Edward Leigh MP

Conservative MP for Gainsborough

25 Feb 2022 Parliament

We could not abandon Parliament for decades - restoration and renewal must proceed at a sensible pace

I warned my fellow Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body members that colleagues would not be keen on an excessively long and expensive decant. Despite this, the Delivery Authority reported to us in December its recommendation for a decant lasting up to 15 years, at a cost of somewhere in the region of £14bn.

11 Sep 2019

If elected Speaker, I would submerge my personality into the office and keep business flowing

Sir Edward Leigh commits to being “rigidly impartial” in his bid to be the next Speaker of the House; pledging to hold the executive to account and defend our Parliamentary democracy.