George Freeman says the honours system should celebrate great public service to our nation and calls on the Prime Minister to bring in a process to strip people of that honour when they are found to have brought the system into disrepute.
George Freeman welcomes the Government’s decision to waive the fee for EU citizens to continue living in the UK and calls on the Prime Minister to work cross-party with Back-Bench Labour MPs from strong Leave-voting constituencies to find a moderate, sensible and orderly Brexit to honour the referendum result.
George Freeman speaks in the debate on the Withdrawal Agreement and warns that public trust in our politics and parliamentary democracy is dangerously low and urges the Government to work together across the House to deliver a Brexit we can be proud of.
Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions, George Freeman seeks reassurance from the PM that the draft Withdrawal Agreement does not contain a trap in which the price of our retaining a United Kingdom is that we never diverge from EU rules.
George Freeman asks the Foreign and Commonwealth Office what efforts are being made by the UK Government and international partners to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and about creating mutual economic interest for local tribespeople and farmers to support wildlife.
Speaking in a debate on reforming the 5 Year Land Supply Rule, George Freeman says the National Planning Policy Framework and 5 Year Land Supply Rule are resulting in the loss of local control of planning with developers banking permissions they know the councils will approve and using the 5 Year Land Supply Rule to force development in the wrong places.