Nick Brown MP

Students and staff from Benfield school visited Parliament today, and were able to question Nick on his work as their constituency MP. Following a tour the pupils were able to watch some of the debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, then took part in a question and answer session with [...]

The Government’s Marine Bill comes into the Commons today, and it is a landmark piece of environmental legislation. As part of the Government’s sustainable development strategy, the Bill will help to balance environmental needs with economic and social demands to help prevent marine habitats and species being damaged by human activity.
This move has been widely [...]

Nick  today met with a delegation led by Mr Naoto Kan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Shadow Cabinet of Japan.
Mr Kan was at the House of Commons to discuss Parliament and UK democracy, to inform his Democratic Party of Japan’s proposals for the Japanese general election expected later this year.

The Budget today offers real help to people now. On Tyneside we remember all too well the devastating job-losses caused by the do-nothing approach to the recession of the 1980s. The Government is determined to do all it can to avoid a return to those days. That means offering people assistance if they are facing [...]

The Policing and Crime Bill going through Parliament contains tough new measures to stop gang related crime. Successful existing solutions such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have had a real influence – 65% of offenders stopped behaving anti-socially after the first intervention, and 86% after the second. Together with the record numbers of police on our [...]

The Climate Change Bill, which goes through Parliament today, is a world first. The Bill will make the UK the first country to have a legally binding long term framework to cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Many other countries are now looking at whether they should follow our lead and adopt [...]