Please be aware that my office will be closed from 21st December until the 4th January. Therefore, emails may not be picked up and actioned straight away.
My website contains numbers of local services for urgent matters over the Christmas period, as well as helpful advice on coronavirus.
I will, of course, remain available to deal with the most urgent matters over this period, including in relation to transition and coronavirus.
I wish you a very happy Christmas and all the best for 2021.
Christmas is just around the corner. It’s a time for families and friends to get together and celebrate. We couldn’t really do that properly last year. So make sure celebrations are as safe as they can be this Christmas, and protect you and your loved
Recently I spoke in a Pension Scheme Bill Debate in the House of Commons to make the case for greater protections for changes of guaranteed income occupational pensions. The debate considered proposed changes to the legislation governing the way occupational pension schemes can convert guaranteed
The terrible loss of life in the English Channel last week was a wake-up call to end the small boats crisis once and for all. It’s clear a fresh approach is urgently needed. Hopes were raised for discussions at the weekend. However, it’s hard to
I welcomed the decision by the Immigration Minister that he is now requiring other areas in the UK to take their share of unaccompanied children and young people crossing the Channel alone, relieving the severe pressures on Kent. Along with fellow Kent MPs, I have
This week I welcomed the news of the location of the second border facility coming to Dover. This follows the consultation on the operational plans for the HMRC site at the White Cliffs Business Park. The second facility, also at the White Cliffs Business Park,
I was delighted to meet 9 year-old Scarlett Smith at my constituency surgery to congratulate her on her excellent community and charity work. Scarlett and I have been writing since the first Covid lockdown last year about her community and charity work that she has
The numbers of migrants illegally arriving on our shores here in Dover and Deal is totally unacceptable. It’s clear a fresh approach is needed. First a new pact with France to secure firm action on both sides of the English Channel. Second the long needed
Christmas is just around the corner. It’s a time for families and friends to get together and celebrate. We couldn’t really do that properly last year. So make sure celebrations are as safe as they can be this Christmas, and
Recently I spoke in a Pension Scheme Bill Debate in the House of Commons to make the case for greater protections for changes of guaranteed income occupational pensions. The debate considered proposed changes to the legislation governing the way occupational
The terrible loss of life in the English Channel last week was a wake-up call to end the small boats crisis once and for all. It’s clear a fresh approach is urgently needed. Hopes were raised for discussions at the
I welcomed the decision by the Immigration Minister that he is now requiring other areas in the UK to take their share of unaccompanied children and young people crossing the Channel alone, relieving the severe pressures on Kent. Along with
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