Richard Drax
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Web site | www.richarddrax.com |
| Date of birth | January 29,1958 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Elsebet Drax |
| Zara Drax | |
| Children | Tamara Katherine Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax |
| Parents | Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax |
| Pamela Weeks | |
| Job | Politician |
| Journalist | |
| Army officer | |
| Education | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Eton College | |
| Harrow School | |
| Royal Agricultural University | |
| Great grandparent | John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404308 |
Richard Drax Life story
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax is a British politician, major landowner and former journalist who has served as the Member of Parliament for South Dorset since 2010. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Charlie Gladstone: Rishi Sunak is completely wrong on slavery
... For example, Conservative MP Richard Drax has previously said his family s slave-trading past was " deeply, deeply regrettable" but " no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago"...
Bibby Stockholm: Migrants could be back in weeks, says minister
... Responding to a question in the Commons from Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, he said: " It was very unfortunate that migrants had to be moved off the barge over the summer...
Bibby Stockholm: No timeframe for migrant barge arrivals
... But there has been opposition to the plan - with local councillors and residents and Conservative MP for South Dorset Richard Drax calling on the government to remove the barge...
Bibby Stockholm: Asylum seeker barge docks in Portland as migration bill progresses
... The Conservative MP for Dorset South, Richard Drax, said he had " a lot of sympathy with the government" as migrants continue to cross the English Channel...
Barge for 500 migrants towed to Falmouth for refit
... The plans have been criticised by local groups, refugee charities and Conservative MP Richard Drax, who said " every action" was being looked at" including a legal case...
Barge to house 500 male migrants off Dorset coast, says government
... The plans have been criticised by local groups, refugee charities and Conservative MP Richard Drax who said " every action s being looked at"...
Asylum seeker barge plan would face legal challenge
... Local Conservative MP Richard Drax " all legal routes" were being looked at to try and stop the proposal...
Richard Drax: Jamaica eyes slavery reparations from Tory MP
... Richard Drax s ancestors were pioneers of the sugar and slave trades in the Caribbean about 400 years ago...
Asylum seeker barge plan would face legal challenge
By Nick Eardley, chief political correspondent, and Oliver SlowBBC News
Ministers are facing the prospect of a legal challenge if they go ahead with plans to house asylum seekers on a barge off the Dorset coast.
The Home Office is reportedly looking to use the 222-room Bibby Stockholm for The Migrants under controversial plans aimed at reducing reliance on hotels.
The vessel could be docked.
Local Conservative MP Richard Drax " all legal routes" were being looked at to try and stop The Proposal .
The government says More Than £6m A Day is spent on hotels for migrants. But charities say military bases and boats are " wholly inadequate places" to house People fleeing war and persecution.
The three-storey Bibby Stockholm - which can house More Than 500 People - has been refurbished since it was criticised as an " oppressive environment" when the Dutch government used it for asylum seekers.
The vessel now has en-suite rooms, a TV and Games Room and a gym,
Details about any deal to use the barge have Not Yet been confirmed, but a Home Office spokesperson said: " The pressure on The Asylum system has continued to grow and requires us to look at a range of accommodation options which offer better value for money for taxpayers than hotels. "
Mr Drax, whose constituency includes Portland, has described the use of boats as " totally and utterly out of the question" and will exacerbate existing problems "10-fold".
Speaking to BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman refused to confirm The Deal , saying her office was " looking at all sorts of lands, sites and vessels".
As part of efforts to tackle the issue, last week Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick
He told The Commons that " The Sheer number of small boats have overwhelmed The Asylum system" adding the government would " not elevate the wellbeing of illegal migrants above The British People ".
" Accommodation for migrants should meet Essential Living needs and Nothing More , because we cannot risk becoming a magnet for the millions of People who are displaced and seeking better economic prospects, " He Said .
The plans were criticised by Labour, with shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper saying The Announcement was an " admission of failure".
" They've got this huge backlog of asylum decisions, so much so that 98% of Last Year 's small boats arrivals simply haven't even been decided or processed, " She Said .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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