GP SURGERY UPDATE Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 Yesterday a group of Gloucestershire MPs met Health Secretary Victoria Atkins to discuss the funding of GP surgeries following correspondence from a number of them. We made a number of suggestions and requests and the Health Secretary has said she will consider them. We will continue to work with her and with our local GP surgeries to help them improve appointment times and patient care. Westminster News
National Lottery Week 26th February 2017 Great to hear about how Tewkesbury has benefitted from National Lottery funding as part of #NatLotteryWeek in Parliament Westminster News
Reopening of the Plough Inn, Prestbury 24th February 2017 Attending the reopening of the Plough Inn, Prestbury with Paul & Emma. Local News
Maritime Connects 22nd February 2017 Tonight I hosted the launch of Maritime Connects which aims to increase global and Commonwealth trade. Westminster News
Week in Parliament: 6th February 2017 10th February 2017 Regional Representatives: met with Ashley Fox (MEP for the South West) to discuss various current issues. Constituent visits: met with local constituents here... Westminster News
Week in Parliament: 23rd January 2017 30th January 2017 Home Office Questions: called for foreign student numbers to be separately identified when immigration figures are announced, as they bring much money to the UK... Westminster News
Supreme Court Ruling 24th January 2017 The majority judgement in the Supreme Court regarding triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty did not come as a surprise. It is based on the premise that... Westminster News
Prime Minister's Speech 17th January 2017 It hard to believe that it was last June when Britain took the momentous decision to leave the EU. I campaigned to leave the EU because I wanted us to have... Westminster News
£410M RAF Atlas aircraft support contract secures at least 400 UK jobs 9th January 2017 The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has negotiated a £410 million contract that will secure at least 400 highly-skilled British jobs and provide in-service support... Local News
Meeting with Safran at Downing Street 9th January 2017 With the Safran team following a meeting at No 10. Westminster News