LabourMP for East Worthing and Shoreham
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, to many of my constituents are seeing delays to receiving their civil service pensions because of capita's failures. In some cases, this is causing serious hardship, and I'm doing all I can to assist them in…”
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank the Minister for her statement and indeed my local police officers for their work. Trust in policing is absolutely essential, and that trust and confidence has been tested too many times in recen…”
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My thoughts are with the victims and survivors of Shabbir Ahmed and the Rochdale grooming gang. The minister has always been clear that removing foreign nationals offenders is a priority for him, the Home Secretary a…”
“6. Whether the Commission has made an assessment of the potential impact of closure of the Education and Engagement Outreach Team on schools.…”
“8. What steps she is taking to improve access to nature.…”
“I thank my right honourable Friend for her statement. I offer my condolences to Henry Nowak’s family, who have been through an appalling ordeal. What assurances can my right honourable Friend provide that Henry’s family’s concerns about the…”
“21. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are able to try work without automatically triggering a benefits reassessment.…”
“10. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment.…”
“The Labour Government have given Conservative-run West Sussex county council £27 million to get our roads in shape, but across my constituency there are dangerous potholes that the council refuses to fill, and roads in desperate need of res…”
“8. What steps he is taking to increase trade ties with Europe.…”
“Many of my constituents have been in touch with me in recent months concerned about the impact of foreign money and foreign influence on our elections, particularly after the recent conviction of the former leader of Reform UK Wales for tak…”
“Road safety is a concern for many of my constituents: those living on the Old Shoreham Road worry about dangerous accidents and near misses along the A283; the parents and staff at Swiss Gardens primary school are concerned about cars ignor…”
“I agree with the Minister that Mr el-Fattah’s tweets are abhorrent, and I am glad that the Government have made their position on his views clear, but I cannot understand the clear lack of due diligence on such a high-profile case, which ha…”
“6. What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants.…”
“It is a little over a year since we had the first Labour Budget in 15 years, and since that Budget, many of my constituents in East Worthing and Shoreham have felt the benefit in some way or another. They include the 20,000 people no longer…”
“17. What steps he is taking to improve the private rented sector for tenants.…”
“Q13. Seeing dentists is crucial not just for people’s dental health but for their broader health and wellbeing, but access to NHS dentistry has been a growing problem for a number of years. In my constituency, only two out of 10 dentists ar…”
“6. What assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of church leaders on community relations.…”
“Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 15 October.…”
“22. What steps he is taking to build more social and affordable homes.…”
“Q5. This Labour Government are getting our NHS back on its feet; there are 20,000 fewer patients on waiting lists at my local trust since the election, but there is still more to do, including making it easier to see a GP. Will the Prime Mi…”
“Last week, it was revealed that the chief executive of Southern Water was awarded an egregious, enormous pay rise worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, despite the company continuing to oversee sewage spills and infrastructure failures tha…”
“I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the BBC and a former employee of the Prospect and Bectu unions, which represent BBC staff. I welcome my right honoura…”
“I welcome my right honourable Friend’s statement and the Government’s work to ensure that help is there for those who need it now and in future. Many in this House will be worried that progress on closing the disability employment gap stall…”
“16. What steps she is taking to support severely disabled people who will never be able to work in East Worthing and Shoreham constituency.…”
“I rise to speak in support of new clause 10, which is about choice. In fact, the Bill is about choice: choice at the end of life and choice to have a dignified death. It is about a choice that is currently being denied to many in untreatabl…”
“This year, the UK is providing Ukraine with more financial aid through military support than at any time since Putin’s illegal invasion. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is crucial to wider European security, and to our own securit…”
“It is a privilege to represent East Worthing and Shoreham, a fabulous stretch of the stunning Sussex coast where the sea meets the shore at our beautiful collection of towns and villages, which then give way to the breathtaking south downs.…”
“Like many, I was horrified to see the resumption of airstrikes in Gaza and the loss of so many innocent lives this week. Civilians in Gaza and the remaining Israeli hostages, who were abducted in the appalling Hamas terror attacks of 7 Octo…”
“Like 1% of the population, I suffer from coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease in which the gut attacks itself if the sufferer eats gluten. There is no treatment other than a gluten-free diet. The cheapest loaf of gluten-free bread can cos…”
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