Congratulations to the Rt Hon Eleanor Laing MP, who has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list to become Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE.
Eleanor Laing has been a Member of Parliament for Epping Forest for 21 years, a Shadow Minister for 12 years and Deputy Speaker for the last four-and-a-half years. She was appointed a member of the Privy Council, the formal body of advisers to the Queen, last November.
Epping Forest Conservatives were delighted to welcome Conservative Party Deputy Chairman James Cleverley MP to Epping this week.
He spoke with passion and conviction and answered a series of searching questions in particular about the Government’s Brexit plans.
Epping Forest MP Dame Eleanor Laing said: "People are not surprisingly concerned about our future relationship with the EU and the prospects for our trading arrangements with other countries around the world.
"James was brilliant in his thorough answers and explanations."
She added: "Everyone said they felt much happier about our future prospects having had the opportunity to speak directly to a Senior Officer of the Conservative Party."
