Friday 8 April 2022 Over the last week we have seen some of the most challenging road conditions in Kent in the past seven years. The M20 has been closed to coastbound traffic between junctions 8 and 11, and that section of the motorway is being used to hold nearly 2,000 queuing lorries. These queues […]
Friday 1 April 2022 We are all appalled at the behaviour of the management of P&O Ferries in dismissing their entire workforce and replacing them with agency workers being paid well below the minimum wage. Its chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite has even admitted in front of a parliamentary committee that P&O Ferries was in breach […]
Thursday 24 March 2022 This week in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak set out in the Spring Statement his plan to support the recovery of the economy, following the COVID pandemic. Whilst the economy is expected to grow 3.8% this year, and be bigger than it was before the […]
Monday 21 March 2022 On 11 March I visited Napier Barracks in Folkestone, along with the Leader of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Cllr David Monk. We were given a tour of improvements made to the facilities for the three hundred asylum claimants who are resident there. The Barracks is being used as a temporary […]
Wednesday 9 March 2022 On Tuesday 7 March I attended the address given by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky to the House of Commons. It is without precedent for a non-member of parliament to speak in the chamber of the House, but it brought to us directly his message of determination to resist the […]
Friday 25 February 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an unprovoked assault on a peaceful and sovereign nation. There can be no justification for the action that President Putin has taken. He has lied repeatedly to the Russian people and to the world about the situation in Ukraine. Mr Putin has falsely asserted time and […]
Monday 14 February 2022 I know that many local residents are concerned about the impact that rising prices are having on their household budget. In particular we all face the prospect of significant increases in the costs of heating our home. I along with many other Members of Parliament have been asking the government what […]
Friday 28 January 2022 As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic it is encouraging to see that the economy across the country has recovered much faster than many people predicted. The size of the economy is now greater than it was before the first lockdown two years ago. There are more people in work, job […]
Wednesday 19 January 2022 Earlier this week the Government announced that the Royal Navy will be given primacy over all other government agencies operating within the English Channel to help tackle the surge of migrants entering the country illegally from France. It is important that policy evolves with the situation and although plans are still […]
Thursday 13 January 2022 This winter I know that many people are concerned about the rising cost of energy, and rightly so. Nobody should face unaffordable energy bills for using a reasonable amount of electricity, and the government has measures in place to support those who need it: from Winter Fuel Payments to the Warm […]