Stephen Williams MP has welcomed news that the Office of National Statistics, who compile the UK census and similar surveys, will now be including a question on sexual orientation in most of their work - though not in the 2011 census itself. "I think it is a welcome step forward that they will be asking these questions," he said. "It's important we understand the pattern of gay life in modern Britain."
Is there a crisis in our countryside?
On Tuesday I made a rare incursion into the Finchley and Golders Green Area Environment Committee.
Data "lost or stolen" throughout region
Brentwood's Liberal Democrats have voted against the council's Asset Management Plan on principle as it clearly stated the Conservative-run council's intention to dispose of Keys Hall in Warley, Old House in Shenfield Road and Hutton Parish Hall.
Liberal Democrat campaigner Cllr Adrian Collett urged the Planning Inspector to throw out proposals for a Mega-Depot at Pyestock last night. He was addressing the evening public session of the month-long Planning Inquiry.
