I stand with the people of beautiful Hastings and Rye, who are all quite rightly angry about the extent of water companies’ excessive use of overflows.
The Government’s new Anti-social Behaviour Plan (ASB Plan) is a cross department project between the Home Office and the Department of Levelling-up, Housing and Communities. Some of our communities suffer from anti-social behaviour, including in Hastings town centre and in Hollington.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Sharma. In March 2021, a group of world leaders announced an initiative for a new treaty—a convention on pandemic preparedness and response.
It is Easter recess for a couple of weeks, so MPs are not in Parliament. However, my week is packed with constituency visits and my day, spent in Rye, started off at Scots Float, Military Road – just outside Rye, to visit and discuss the Environment Agency’s Rother Tidal Walls East Project.
A focus on women’s health is vital because research has shown that there is a gender health gap in the UK where many women receive poorer healthcare than men.
I was pleased to hear in the recent Spring Budget that the Chancellor had listened to my (and, it has to be said, other MP’s) repeated requests for more funding support for public sector swimming pools.
Seventeen times a day, deliveries of wood pellets arrive at a UK power plant to be burnt for electricity, following a lengthy journey across the Atlantic in enormous diesel ships.
Wednesday started out with catching up on a few emails and padding out a speech which my intern prepared for me – I added details relevant to Hastings and Rye - for a debate in Westminster Hall at 9.30, on specialist workforce for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
I welcome Chancellor’s Spring Budget as it builds on the stability secured in the Autumn Statement to halve inflation, grow the economy and reduce debt. It is a relief to see inflation starting to fall and our economy bouncing back.
Sally-Ann Hart, MP for Hastings and Rye, has won the membership vote to be re-adopted as the candidate for the Conservative Party for the next general election. She won the vote by an overwhelming majority.
