Speeches
- 25th January 2012
Speaking in a debate on the EU document ‘Towards an EU Criminal Policy’, Geoffrey Cox urges caution before opting in to policies that extend EU influence in areas currently covered by UK criminal law. read more »
- 20th July 2011
Geoffrey Cox questions why, when the police had informed the Attorney General in 2006 that a “vast number” of phone numbers belonging to high-profile individuals had been tapped, was the recommended wider investigation rejected in favour of focussing on a single case at Buckingham Palace. read more »
- 7th June 2011
Geoffrey Cox tells MPs “it is time to deliver” on tackling Bovine TB and calls for a package of measures that does not rule out limited, targeted culling in densely infected hot-spot areas where the risk assessment concludes that it is a necessary part of the solution. read more »
- 1st December 2010
Geoffrey Cox calls on the Government to address proposed constitutional changes which could possibly allow a challenge in the courts as to whether a particular motion was in fact a motion of confidence in the Government and thereby trigger an early general election. read more »
- 24th November 2010
Geoffrey Cox secured a Parliamentary debate on the future of independent retailers this week, in which he urged Ministers to do more to help high street businesses in rural market towns. read more »
- 15th September 2010
Geoffrey Cox leads a debate on the future of the criminal Bar and calls for any cuts proposed for the Bar to be proportionate and take into account recent real-term reductions in remuneration for criminal barristers enacted by the previous Government. read more »
- 13th September 2010
Geoffrey Cox speaks out against the Bill and calls for a long-term, coherent review of our constitution rather than this “piecemeal, incoherent and fragmentary” approach to the reform of our constitutional affairs. read more »
- 19th January 2010
Geoffrey Cox supports a motion to require a referendum whenever a new Treaty transfers significant powers to the EU. read more »
- 20th October 2009
Geoffrey Cox leads a debate on changes being implemented in the provision of wardens in sheltered housing and calls for residents to be properly consulted before any 'floating warden' scheme is introduced. read more »
- 15th July 2009
During a Commons debate on caring for the elderly, Geoffrey Cox welcomes recognition that the country cannot sustain elderly and social care funded on the basis of taxation and suggests that the way forward should be some sort of insurance-based system. read more »
