Speeches

Andrew Bridgen calls for a Parliamentary debate on how this Government are helping hard-pressed households by freezing council tax.  read more »

Speaking during a debate on the Queen’s Speech, Andrew Bridgen welcomes the rebalancing of the economy away from an over-reliance on the public sector. He highlights the need to similarly rebalance our exports away from an over-reliance on the eurozone and particularly welcomes figures which show UK exports to non-EU countries are up by 12%.  read more »

MP for North West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen has called for a Government statement on addiction and its impact on families following a speech he gave at the UK and European symposium on addiction disorders.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen asks the Immigration Minister what steps are being taken to prepare our borders for next week’s planned strike.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen backs concerns about the impact the European 48-hour working time directive is having on the NHS, in particular with regard to doctor training, the safety of patients and cost.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen calls for a Parliamentary debate on the correlation between the size of the state and economic growth.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen calls for an increase in funding for underfunded local education authorities and says even a “modest increase” in the budgets would make a significant difference.  read more »

MP for North West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen has called for a Parliamentary debate on truancy in primary schools following figures released showing almost 400,000 primary school pupils are absent for 15% of the school year or more.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen backs the Home Secretary following her statement on the deportation of Abu Qatada.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen condemns the situation where every pupil in Leicester is valued at £800 more than every pupil in Leicestershire, he also promotes the provision of retirement bungalows in rural areas to free up family homes.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP for North West Leicestershire has added his support to the campaign to upgrade and electrify the Midland Mainline.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen MP for North West Leicestershire has welcomed the new planning policy framework which will give more protection for the “green wedges” north of Coalville and give more power to local residents and the local council to prevent unwanted development.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen raises a point of order to highlights the fact that Opposition opposed the cut in the top rate of tax from 50p but then abstained from the vote.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen calls for greater transparency of the funding of political parties.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen backs the budget which will stimulate the economy and cut taxes for 24 million taxpayers whilst rewarding work and enterprise so that we can start to earn our way back to prosperity.  read more »

In Business Questions last week, Andrew who has some of the largest brick factories in the Country in his constituency asked for ‘an urgent debate on the state of the construction industry?  read more »

Andrew Bridgen opposes proposals to charge members of the public to visit the Big Ben Clock Tower.  read more »

Following the Prime Minister’s statement on last week’s European Council, Andrew Bridgen asks the PM about measures to reduce the cost of EU regulations to British business - especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.  read more »

Andrew Bridgen calls for a Parliamentary debate on the relationship between economic growth and fiscal policy and highlights figures from the US that show that its recent economic growth was delivered during a time of fiscal tightening.  read more »

When speaking in Business Questions, Andrew asked the Leader of the House of Commons Sir George Young for a debate on ‘Value for money Policing’ and stated that ‘recorded crime in North West Leicestershire has fallen by 4.8% over the past 12 months and antisocial behaviour by 25%, all within the framework of a very challenging financial settlement forced on us by the legacy of debt that we inherited from the previous Government.  read more »