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Academic and NED. Former Secretary of State. MP for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024.

26/10/2026

If you think the green belt should be protected, please send in an objection to Barnet Council asking them to reject the application to build a caravan park off Rowley Lane in Arkley. You can do that by emailing [email protected]. You need to include the planning reference number in your email: 26/3182/FUL. The deadline is Thursday!!!

This site performs a vital green belt function as part of an area of woodland and fields which prevents urban sprawl into neighbouring Hertfordshire. Allowing the application would therefore contravene planning policies. It would also reward the illegal felling of trees. The photo was taken prior to clearance work on the land during which several mature oak trees were cut down without permission.

This is an illustration of the damage done by Labour's introduction of the concept of "grey belt" into the planning system. That is the biggest threat to the green belt in its decades long history and encourages developers to trash their land and degrade habitats and biodiversity in the hope that this might make it more likely that their land will be classed as green belt.

You can find suggestions on what to put in your objection email on the Barnet Society's website here:

https://www.barnetsociety.org.uk/deadline-looms-to-comment-on-planning-application-for-protected-site-in-arkley/

26/10/2026

Delighted to be with the Royal British Legion in East Barnet for their parade and church service to mark the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal.

21/10/2026

Thank you to the Famagusta Association of Great Britain for honouring me with an award last night for my campaign over many years to support a free and united Cyprus.

23/09/2026

It was great to participate in a very successful event last week organised by Winmark on the challenges and opportunities faced by women in leadership roles. It was a pleasure to speak at the event and participate in a panel discussion with Nicki Pritchard of Anderson Quigley and Kate Mackie of EY. Thank you to Camilla Stowell and Rathbones for hosting us, and to the audience of distinguished women in business who attended.

20/09/2026

I was honoured to asked to address a gathering yesterday hosted by the International Liberty Association on human rights abuses in Iran. This is an issue which I raised in Parliament when I was an MP, and I have continued to speak out on it. In my speech I condemned the cruelty of the regime in Tehran, including its brutal crackdown on the protests that followed the killing of Mahsa Amini. The fourth anniversary of Ms Amini's death was marked just a few days so.

The meeting had a strong focus on the plight of political prisoners in Iran.

27/08/2026

In just a few weeks’ time, the Chipping Barnet Conservatives will begin the process of choosing their candidate for the next general election. After careful reflection, I have decided not to put my name forward to be that candidate. Nor will I be applying to stand in other constituencies.

I believe the Conservatives have a great chance of regaining Chipping Barnet, but it is time to hand over to someone new to tackle that challenge.

I am grateful to Kemi Badenoch for having appointed me to the Conservative candidates list. I strongly back her leadership. I will continue to campaign energetically for the Conservative cause, in Barnet and beyond.

I would like to thank the Chipping Barnet Conservative Association for choosing me as their candidate in successive elections; and I thank the residents of Chipping Barnet for electing me five times to represent them in Parliament.

I feel immensely privileged to have been given the opportunity to serve the community in which I live as its MP, including over four years around the Cabinet table as Secretary of State.

Now I will be focusing on the writing and academic career (university teaching and research) to which I have returned after my stint in elected office. I am delighted to say that this will include research for an MPhil/PhD at UCL starting in October.

13/08/2026

I took part in a panel for the last night to discuss how to deliver nature conservation and recovery.

It was good to hear the ideas brought forward by participants. A point which was emphasised was the need to support farmers as stewards of our natural environment. We considered the important role new technology - such as gene editing of crops, AI, and drones - can play it ensuring that we maintain food security whilst at the same time expanding space for nature and giving more effective protection to habitats and biodiversity.

Thanks to panellist Sam Hall of the , to CPF director, Frances Lasok, for chairing, and to everyone who logged in to listen and take part.

This photo was taken during a visit to Lewis of London Ice Cream Farm in 2020.

29/07/2026

Appearing on Iain Dale's Cross Question panel on LBC last night, alongside James Schneider, Kiki McDonough and Christian Wolmar. I highlighted concerns that the policies announced by the new Prime Minister will lead to higher taxes unless the Government gets the welfare bill under control.

19/07/2026

This is an article I published earlier today in India’s Sunday Guardian newspaper. It was prompted by a visit to the first ever women’s test match played at Lord’s. That match between England and India was a reminder of how sport can play a positive part in women’s empowerment.

https://sundayguardianlive.com/feature/england-india-lords-test-celebrated-women-in-sports-240407/

13/07/2026

I welcome today's news that support for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps will be banned in the UK. I campaigned for years for the group to be proscribed. Now at last this is going to happen. The IRGC sponsor and organise terrorism and conflict through their proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. They are an evil organisation which does great harm both domestically in Iran and internationally.

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