Richard Taylor

On 18th of January 2012 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert, who also acts as the Liberal Democrat transport spokesman, was interviewed on Newsnight by Jeremy Paxman on the subject of the proposed new airport in the Thames estuary.
Paxman: “As long as you are part of the collation, will this happen?”
Huppert: “No I don’t think it’s [...]

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert got the first question at Prime Minister’s questions on the 9th of November 2011.
After having asked the always topical question of:
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9 November.
which prompted the predictable response of:
This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and, in addition to [...]

Julian Huppert MP at the Maypole Pub

On Friday evening Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert spent a couple of hours in the upstairs room of the Maypole pub fielding questions and talking to people. I think this was absolutely brilliant and it was great to see our MP openly engaging with people at a free, informal, event [...]

During Prime Minister’s questions on the 29th of June 2011 Cambridge’s Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert asked:
Does the Prime Minister believe that drugs policy has been failing for decades, as he said in 2005, and does he agree that the Government should initiate a discussion of alternative ways including the possibility of legalisation regulation to [...]

The government is currently considering proposals for a reform of the UK’s libel laws. A draft bill has been published which would introduce new provisions for defences of “Responsible publication on matter of public interest” and “Honest opinion” on a matter of public interest which could be used by those responding to charges of [...]