Sussex Air Ambulance funding appeal Thursday, 9 May, 2024 Whilst I would have hoped for a different result politically, congratulations to all the councillors elected in Adur and Worthing last week. There are big changes afoot as Labour takes over control in Adur for the first time in 24 years and Lancing Parish now has no overall control. Many commiserations to all those councillors who were not re-elected, and I know how galling it can be to be the... Local News
Access to justice - Herald column January 11th 2018 11th January 2018 Parliament returned from the Christmas recess this week and I was fortunate enough to be given an adjournment debate slot on the continuing delays in... Articles
25 Year Environment Plan to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste 11th January 2018 Launching the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Prime Minister has set out the government’s determination to leave our environment in a better state than we found... Westminster News
Access to justice for families of the Shoreham Airshow victims 10th January 2018 The families of the Shoreham Airshow crash victims still have no idea whether anyone will actually be charged and held responsible for the deaths of their loved... Local News
Brighton Main Line Improvement Project: Planned closures in October 2018 and February 2019 10th January 2018 Network Rail has announced details of a major project to improve reliability and performance for passengers on the Brighton Main Line. This programme of work... Local News
World-leading microbeads ban takes effect 9th January 2018 A ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads has come into force today – a landmark step in the introduction of one of the world’s toughest bans... Westminster News
Herald column December 21st 2017 21st December 2017 It is not often that you get to play both two great Parliamentarians William Wilberforce and William Pitt the Younger at the same time and in the House of... Articles
Lizzie Williams - Tokyo 2020 19th December 2017 I was recently approach on Twitter by Lizzie Williams, she is a 22 years old, born and bred Worthing girl, who was born with a bone disability called... Local News
Twitter - Hate Speech - Home Affairs Select Committee 19th December 2017 During a session of Home Affairs Selection Committee, as part of our enquiry into hate crime, I questioned Twitter's Sinead McSweeney about the #KillaTory trend... Speeches in Parliament
Brexit Update: Refugees and Amendment 7 18th December 2017 There was big furore last week following the vote on amendment 7, put down my colleague, Dominic Grieve, where the Government lost by four votes. I have lots of... Westminster News