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Weekly look ahead: 26th October

My weekly video - Free School Meals and the £737,000 to West Sussex (to help with Food Banks, emergency provisions and all sorts of support for those families who most need it), the Immigration Bill, meetings in the constituency including with Cancer Research UK and much more.

A27 Update in Parliament

“Last week we had the welcome news about the preferred route for the Arundel bypass on the A27 at a likely cost of just over £250m yet just down the road on the A27 in my constituency, in Worthing, a town 10x the size of Arundel, we were allocated just £70m in the RIS1 (Road Investment Strategy) bac

Herald Column: October 22

Last year the EYE Project (Eco, Young & Engaged) which I founded in 2008 was honoured to be given a Green Heart Hero Award at a national awards ceremony held at the House of Commons.

Vehicle Registration Offences (Penalty Points) Bill

Today I supported a Bill presented in the House of Commons aimed at tackling the use of illegal number plates, often associated with anti-social driving on roads in East Worthing and Shoreham. The Vehicle Registration Offences (Penalty Points) Bill, which I have supported and presented by Andrew Gr

Weekly look ahead: 20th October

Discussing bars in Parliament, the Immigration Bill, Transport questions (where I’ll be raising the A27 and the lack of a Worthing-Lancing bypass), overseas issues including the situation in Yemen, Xinjiang and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, and more.

Herald Column: October 15

Apparently in Sussex we have some of the greatest supporters and fundraisers for the excellent St John Ambulance charity in the whole country.

School Exams, 2021

I am completely aware that students due to sit exams next summer have experienced considerable disruption to their education, and it is right that we give them, and their teachers, more time to prepare. The Government have worked with the sector, Ofqual and exam boards to agree that most summer exa

Weekly look ahead: 13th October

Discussing the new COVID ‘three-tier’ guidance, why I voted against the well-intentioned but ill-thought-out amendments to the Agriculture Bill, my serious reservations about the 10 o’clock curfew, the good news about Ropetackle getting a £56,850 grant and more.

Agriculture Bill

I’ve had a number of emails regarding the Agriculture Bill votes last night and seen a number of incredibly misleading news articles that have been circulating so thought I’d explain to you directly what happened, why I voted against the amendments to the Agriculture Bill and the potentially damagin