Robert Buckland Weblog

A further blow has been dealt to this Government’s plans for a National Identity Card scheme and National Identity Register, by the loss of discs containing the personal details of everyone in receipt of Child Benefit in the UK. This includes me and my family. I am alarmed to learn that my bank [...]

It was with some trepidation that I returned last weekend to Durham, after a gap of nearly ten years. A group of seven of us who had been together at Hatfield College from 1987 to 1990 met up in the shadow of the greatest cathedral in the world on Friday evening. Frankly, the [...]

For most of my life, I have taken the power of speech and language entirely for granted.  It has been the basis of my career in the law, and the cornerstone of my political progress.  As a result of what is happening with my daughter, these assumptions have been entirely overturned.
Words are only one way [...]

Another hectic week in Swindon, with a House Meeting in Old Walcot on Wednesday, a visit to Toothill Farm Community Centre on Saturday and campaigning in Parks and West Swindon taking up a lot of my time. I have now finished the process of clearing out all my possessions from 30 Park Place, with [...]

A day of great memories, but a day of sadness.  News reaches me that Ray Gravell is dead.  Latterly remembered as the talkative media personality of Welsh TV and radio, Ray Gravell’s contribution to Welsh rugby was immense.  As a fiery and committed Centre, he played for Wales and the British Lions with great distinction.  [...]