish Parliament, 2021
Wishing all our Scottish followers a happy #BurnsNight!
The #construction of these quality #homes was managed by ex @RoyalMarines and built by and large by ex #military from @ProjectRecce. #SignTheCovenant #WeAreRECCE #VeteransUnite #architecture #RT #FolloMe
.@Nus_Ghani is a friend and a credit to the Conservative Party.
This is a very serious matter which needs a proper investigation. I would strongly support her in making a formal complaint - she must be heard.
My response to No10 statement
@thesundaytimes There is no place for islamophobia or any form of racism in our @Conservatives party. @Nus_Ghani is a friend, a colleague & a brilliant parliamentarian. This has to be investigated properly & racism routed out. #standwithNus
This needs to be addressed. @Nus_Ghani you have the full support of your friends and colleagues in this matter. This is our Party. It belongs to people of all faiths (and none). https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1484960561263693828
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: A Conservative MP has accused a party whip of telling her she was fired from her ministerial job because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues uncomfortable” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nusrat-ghani-i-was-sacked-as-a-minister-because-i-was-a-muslim-p38lmvlvg?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1642877161
Nus is very brave to speak out. I was truly appalled to learn of her experience. She shows such strength and integrity supporting others. I am proud to have her as my friend and colleague. We must change things for the better.
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: A Conservative MP has accused a party whip of telling her she was fired from her ministerial job because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues uncomfortable” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nusrat-ghani-i-was-sacked-as-a-minister-because-i-was-a-muslim-p38lmvlvg?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1642877161
Tory MP on Christian Wakeford defection: “The chief whip hauled him in last night and it sent him over the edge when they threatened his seat. This is what bully tactics look like”. There are plans to redraw Bury South seat under boundary change plans.
Fundamentally, politics is about values rather than personalities. Individuals and leaders need to represent and champion those values. https://twitter.com/CarverEmily/status/1483557784033583111
Think some red wall MPs need to be careful what they wish for. Is ousting the man who won them their seats going to improve their chances of keeping them? It’s not like there’s a candidate with mass appeal waiting in the wings..
Chris, this is just hysterical unsubstantiated nonsense. Journalists need to calm down. Neither the PM or Conor Burns were anywhere near the Carlton Club tonight. However, I was, as the guest speaker at a dinner accompanied by a SPAD. Seriously, go and lie down. https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1483577970551926787
UPDATE One Tory MP tells me: "Boris has just turned up at the Carlton Club on a last ditch desperate attempt to persuade people to support him."
This may be an over-reading of the situation. The situation is febrile. And it is past 11pm.
Bizarre thing is @NadineDorries is upstairs
Group of 109 MPs in the Carlton Club with Will Wragg holding court. Obviously plotting.
Everyone of them is a Member of Parliament who was elected by their constituents to represent them. We do not elect presidents but MPs who chose, from amongst their number, the Prime Minister.
Some need to learn a lesson. https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1483492272985542661
The Red Wall plot to remove Boris Johnson - with Tory MPs meeting to discuss submitting letters - is not going down well in Cabinet
'It's pretty sickening. They were only elected because of him. Most of them are a load of fucking nobodies. It's nuts'
Gosh, any prizes for guessing this one..? 🎩
Cabinet source tells me that 2019 intake MPs are like similes. They are overused and barely ever make any sense.