MP for Ludlow since 2005

Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Ludlow, Bridgnorth and south Shropshire for the fourth time in December 2019. Elected Chair of the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee in February 2020.

MP for Ludlow since 2005

Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Ludlow, Bridgnorth and south Shropshire for the fourth time in December 2019. Elected Chair of the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee in February 2020.

MP for Ludlow since 2005

Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Ludlow, Bridgnorth and south Shropshire for the fourth time in December 2019. Elected Chair of the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee in February 2020.

In Pictures

Tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen

9 September 2022

Philip Dunne speaks in Parliament to pay tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen.

Statement from Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP

9 September 2022

Philip Dunne pays tribute to HM The Queen.

Dunne supports citizen scientist recruits for River Clun

1 September 2022

South Shropshire MP Philip Dunne this week welcomed new recruits to the citizen scientist project to test water quality along the River Clun catchment.

News

Dunne Welcomes Big Boost For Hospital Redevelopment Plan

23 September 2022

Philip Dunne, MP for South Shropshire, has welcomed formal confirmation of the approval of the strategic outline case for the Hospitals Transformation Plan in Shropshire.

Dunne Comments on Chancellor’s September Statement

23 September 2022

I was in the Chamber today to listen to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal statement. He has been in post for only two and a half weeks and yet made one of the most radical statements on fiscal policy during my time in Parliament.

Dunne backs business energy support

21 August 2022

The Government has today announced the Energy Bill Relief scheme to support business, charities and public sector organisations with the cost of rising energy bills.

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In Parliament

Dunne questions Government on UK support for Ukraine

22 September 2022

Philip Dunne asks the Minister to elaborate with further detail on the PM’s commitment to supporting the Ukrainian Government with additional munitions and finance.

Tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen

9 September 2022

Philip Dunne pays tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen.

Dunne asks COP26 President whether the current government structure can deliver net zero

20 July 2022

Philip Dunne calls on the President of COP26 to comment on whether the structure of Government is best equipped to deliver the Nationally Determined Contributions commitment of 68% emissions reduction by 2030.

Latest Articles

A Radical New Government

30 September 2022

I was in the Chamber last week to listen to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal statement. He had been in post for only two and a half weeks and yet made one of the most radical statements on fiscal policy during my time in Parliament.

Cost of Energy capped

23 September 2022

Despite Russia providing less than 4% of our gas imports before their disastrous invasion of Ukraine, the effects on the global market of Putin withholding supplies has caused a global energy price hike.

The Conservative Party Must Unite to Tackle the Challenges we Face

9 September 2022

As we all now know, Liz Truss won the Conservative Party leadership contest this week and is the third female Conservative to become our Prime Minister. The Conservative Party is now uniting behind her.

Environment

Environmental Audit Committee

Philip is Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) which scrutinises government departments, and public and private sector impact on our environment, as well as measures to mitigate climate change. This could well be one of the defining policy areas of this Parliament, as we put in place the policies to enable the UK to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible, and certainly by 2050.

Sewage Bill

Philip has introduced a Private Member’s Bill - the Sewage Bill - to the House of Commons to help make a vital start towards changing behaviour and practice to clean up our rivers.

To become the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ energy we need to be exporting it to the world, not just developing it at home

Philip Dunne writes for The House Magazine

Last week the Prime Minister declared his intention to make the UK the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ energy, powering every UK home with offshore wind by 2030. This is a visionary ambition. But it misses another massive opportunity - without a substantial rethink of our export strategy, we could fail to grasp the full economic benefits of the brave new world of clean energy which we can lead.

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