Fighting for Outdoor Learning Centres Friday, 16 April, 2021 I was delighted to learn that the Department for Education has updated its position in relation to education visits and that educational day visits have been aligned with step 2 of the Roadmap and that residential educational visits have been aligned with step 3. After enduring over a year of enforced closure and uncertainty about when they would be able to reopen, this updating of the department... Local News
Vaccine Passports 17th February 2021 Many constituents and businesses have contacted me on the issue of vaccine passports and they have outlined their concerns about the implications such a step... Articles
David Warburton MP Chimes in with Cross-Party Support for Wedding Venues 15th February 2021 In conjunction with the UK Weddings Taskforce, David Warburton, MP for Somerton & Frome is a co-signatory to Neil Parish MP’s cross-party letter to the... Local News
David Warburton MP in Cross-Party Support for Musicians and Performers Working in EU 9th February 2021 “Urgent steps” required to negotiate a reciprocal visa waiver for British artists, musicians and orchestras. David Warburton MP for Somerton & Frome spoke out... Local News
My speech: E-petition session: Arrangements for touring professionals and artists in the EU 8th February 2021 Westminster News
Addressing Adult Social Care 31st January 2021 The issue of how to address social care has been a problem that has bedevilled – and seemingly – defeated successive governments. So proverbially intractable... Articles
As the UK placed its order three months before the EU belatedly did so, a more smoothly operating distribution network is to be expected 28th January 2021 Written for Blackmore Vale Magazine, January 2021 Reflecting on the cataclysm that befell Europe in 1914, Churchill said of the Balkans that they “produce more... Articles
The Trade Bill Returns to the House of Commons 20th January 2021 Last night saw the Trade Bill return to the House of Commons, replete with a set of newly minted amendments from the Lords. It’s designed to regulate so-called... Articles
David Calls On the Prime Minister to Support Newly Self-Employed People 20th January 2021 David Warburton has been fighting to obtain support for those who have fallen through the cracks of the Government's financial support packages since the Covid... Local News
Update on the Trade Bill 19th January 2021 The Trade Bill currently before Parliament is not concerned with new free trade agreements being negotiated with the USA or any other country. It is exclusively... Local News