Richard Taylor

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 [...]

Members of the public can have their say on a review into the UK’s extradition arrangements.

The Home Office is currently inviting members of the public to have their say on a review into the UK’s extradition arrangements.
The closing date was 31st December 2010, but it has now, almost silently, been extended to the 31st [...]

On the 7th of December 2010 the Home Affairs Select Committee questioned Home Office civil servants, primarily Graham Widdecombe of the Policing Directorate, about the award of an “authorisation” to handle TASER weapons to a company called Tactical Safety Responses Limited.
In the UK TASERs are treated as prohibited weapons under Section 5(1)(b) of the [...]

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert

On Friday the 19th of November I attended a public lecture organised by the Centre for Science and Policy titled: “The future of science in Parliament” The speakers were Cambridge MP Julian Huppert and ex. MP Evan Harris.
Cambridge’s previous MP David Howarth is now an Associate Fellow at the Centre [...]