Dominic Grieve MP: Cutting red tape

Very often, when I go to fetes or fundraising events in the constituency, the question of ‘health and safety’ will be raised, often with a joking remark or a shake of the head.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Now I can speak out

Well – you’ll have heard the news by now… Having left the cabinet, I am no longer bound by the rules of collective ministerial responsibility and so am able to resume speaking out on issues like HS2.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Give a gifst to charity

I’VE visited a local Beaconsfield independent retailer recently, which was celebrating the first year of the company being ‘Geared for Giving’.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Swift moves to fill empty Olympic seats

WHEN a constituent contacted me, once the Olympic competitions had begun, about the blocks of empty seats shown on the TV coverage, I could sympathise with his concerns. He wanted to take his family along to see the Games at first hand.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: School visits always a highlight

VISITS to schools across the Beaconsfield constituency are always a highlight. Towards the end of this summer term I have been privileged to see schools at work across the age range, from infants to secondary schools.Read

Cheryl Gillan's column

It was good to join in the celebrations and fun at a couple of care homes recently. Having cut the cake for the Chalfont Nursing Centre’s 15th anniversary, I also opened the summer fete at the Gold Hill Care Home.Read

MP Dominic Grieve: Regulation of banks to be scrutinised carefully

A MEETING with the local Federation of Small Businesses in Beaconsfield, for members from across South Buckinghamshire, was the opportunity to exchange views with business people from this crucial sector.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Thanks to the armed forces

WheN I visited the Arqiva company in Chalfont St Peter, I was pleased to see the work that this thriving communications business – which employs more than 200 people locally – is doing. Among other activities, they are the transmission base for the British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS).Read

Dominic Grieve MP: No democracy without debate

Without debate we should not have democracy. It is proper to examine fundamental issues such as how we, as a society, provide a welfare system.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP praises community spirit

THE Little Chalfont Village Day and the Chesham Carnival, both on June 16, were very impressive gatherings and highly enjoyable for everyone who took part.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Post Offices are still essential

ALTHOUGH there are alternative means of communication to the traditional letter, the postal service and our post offices remain an intrinsic part of daily life.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Security crucial during Olympics

IN THIS Olympic year there will be many visitors arriving in the UK from all over the world. Security will be an enormous part of the responsibility of hosting the Olympic Games, providing a safe environment for athletes and spectators.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Helping create a big society

BIG Society Capital was launched in the first week of April. The new institution has £600million of funding behind it, to help charities and other social enterprises.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: WE have to earn our way out of debt

When the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up to present his Budget, we already knew that the fundamental work to deal with Britain’s debts remains a priority. Under the previous government, this country borrowed itself into trouble. Now we have to earn our way out.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Adoption must be speeded up

There's no more urgent task for government than this.Read

Dominic Grieve MP: Help British businesses grow

March is budget month so the focus of attention is on economic indicators and on the measures the Chancellor will take to encourage economic recovery.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Concern over the Chess

The state of drought affecting our local chalk streams may now have been brought into prominence because of the recent national summit, but the wellbeing of the rivers Chess and Misbourne has been the subject of study and concern by local residents for many years.Read

Cheryl Gillan MP: Cutting the burden of red tape

During the time the Labour government was in power, that administration presided over the equivalent of six new regulations each working day – about 30 a week.Read

MP Cheryl Gillan: Don't forget the non-emergency number

The 999 emergency number is familiar to most of us.Read

MP Cheryl Gillan: Speaking up and speaking out

TOMORROW (Friday) is Holocaust Memorial Day. It will be 67 years since the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.Read