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...
Bibby Stockholm: Migrants could be back in weeks, says minister
Asylum seekers could return to a migrant barge " within weeks" if safety tests show no cause for concern, the immigration minister has said.
The 39 men were briefly housed on the Bibby Stockholm, berthed in Portland Port, Dorset, before were found.
They were taken off and moved to a hotel while tests were being conducted on the vessel's water system.
Robert Jenrick said the removal of The Migrants had been " precautionary".
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. We deeply regret that. We did take a very precautionary approach. "
The Minister said " definitive answers" to the subsequent tests were expected " very shortly".
He added: " Assuming that they show no signs of Legionella or indeed any other bacteria or cause for concern, then we will move people back on to The Boat as soon as possible, I think we can expect that within weeks. "
In an, some of The Men expressed " shock and fear" over The Discovery of Legionella and said they had faced " isolation and loneliness" since being moved off.
The Home Office said at The Time it was following all health protocols and advice.
The barge is a flagship part of the government's plan to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers and deter dangerous Channel crossings by migrants.
It previously said there were about 51,000 asylum seekers currently in hotels across the UK - having gone up by 3,000 since The End of March - Costing the taxpayer about £6m A Day .
The government intends to house about 500 men on the vessel while they await the outcome of their asylum applications.
The 222-room, three-storey barge, chartered by the government for 18 Months , arrived at The Port In July .
It was previously used to accommodate homeless people and asylum seekers in Germany and the Netherlands.
The Home Office previously said " using vessels as alternative accommodation, like our European neighbours are already doing, will be better value for British taxpayers and more manageable for communities than costly hotels".
However, Human Rights group Amnesty International compared the Bibby Stockholm to " prison hulks from the Victorian era" saying it was an " utterly shameful way to house people who've fled terror, conflict and persecution".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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