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Sir John Redwood

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Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987

John Redwood won a free place at Kent College, Canterbury, and graduated from Magdalen College Oxford. He is a Distinguished fellow of  All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has set up an investment management business, was both executive and non executive chairman of  a quoted industrial PLC, and chaired  a manufacturing company with factories in Birmingham, Chicago, India and China. He has been the MP for Wokingham since 1987.

John was an Oxfordshire County Councillor in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s he was Chief Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher. He urged her to begin a great privatisation programme, and then took privatisation around the world as one of its first advocates before being elected to Parliament for Wokingham. He was soon made a minister, joining the front bench in 1989 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry. He supervised the liberalisation of the telecoms industry in the early 1990s and became Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities after the 1992 General Election.

Shortly afterwards, John joined the Cabinet and served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1993 to 1995. In opposition he  acted as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1997-1999), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999-2000) and Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation (2004-2005). In the 1990s he campaigned widely to keep the pound, and wrote several books and articles explaining why the Euro would be wrong for the UK. (Our Currency, our country; Just Say No).

John subsequently served as Chairman of the Economic Policy Review (2005-2010) undertaken by the Opposition. A copy of the report is available here. He has been Chairman of the Conservative  Economic Affairs Committee since 2010. John stood for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1995 and again in 1997.

John was a fellow of All Souls from 1972 to 1987 , again from 2003 to 2005, and since 2007. He is currently a Visiting Professor for Middlesex University Business School and has published a number of books including ‘Superpower Struggles‘, on the European Union, China and the United States, ‘Just Say No‘ on why the UK should reject further European integration, and ‘Singing the Blues‘, his personal history of the Conservative Party throughout the last thirty years. His most recent publications are ‘I Want to Make a Difference, But I Don’t Like Politics‘, which examines the reason for the decline in membership of political parties and those voting in local and General Elections, and After the Credit Crunch: No More Boom and Bust, which considers the reasons behind the global recession and why Britain has been hit especially hard.

John is a frequent commentator in the media and is a keen cricketer and water sports enthusiast, and supports a number of different charities. He is an Ambassador for the Variety Club of Great Britain.

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john redwood mp

Trade with the EU

Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

The EU has failed to approve the Astra Zeneca vaccine and have said they need to take more time to check  it out. Now they are also saying that they want more of it delivered than the company can currently produce. That is a matter to be sorted out between the EU and the company.

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Vaccinations

Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

John Redwood MP writes:

I am receiving a  number of enquiries about why someone has not yet been vaccinated, along with examples of others of a similar age who have.

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The future of the Union of the UK

Tuesday, 26 January, 2021

I am pleased the UK held a referendum in Scotland to see if people there wanted to leave the UK, after years of pressure from the SNP to break up the Union.

Aiming to cut the food miles and boost UK production

Wednesday, 20 January, 2021

Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect marine conservation areas from illegal fishing by large trawlers. (136424)

Tabled on: 12 January 2021

Answer:
Victoria Prentis:

john redwood mp

Universal credit

Monday, 18 January, 2021

Yesterday I accepted the Prime Minister’s advice and abstained on the Opposition day motion. I was in two minds about it and gave the government the benefit of the doubt.

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Why are we waiting?

Monday, 18 January, 2021

I read that the Chancellor has been charged with chairing a Committee to take advantage of the freedoms we gain from leaving the EU. I wish him well, as there are many obvious easy wins which the government should have ready after four and half years delay in our exit.

JR

Recovering from the virus

Tuesday, 12 January, 2021

The ever tightening lockdowns increase the damage to businesses requiring social contact. They delay the start of recovery and make the loss of more small businesses and supply capacity more likely.

john redwood mp

Can lockdowns work?

Tuesday, 5 January, 2021

Many countries have imposed lockdowns and curfews. There is no sign from the international numbers that those locking down more for longer have been more successful in reducing case numbers or deaths.

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Freedom

Tuesday, 22 December, 2020

I was proud to learn when young that I had been born into a freedom loving country. Our nation’s story was told as a long progress to one person, one vote. We had pioneered the Mother of Parliaments and had established equal freedoms under the law from Magna Carta onwards.

JR

West Berkshire and Wokingham moved to Tier 3

Friday, 18 December, 2020

John Redwood writes: "Berkshire MPs met earlier this week to discuss the possible move of Berkshire into the highest Tier of CV 19 controls.

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Contact Sir John Redwood

The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
020 7219 6191
John shares his insights with topical and incisive commentary on today's issues…
john.redwood.mp@parliament.uk

You can contact John Redwood's parliamentary staff using the following details:

Gloria Nicholl
Office Manager and Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Telephone: 020 7219 6191
Email: nichollgc@parliament.uk

Myles Larrington
Senior Caseworker
Telephone: 020 7219 4205
Email: myles.larrington@parliament.uk

Please include your full name and postal address in the Wokingham Constituency.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, surgeries are currently suspended. We would therefore encourage you to email Sir John directly at his email address above.

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