Since 2010, the Conservative Government have created a world-class apprenticeship system from the ground up and delivered 5.7 million apprenticeships across the country.
It was a privilege to speak on behalf of Hastings and Rye residents at the Hastings Holocaust Memorial Day at the White Rock Theatre on 27th January – a day designated to commemorate the atrocities of the Holocaust, or ‘Shoah’.
I am grateful to be given the opportunity to speak today, and I would like to thank David Tasker for organising this important event, and The Hastings Academy for their inspiring contributions.
Hastings and Rother are each receiving £20 million through Levelling-up Partnerships and Hastings is also going to benefit from the Long-term Plan for Towns (the ‘Endowment Fund’), where it will receive £20 million over ten years.
Local MPs, Huw Merriman and Sally-Ann Hart, called a meeting with Sussex Police and local business to discuss the problem of aggressive and persistent shoplifting in their constituencies.
It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on securing today’s debate on a very important issue.
The Government have taken many positive steps, including doubling high needs funding since 2015, but increased demand for SEND support, together with changes to the code of practice in 2014 and then the covid pandemic, have exacerbated the challenges. I congratulate my right hon.
Earlier this week, the Second Reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill was postponed due to an Urgent Question on Israel and Gaza, and several statements including one on the Horizon Post Office scandal.
Sir Winston Churchill once said that “Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen”. 2023 was a year of significant events locally, nationally and globally.
