Representative
Deputy
Conservative
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
www.christchurchconservatives.com
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
23/06/2023 - Session PACE sets out steps to curb ‘transnational repression’ 23/05/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE Committee urges action against transnational repression as a growing threat to human rights and the rule of law 19/11/2014 - Standing Committee PACE condemns Azerbaijan’s use of prisoner transfer treaty in ‘Safarov case’ 18/11/2014 - Standing Committee Parliamentary elections in Ukraine: an important step in consolidating democracy 21/10/2014 - Elections PACE to observe the early parliamentary elections in Ukraine
29/09/2026 | 10:48:48 Madam Chair, The Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact is busy preparing its input to the Secretary General's consultation. But the Secretary General has not yet explained clearly how his latest reform proposal interacts with his New Democratic Pact for Europe. And I'd be grateful if he would be able to explain with more clarity what that interaction is. The core values of the Council of Europe are not in dispute. What is in dispute is how to enforce those core values. Enforcement... 21/04/2026 | 19:47:05 Mr President, selecting the best possible candidates to hold judicial office is essential and in my time as a member of the Committee and its predecessor sub-committee, I think there have been significant improvements. I think one can say fairly now that all the women elected as judges are elected on merit, and it wasn't always that way. And secondly, many of the conflicts of interest identified in a series of critical reports by the European Centre for Law and Justice have been addressed... 21/04/2026 | 11:14:36 United Kingdom colleagues, I wish to bring some historical context to this important debate. As a newly elected MP in 1984, I was at the Grand Hotel in Brighton when the Irish Republican Army (IRA) blew up the hotel, attempting to murder our prime minister, but instead killing my parliamentary colleague Tony Berry. The IRA also murdered three other MPs. When I started out in politics in the 1970s, threats and violence from left-wing trade unionists were commonplace. But we were not... 26/01/2026 | 17:23:22 Thank you for calling me, Madam Chairman. I'm looking forward to the establishment of the New Democratic Pact committee, because this is a very important initiative. I think what is clear is that we have a Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), most of whose activities are conducted in private. We have, as the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe said in his opening remarks, we've got a... 03/10/2025 | 10:45:56 As a member of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for this year and having been to the meeting in Malta where this report was discussed, what concerned me was that, often, the Committee seems to engage in tokenism towards males whilst putting all the emphasis on the equality of women. I don't see any reason why we in this Parliamentary Assembly should be differentiating between sexual violence against men and boys as against sexual violence against women and children. It seems...
05/06/2023 | Doc. 15787 | Report Transnational repression as a growing threat to the rule of law and human rights 20/06/2014 | Doc. 13540 | Report Measures to prevent abusive use of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (ETS No. 112) 09/06/2014 | Doc. 13531 | Report The large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores 24/03/2014 | Doc. 13462 | Report Refugees and the right to work 31/10/2013 | Doc. 13348 | Report The arrival of mixed migratory flows in Italian coastal areas
29/09/2026 | Doc. 16496 | Motion for a resolution Language rights in healthcare: enforcing bilingual obligations in Brussels public hospitals 25/02/2026 | Doc. 16350 | Motion for a resolution A more democratic review of the process for electing the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16216 | Motion for a resolution Concerns regarding democratic representation following the 2025 Bundestag elections in Germany 03/03/2025 | Doc. 16122 | Motion for a resolution The need to modernise the International Humanitarian Law 14/11/2024 | Doc. 16073 | Written declaration The Parliamentary Assembly must support the Russian democratic opposition
25/06/2026 | Doc. 16412, vote on the draft text for resolution Access of migrants and refugees to healthcare 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16363, vote on the draft text for recommendation Violence and hate speech against politicians: a threat to democracy 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16363, vote on the draft text for resolution Violence and hate speech against politicians: a threat to democracy 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16373, vote on the draft text for resolution Countering discrimination based on religion and protecting freedom of religion or belief in Europe 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16361, vote on the draft text for resolution Procedure for the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights