John met with local students in Parliament yesterday. The students had a great trip and took the opportunity to ask John about life as an MP. John said it’s always great to welcome students to Westminster and he is always pleased to answer their questions – even the more difficult…
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The race is on to elect a new chair for the Treasury select committee after the powerful position was left vacant when influential lawmaker Andrew Tyrie announced he was leaving parliament. Writing exclusively for City A.M., John Penrose makes his pitch for the job. This Parliament will create a new,…
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A cross party group of MPs, including the MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose, the current Water Minister Therese Coffey, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and former Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon, attended a chalk stream discovery day on the River Itchen last week to learn about problems facing all rivers and in…
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Nominations flooded in from Mercury readers and seven winners were chosen by a panel of judges which included Mr Penrose, Richard Nightingale and Mercury editor Simon Angear. Mr Nightingale said: “Each and every one of the winners has made an outstanding contribution to their community and it was my honour…
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