Today the Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp MP has joined the Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting and Conservation (APPG), Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP in writing to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to oppose the proposed 245 per cent increase to shotgun certifications.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown speaks in a debate on local government finance highlighting the need for financial efficiency and the need for rural councils to receive fair funding. He also raises concerns about the backlog in local government audits and calls for urgent improvements, and seeks clarity on the timetable for restructuring of two-tier councils.
Following the Government statement on devolution in England and local government reorganisation Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown asks for a clear timetable for two-tier counties such as Gloucestershire as to when they are expected to provide proposals on any wish to change, and confirmation that the county council elected in May this year will serve a full four-year term of office.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown highlights the record backlog of 73,000 in the Crown courts and that rape cases are not being prosecuted for three or four years and asks what the Justice Secretary is doing to speed up the whole system.