Matthew Hamlyn CBE

Recovering Parliamentary official, interested in politics, project governance, heritage buildings, urban greenspace, environment, wildlife and SW London.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@estwebber Sadly, this is a myth as far as De Gaulle is concerned. His address was in Westminster Hall. Might be true of Auriol, Giscard, Mitterand, Chirac, Sarkozy - all Royal Gallery.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@Piquer @HouseofCommons @CommonsSpeaker @KellyGrTDC @GO_ASHT @TristanAdm @ChrisCarnegy @dwclark79 @FCDOGovUK @derek_lavery3 @piquer I thought of you when I saw this. Clearly your training in the FCO's parliamentary relations department was all worthwhile.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

For anyone in and around Tooting, Balham or Streatham on 16 November ...

[ONS Focus @ONSfocus]

National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, has today signed an arrangement with @MarianaKotzeva marking the start of a new era of statistical cooperation between the @ONS and @EU_Eurostat.

Find out more here ⬇️

https://t.co/UH0gbc7A0n

[Tom Peck @tompeck]

Feel like I read this days ago but it was in fact merely at 05.35 this morning. A superb column.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@drjohnsonshouse The joke was first used in 1066 and all that, in the errata - "for sausage read hostage".

[Treasury Committee @CommonsTreasury]

The Chair of the Treasury Committee is @Meg_HillierMP after being elected unopposed.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@LeShuttle_Help what happened to the 1446 departure from France today?

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@ThomasHall17 @AskThePatrick It is an amazing building - visited years ago while cycling round Lake Constance.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@mattengland3011 Fascinating thread. One minor point: HMG can of course provide for extra time for the debate by way of a simple motion overriding the default 90 minutes provided for in the standing orders.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@AlexanderHorne1 @Jacob_oberg_EU @benclatworthy You can always rely on @commonslibrary

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@frasermatthew Though of course Jersey is not in the UK; it's a Crown Dependency.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@AskThePatrick thanks - thought I was going mad for a moment

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@aliceolilly Smells hybrid to me, but you'd have to refer it to the examiners to be sure.

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

Baby beavers in urban London!

The birth of the first baby beavers in urban London in over 400 years marks the latest milestone for this groundbreaking community project.

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@julianHjessop ... yet more evidence of collapse of Western civilisation etc etc

[Matthew Hamlyn CBE @hamlynm1]

@AlexanderHorne1 @CourtenayIlbert Presumably HMG could consult the Met about the public order implications of a recall before making a decision?