Regular readers of my blog will know that democracy for BBC Licence Fee payers is a subject I have raised in the past. Yesterday, David Milliband, took on a variant of my idea and argued that th...

I was very proud today as MP for Harlow to have opened the new refurbishment of Harlow Town Station and cut the ribbon for the new car park. The Station was celebrating its fifty years with a br...

There has been quite a bit mentioned about The Big Society recently.In essence this means power transported away from Government rightdown to community level.It is about liberating social capital ...

This morning, I asked the Government to set up a new volunteer force of Special Rail Guards to improve rail safety.There have been many tragic fatalities on the railways near Harlow, and more must...

One of the best things about being MP is having the chance to support Harlow's community so I just thought I would update you with what I have been doing for the past few days. Thursday evening sa...

It is time for the FA Board to resign en masse. Sven Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello have all produced nothing but failure. All have been given hugely expensive contracts with lit...

In the House of Commons yesterday (Thursday, June 17), Harlow MP Robert Halfon highlighted Harlow's "gridlocked" roads and called for funding to give the town the road infrastructure it urgently nee...

I have just done (Monday) a short interview on BBC 24 TV News, aboutthe tragic events in the Middle East today. As always with suchevents, there has been somewhat of a one-sided view that has eman...

My Constituency Day as MP for Harlow, started with meeting JohnTennison, Manager of Smiths Industries in the Pinnacles, and endedwith my first surgery as MP, in the Berecroft Estate.I was visiting...

We were addressed late last night by Prime Minister Cameron about the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition. Whilst Conservatives have accepted a referendum on the Alternative Vote, the Liberals...