Peter Fortune

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—the renationalisation of the railways is not working. [ Laughter. ] The Drayson partitions exist to ensure that costs which the UK must meet and cannot change, such as

The hon. Gentleman is being too generous: he plays cricket; I sort of stand there and get hit by the ball. One has to look at taxation in the round, and if we look at the impact of things like the nat

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: you tax something to stop it happening, and if you tax jobs, they stop being created.

You cannot tax your way to prosperity—that is something that I, as a Conservative, believe. Not only do I believe it, but it has been demonstrated time and again in countries across the globe. When th

It has been 43 days since the Prime Minister received a letter signed by all Opposition parties expressing support for the Lobular Moon Shot Project, which seeks funding to fight the insidious disease

I want to come in on the matter of trust. One of the most trusted media or news sources is local media, with 42 million readers a week. I never miss an opportunity to say that the News Shopper is grea