Mark prisk mp biography of william

Mark Prisk is a former Minister for Business and Minister for Housing, and is MP for Hertford and Stortford

I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity to be a Minister, since 2010.

At BIS, I was able to help UK businesses innovate and grow, whether it’s our now-flourishing automotive and aerospace sectors, or the record number of small firms, which have started up since 2010. Whilst as Housing & Local Growth Minister, I was able to unlock ten major developments and 78,000 new homes, double the sales of Right to Buy and turn round our 24 Enterprise Zones.

So it was very disappointing when it came to an end. But that’s politics. You can either dwell on it, or move on. I have much more I want to do, so I’m moving on.

The Commons has moved on

The House of Commons has also moved on. And I’m not sure that Whitehall – civil servants or some senior Ministers – has really understood how far reaching the changes are.

First, we are living in a multi-party world. MPs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland understand this, but we English MPs are struggling with what this means for both getting elected and then how to do business, once in office.

Second, some of the current generation of MPs sees their role in the Party quite differently to previous intakes. As the number of people who regard themselves as natural Conservative or Labour voters declines, so MPs are responding to single issues locally, far more than they have previously.

Third, the selection of ‘A’ list candidates for Conservative seats has brought into Parliament people for whom party allegiance sometimes comes after their local priorities.  Twitter, mass emails and social media add to this pressure from outside Westminster, which they find especially difficult to resist.

These cultural changes have, for example, helped to breathe new life into the Select Committees, largely for the good. With their membership elected and no longer chosen by the whips, these Select Committees have prove

Bishop's Stortford's MP Mark Prisk has defended his decision to vote against a motion to prevent Parliament being prorogued.

On Thursday (July 18) the Conservative was one of 274 members who voted with the Government against a motion put forward by Hilary Benn, the Labour MP for Leeds Central.

His amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill was supported by 315 MPs and passed with a majority of 41.

While it centred on governance of the province, Mr Benn made it clear he intended it as a step to prevent a new Prime Minister proroguing or suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.

The change to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill will require restoring devolved government in Ulster to be debated regularly, effectively preventing any shutdown by Tory party leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson or rival Jeremy Hunt. The new Prime Minister is expected to be announced on Tuesday (July 23).

Mr Benn said in the Commons: "This amendment has a secondary effect: to ensure that the House would be sitting at a crucial time for our country, as I believe the country would expect us to be. I do not think that we could accept circumstances, if I may coin the phrase, in which we were sent missing in action."

The Indie challenged Mr Prisk: "For your constituents, it simply looks like you voted to potentially allow Parliament to be prorogued at a critical time for the country, despite your previous assurances that you want to avoid a no-deal Brexit."

However, he stuck to the technical aspects of the amendment rather than the wider principle: "As it was written, the amendment would stop a Queen's Speech of new legislation happening between now and Christmas, which the supporters admitted could be a problem.

"So again, here is a Bill about the Northern Ireland Executive Formation being amended in a way which hasn't been thought throug

The statistics below show the number of cyclist and pedestrian casualties in reported personal injury road accidents with buses, HGVs and other vehicles. The data do not include information about who or what caused the accident, this information would only be known following a detailed accident investigation.

The number of cyclists a) killed, b) seriously injured and slightly injured in two vehicle reported personal injury road accidents with a i) bus, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in London is shown in the table below:

Cyclist casualties in a two vehicle reported road accident with a i) bus or coach, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle: London, 2012-2014

1. Other includes motorcyclists, cars, light goods vehicles and other vehicles such as trams and mobility scooters.

The number of pedestrians a) killed, b) seriously injured and slightly injured after being hit by a i) bus, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in a reported personal injury road accident in London is shown in the table below:

Pedestrian casualties after being hit by a i) bus or coach, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in reported road accidents: London, 2012-2014