Speaking in a debate on changes to agricultural subsidies, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown raises concerns that if farmers’ incomes get squeezed, it is the infrastructure that is likely to suffer and he calls on the Government to ensure that there are sufficient incentives in the new scheme for farmers to invest in infrastructure such as cattle barns, grain stores and drainage.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown calls on the Government to appeal to Israel to allow more aid into Gaza and, in particular, to allow those in miles-long queues in Rafah to rapidly go into Gaza to relieve the suffering of the people there.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown speaks in the debate on the Renters (Reform) Bill raising concerns that, particularly in rural areas, landlords are already deciding that letting their properties is too much trouble and are selling them, resulting in fewer and fewer properties for young people to rent.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown raises with senior officials during a Public Accounts Committee inquiry the issue of broadband poles that have been blighting villages including Willersey, notspots, and the future of satellite technology to help improve coverage in rural areas
Following the Government statement about malicious cyber-activity targeting the United Kingdom by actors assessed as affiliated to the Chinese state, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown highlights concerns that legacy IT systems are most likely to be attacked and asks if the Government has ordered an inventory of all Government IT equipment, to see where particular vulnerabilities lie.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown speaks in the Budget Debate welcoming the wide range of measures that will benefit people in the Cotswolds as the country recovers from the pandemic and war in Europe. In addition, he calls on the Government to commission an independent study to look at the impact of reintroducing the VAT retail export scheme, or tourist tax, which would promote tourism and be good for British businesses, the economy and the Exchequer.