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Julian is encouraging residents and businesses from across his Skipton and Ripon constituency to join him in backing the bid to bring the Tour de France to Yorkshire.
He is one of several MPs to sign up to ‘Back Le Bid’ made by Welcome to Yorkshire to host the greatest cycle race in the [...]
Click for more >> →Responding to comments today from the North Yorkshire Police Authority, Julian Smith MP said:
“It is extremely worrying that the North Yorkshire Police Authority are unable to see for themselves the seriousness of the criticisms made of them over the last few years. Just one example is the recent Independent Police Complaints Commission’s report into [...]
Click for more >> →The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Micro Businesses is calling on the Government to introduce a new, simple one page ‘small firms dismissal code’ to make it easier for employers to create jobs.
Read Julian’s Conservative Home article on the subject >>
In their response to the call for evidence for evidence on the [...]
Click for more >> →Julian is welcoming reports that the Beecroft report into employment law is set to be published by the Government, as reported in the Sunday Telegraph.
He says:
“Since entering Parliament in 2010, I have been campaigning against the unfair burden of employment law on British business. I welcome the fact the Government are to publish [...]
Click for more >> →Following the news that the former Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police will receive a large payout, Julian has spoken of his ‘shock’.
Grahame Maxwell, who admitted gross misconduct last year, will receive £247,636 because he was required to leave his post after 28 and a half years of service rather than the 30 needed [...]
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Julian has spoken about the burdens placed upon micro business and what he believes Government should be doing to reduce them at an event in London.
As Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Micro Business and a former entrepreneur, the MP attended the launch of a report ‘The ties that bind? The impact [...]
Click for more >> →Julian has highlighted in Parliament the unaccountability and need for greater transparency at the Association of Chief Police Officers.
He focused on the future of the organisation and urged Ministers to ensure they brought about reform during the debate at Westminster Hall.
ACPO has launched an inquiry into the hiring of consultants following an investigation [...]
Click for more >> →Julian has welcomed improvements for customers who rely on off-grid gas to ensure they get a better deal from their supplier.
The Office of Fair Trading has secured voluntary agreements from the major suppliers of LPG to make changes to their contracts with customers and improve transparency over their rights.
It follows a number of [...]
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Julian has written an article on the changes to the NHS for the Yorkshire Post which was published on Friday 16 March:
WHEN the House of Commons debated the NHS Risk Register, I called the Shadow Health Secretary a “scaremongering buffoon”.
I was rightly told to withdraw the comment by the Deputy Speaker. Anyone [...]
Click for more >> →Julian Smith, Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon, former entrepreneur and Co-Chair of the All Party Group for Micro Businesses has welcomed the launch of a consultation on dealing with dismissal and the concept of ‘compensated no-fault dismissal’ for micro businesses.
Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb has today published the call for evidence in [...]
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Latest from Julian in Parliament- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (24 May 2012)
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: G8 and NATO Summits (23 May 2012)
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
- Business of the House (17 May 2012)
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Foreign Affairs and International Development (15 May 2012)
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Civil Proceedings (15 May 2012)
