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return false;" rel="nofollow"><i class="las la-print"></i></a> 168 </div> 169 <p class="p1" style="text-align: center;">Julian was first elected MP for New Forest East in 1997.</p> 170 171<p style="text-align: center;">On 4 July 2024, he was elected for the eighth time with a majority of 8,495<span> â the seventh-largest majority among the 121 Conservative-held seats after the 2024 General Election.</span></p> 172 173<p style="text-align: center;">He was twice elected Chairman of the Defence Select Committee, by his fellow Members of Parliament, serving in that role throughout the 2015â17 Parliament and the 2017â19 Parliament.</p> 174 175<p style="text-align: center;">Summaries and pdfs of 29 Defence Committee and 3 Defence Sub-Committee Inquiries, completed during those two Parliaments, can be accessed <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/defence-committee-press-notices" target="_blank"><strong>here.</strong></a></p> 176 177<p style="text-align: center;">In January 2020, he announced that he would not seek to be elected for a third time as Defence Committee Chairman, because: "It is better to stop while people wish you to carry on, than to carry on until people wish you to stop!"</p> 178 179<p style="text-align: center;">In July 2020, having been nominated to the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) by the Prime Minister and confirmed by the House of Commons, he was elected as ISC Chairman by the Members of that Committee 180 <br>in accordance with the Justice and Security Act 2013 â serving in that role from then until the end of the 2019â24 Parliament.</p> 181 182<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/storage/app/media/IMG_3961A.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></p> 183 184<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Julian and former Defence Select Committee Deputy Chairman John Spellar MP (now Lord Spellar) at Farnborough Air Show</strong></p> 185 186<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 187 188<blockquote> 189 190 <p style="text-align: center;">"Julian Lewis has a formidable reputation in the field of defence and disarmament. He led the challenge to dangerous unilateralism in the Eighties, and was proved right on this crucial issue. Julian is held in very high regard by defence experts and has brought this real experience and expertise to my Front Bench team." 191 <br><strong>â Rt Hon David Cameron MP, February 2010</strong></p> 192 193 <p style="text-align: center;"> 194 <br>For Julian's February 2011 exchange with Prime Minister David Cameron on Trident renewal and 195 <br>Continuous At-Sea Deterrence, click <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12406073" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p> 196</blockquote> 197 198<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 199 200<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For Julian's major 2012 paper on Strategy for Afghanistan, published in the US DoD journal,</strong> 201 <br><strong>Joint Force Quarterly, click <a href="https://www.julianlewis.net/essays-and-topics/3787:international-terrorism-the-case-for-containment-2012-04-01" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></p> 202 203<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 204 205<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For his widely-reported 2015 speech on airstrikes in Syria after the Paris atrocities, click <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-julian-lewis-powerful-speech-6942338" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></p> 206 207<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 208 209<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For his 2017 Speaker's Lecture, covering many major Defence issues, click <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/essays-and-topics/4337:the-future-of-the-armed-forces" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></p> 210 211<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 212 213<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And for his 2017 Lecture on Backbench Parliamentary Politics, click <a href="https://www.julianlewis.net/essays-and-topics/4525:backbench-parliamentary-politics" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></p> 214 215<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 216 217<p style="text-align: center;">Julian was elected as the Conservative MP for New Forest East in May 1997. He was re-elected in June 2001 and â with successively increased majorities â in May 2005, May 2010, May 2015, June 2017 and December 2019. From November 2002 until May 2010, he was the Shadow Defence Minister for the Royal Navy, the nuclear deterrent and strategic issues. He held this post continuously, except for a period as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office between September 2004 and the May 2005 General Election.</p> 218 219<p style="text-align: center;">For Julian's first speech after the change of Government in 2010, click <a href="/commons-speeches/3461%3Aqueens-speech-debate-defence-162" target="_blank">here</a>; for his discovery of the truth about Coalition negotiations, click <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/questions-in-the-house/1552:constitution-av-the-coalition-deal-1552" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/selected-news-coverage/3904:was-the-coalition-built-on-a-lie-2010-07-26" target="_blank">here</a>; for his speech opposing the trebling of University tuition fees, click <a href="/commons-speeches/3464%3Atrebling-student-tuition-fees-167" target="_blank">here</a>; and for his speech against taking the New Forest out of public ownership, click <a href="/commons-speeches/3467%3Afuture-of-the-new-forest-170" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> 220 221<p style="text-align: center;">
221For Julian's main speeches on Syria in 2013, click <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/commons-speeches/3706:queen-s-speech-syria-2013-05-14" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.julianlewis.net/commons-speeches/3773:syria-and-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-29-august-2013-2013-08-29" target="_blank">here</a>. To watch his interview on the BBC in June 2013, warning that a vote for military action would fail in the House of Commons, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wcpI_wNww" target="_blank">here</a>; and to watch his speech in the key debate on 29 August 2013, click <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-23884968" target="_blank">here</a> and move the cursor to the 1 hour and 8 minute point.</p> 222 223<p style="text-align: center;">* * * *</p> 224 225<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Julian was one of only 28 Conservative Eurosceptic MPs â </strong><a href="https://www.julianlewis.net/selected-news-coverage/tory-spartans-finally-toast-victory-over-theresa-may-helped-deliver-brexit" target="_blank"><strong>the so-called 'Spartans'</strong></a><strong> â to have voted against</strong> 226 <br><strong>Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement in all three divisions in the House of Commons in 2019,<br> because he regarded it as <u>Brexit-in-name-only</u>. As he stated on the Floor of the House:</strong></p> 227 228<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"Brexit should mean Brexit and 'No Deal' is better than this bad deal".</strong></p> 229 230<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="storage/app/media/New-Forest.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></p> 231 232<p style="text-align: center;">The New Forest East constituency was created at the 1997 General Election. A fifth of its electors came from the former New Forest seat; four-fifths came from the former Romsey and Waterside seat. A full description of New Forest East was included in Julian's <strong><a href="/commons-speeches/3298%3Amaiden-speech-1" target="_blank">maiden speech</a></strong>.</p> 233 234<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Contact Julian by writing to him at:<br> </strong>House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<strong><br> Telephone</strong><strong>: </strong><u><a href="tel:020%207219%203000">023 80 814 817</a></u> 235 <br><strong>From abroad: </strong><u><a href="tel:020%207219%203000">+ 44 23 80 814 817</a></u></p> 236 237<p style="text-align: center;">[Please note: (i) constituency correspondence is not carried out by email; 238 <br>and (ii) it is helpful if you include a <strong>telephone number</strong>, when writing.]<small> </small></p> 239 240<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2> 241 242<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>UKRAINE EMERGENCY:</strong> 243 <br><strong>Visit Hampshire County Council's dedicated page </strong><a href="https://www.hants.gov.uk/ukraine" target="_blank"><strong><u>here</u></strong></a></h2> 244 245<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2> 246 247<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>AFGHANISTAN EMERGENCY: PEOPLE WHO WISH TO HELP<br>Advice from Hampshire County Council</strong></h2> 248 249<p style="text-align: center;">Donating an item â please visit the website of registered local charity Community First who are co-ordinating collections across the county. In addition to signposting to donation points, Community First is also publishing a list of priority items that are needed first and foremost. Please can we ask that items are either nearly-new or in good second-hand condition. If youâre an individual or local charity/organisation wishing to make an offer of practical support, please email Community First at <a data-fr-linked="true" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. 250 <br>See also: 251 <br><strong> <a href="https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/heres-how-you-can-help-5839237">Here's how you can help Afghan refugees in Hampshire as new county-wide appeal launched - HampshireLive</a> </strong></p> 252 253<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2> 254 255<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>CORONAVIRUS INJECTIONS FO</u></strong><strong><u>R ELIGIBLE GROUPS</u>:</strong><strong> </strong></h2> 256 257<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>People from eligible groups can book online via the NHS website at the following link</strong> 258 <br><strong>
258<a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/</a></strong> 259 <br> 260 <br><strong>or call <a href="tel:119" target="_blank">119</a> free of charge, anytime between 7am and 11pm seven days a week.</strong></h2> 261 262<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2> 263 264<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>GETTING VACCINATED WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> 265 266<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Use the following link to find walk-in facilities for Covid-19 injections<br></strong><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/find-a-walk-in-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-site/" target="_blank"><strong><u>www.nhs.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/find-a-walk-in-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-site/</u></strong></a></p> 267 268<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2> 269 270<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>CORONAVIRUS CONTACTS</u>:</strong><small><br><br>(1) </small><small>NHS Volunteer Responders can register by clicking <u><a href="https://www.goodsamapp.org/nhs." target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></u><br>(2) Information about most aspects of the emergency is available <u><a href="http://www.gov.uk/coronavirus." target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></u><br>(3) NHS Scotland has valuable and clear information <u><strong><a href="http://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u><br>(4) Full information about Personal Protective Equipment is available <u><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-protective-equipment-ppe-strategy-stabilise-and-build-resilience" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></u><br>(5) View the Lymington Times list of groups offering support in the New Forest <u><a href="https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/where-you-can-get-coronavirus-support-in-the-new-forest-and-christchurch" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></u><br>(6) Citizens Advice New Forest: <strong>0300 3309 009</strong><br>(7) New Forest Disability Service: <strong>01425628750</strong><br>(8) Solent MIND mental health hotline: <strong>02380179049</strong><br>(9) Support for the elderly from Age Concern Hampshire: <strong>01962868545</strong><br>(10) Support for the vulnerable in Hampshire (HantsHelp4Vulnerable): <strong>0333 370 4000</strong><br>(11) Adults Social Care Contact Team for urgent support in Hampshire: <strong>0300 555 1368</strong><br>(12) Combat Stress Mental Health Helpline for Veterans and their Families:<strong> </strong><strong>08001381619 </strong><br>(13) Guidance on Living Safely with Respiratory Infections, including Covid-19, is available <u><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u><br></small></h2> 271 <div class="actions"> 272 <a href="#" title="Print" onclick="window.print(); return false;" rel="nofollow"><i class="las la-print"></i></a> 273 </div> 274 </main> 275 276 </div> 277 278 <footer> 279 <div class="container"> 280 <p class="center small">© Rt Hon Dr Julian Lewis</p> 281 </div> 282 </footer> 283 284
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