Paul Holmes MP pledges to "do his bit" for British Armed Forces
Paul Holmes, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, has pledged to do his bit for the British Armed Forces family.
25 Sep 2009
Paul Holmes, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, has pledged to do his bit for the British Armed Forces family.
Commenting on today's [Thursday] report by the Prison Reform Trust on ways to reduce the number of young people in custody, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, Paul Holmes said:
New projections published by the Government today show that the prison population in England and Wales could reach more than 93,000 by 2015. This could mean an extra cost to the taxpayer of over £380m.
A favourite summer 'silly season' story for the national press is to keep running items on the 'disgracefully' long holidays MP's are having in expensive and exotic locations. Never one to let the facts ruin a good story they of course ignore anything that does not fit their pre conceived ideas. Journalists from national newspapers contacted my office to see where I was holidaying. Upon being told that I was camping on a farm in Devon they carefully left me out of their stories the next day!
Commenting on today's [Tuesday] report by the Prison Reform Trust which reveals the 20 most overcrowded jails in England and Wales, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, Paul Holmes said:
Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes, was one of the first 26 supporters of the Compass campaign calling on the Government to establish a High Pay Commission to review top pay and look at measures to ensure excessive pay can't damage the economy again.