Keeping watch on employment Thursday, 21 November, 2024 Seeing the Chancellor’s team line up with her on Downing Street reminded me of my own spell as a junior minister at the Treasury, at the Budget and Autumn Statement. My role at that time was focussed on areas such as alcohol and gambling duties, and energy policy. But there are two Osborne reforms from that time that stick in my mind as having an especially lasting effect. The first was the Soft... Articles for the Herald and Post
Recovery funds for local culture and heritage 15th October 2020 This article was written by Damian and published in this week's editions of the Herald group and Petersfield Post: "There was significant news this week for... Articles for the Herald and Post
Questions for DCMS Secretary of State 14th October 2020 Damian questioned the Secretary of State at this morning's DCMS Select Committee, and said: "A positive policy development this morning re: social media “legal... Westminster News
Data ethics at DCMS Select Committee 13th October 2020 At today's DCMS Select Committee session on data ethics, Damian asked about the data that Google companies hold on people, making reference to the message... Westminster News
Tourism and hospitality are key sectors 8th October 2020 In today's DCMS Debate, Damian spoke about how tourism and hospitality are key to the UK and to East Hampshire with cultural assets from Jane Austen’s House to... Westminster News
Planning reform and housing numbers 8th October 2020 In this week's debate on planning reform and housing numbers in the Commons, Damian spoke about the importance of real affordability in housing in East... Westminster News
Agriculture and Trade Commission starts work 8th October 2020 The article below was written by Damian and published in the Herald group of newspapers on the 8th October: "Two-thirds of East Hampshire is farmed, with cattle... Articles for the Herald and Post
hospital investment raised at PMQs 7th October 2020 At PMQs today, Damian welcomed the investment for Hampshire Hospitals and talked of the key role of excellent community hospitals like Alton’s. Westminster News
'Contested heritage' at DCMS Select Committee 6th October 2020 On today's DCMS Select Committe hearing, Damian said: "Today in select committee we tackled the difficult subject of ‘contested heritage’, better known as... Westminster News
new business in Alton 5th October 2020 Damian visited the Nikki Butler Skin Clinic last week - newly opened in Alton - and spoke with Nikki about her experience as a medical tattooist and skin... Local News
