Rob Wilson MP

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, January 5, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Chronicle readers and indeed everybody else. I hope this year proves to be a great one!

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, November 10, 2011

LAST WEEK I was fortunate enough to host a reception with Lord Baker of Dorking on the House of Commons terrace for University Technical Colleges.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: October 13, 2011

GREAT news for education this week with the Government approving a new school to be set up in east Reading.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, July 21, 2011

ONE OF the joys of being an MP is exerting influence to get the best possible outcomes for your constituents.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, July 7, 2011

I HEARD someone say on the radio that journalism is about to experience its own expenses scandal moment. If that's true, it's about to go through the fire and deservedly so.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary 23.06.11

The longer we are in Government the easier it becomes to expose how useless the last Labour Government was - it's quite difficult for the public to comprehend just how awful it all was.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: May 26, 2011

THIS week President Obama visited Westminster and as I write this Westminster Hall is being prepared to receive him.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: May 12, 2011

Some weeks can be pretty exhausting and last week was one of them. Who in Government thought it would be a good idea to debate the Finance Bill in the week we have local elections and a Referendum on AV?

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: April 14, 2011

IT'S GOOD to be away from Westminster for a few weeks because the mood always gets a bit scratchy towards the end of a session. With the new financial year having just begun, it's a good point to take stock politically almost a year after the General Election.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: March 31, 2011

Last week's Reading Chronicle carried details of a bid for a new school in east Reading, a bid that takes advantage of the new legislation brought in by the Coalition Government last summer.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: March 3, 2011

I raised the issue of Council Tax in the Commons at this week's Local Government Question Time with Secretary of State Eric Pickles because I was delighted to see that Reading Borough Council, for the first time ever, is freezing Council Tax.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: February 17, 2011

You have to admire David Cameron.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: February 3, 2011

REFORM has taken centre stage this week in Parliament with the proposed changes to the health service debated on Monday and the new Education Act to be debated next Tuesday.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: January 20, 2011

My first column of 2011, so can I wish both my readers a Happy New Year! I hope we've all gritted our teeth for a difficult year, as it's going to get a bit bumpy to say the least.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, December 16, 2010

I NOTED with great concern and interest that a council scrutiny panel reported more than one in five children and young people in Reading are being brought up in poverty.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, December 2, 2010

I'VE SPENT quite a bit of time over the past few weeks speaking about education at Westminster.

Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary, November 18, 2010

I FOUND out what it was like to be the centre of a national news story this week.

The week in Westminster with Rob Wilson, MP for Reading East

THE LOCAL government reorganisation of the late 1990s left Berkshire with too many local authorities.

The week in Westminster with Rob Wilson, MP for Reading East

WHEN the Coalition Government was formed, it immediately decided to review large parts of public sector spending.

The week in Westminster

I’ve been spending conference season with my head down doing as much work in my constituency as possible.