TenMinuteRule Bill
I have been working to presenting a Ten Minute Rule Bill seeking to bring into the spotlight that one million of the three million children who...
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Master Baker
As an enthusiastic amateur baker, it was great to meet up with celebrity baker Paul Hollywood. As well as being the star of the Great British...
Read this entry » Sholden Talks
Today I joined residents of Sholden and Middle Deal to discuss the proposed large scale developments that affect the area. The District...
Read this entry » Beer Festival
Dover's beer festival was once again an incredible success. Local publican Peter Garstin (pictured) and I enjoyed sampling the ales. It was...
Read this entry » K College
Today I visited K College in Dover. It was great to hear about the many courses offered to our younger people. Whether it's A levels or vocational...
Read this entry » RNLI
Today I joined Dover County Councillor Nigel Collor to support the RNLI. We both took to the rowing machines – pictured – to see...
Read this entry » MP meets with Dover Mayors.
Today I met up with the past and present Dover Mayors at the House of Commons. They discuss the future of Dover Docks and moving forward the...
Read this entry » SeaFrance
The news that SeaFrance is to shed 127 jobs in Dover after it was liquidated by a French court and told to cease activity is not the best...
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Sholden
Statement on the Sholden and Middle Deal planning applications Granting permission for these developments was a catastrophic error. I have consistently opposed...
Read this entry »Hospital for Dover
This morning I joined in with others to make a stand over just how important it is we get a good hospital for Dover. Along with Reg Hansell, the rally was a great...
Read this entry »Abigail Coles
It was a pleasure to welcome Abigail Coles of Whitfield and Aspen Primary School, and her mother Julie to the House of Commons today. Abigail was the winner...
Read this entry »Arts & Crafts
Today I popped along to the Landmark Centre in Deal for the Arts, Crafts and Food Fair with my son Thomas, Town Councillor Wayne Elliott and Marie Sharkey,...
Read this entry »Remembrance Sunday
As part of Remembrance Sunday this year I attended the service in Deal. Last year I was in Dover (in the pouring rain) luckily this year it was a bit...
Read this entry »Question Time
This afternoon I went along to meet representatives of the Dover Christian Aid committee (Richard Webster, Maurice Palmer and Michael Hinton) who lobbied me...
Read this entry »Every Little Helps
This morning I went to the Tesco Extra in Whitfield to congratulate local schools on their great effort in collecting vouchers as part of the Tesco's Vouchers...
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