CAMPAIGNS
Click on the links below to follow some of my campaigns and work across Canterbury.
PROTECT OUR GREEN SPACES
As a member of the All-Party Groups on Net Zero, Conservation, Deforestation, and others, alongside my role on the EFRA Select Committee, I’ve campaigned on improving our air quality and protecting our precious natural environment and ecosystems.
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ACTION ON SEWAGE SCANDAL
Residents, businesses and visitors in Whitstable and across Kent have been appalled at the scandal of raw sewage being dumped off our coast. Find out what action I have been taking in Parliament and in the constituency.
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ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON BIRTH TRAUMA INQUIRY
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma has set up an inquiry to investigate the reasons for traumatic birth and to develop policy recommendations to reduce the rate of birth trauma.
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TACKLING CRIME AND ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Everyone has the right to feel safe where they live. I want our area to be a safe and peaceful place for local people and those who visit our city, beaches and beautiful countryside. Find out what I am doing to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour locally.
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WORKING FOR BETTER HEALTHCARE
Last week, like many of my constituents, I was left feeling angry and disappointed at the news that the East Kent Hospitals Trust’s bid for £460 million to improve our local hospital services failed to make the Government’s shortlist of 40 new-build projects.
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CAMPAIGNING FOR CLOSER TIES WITH EUROPE
Many constituents frequently contact me about the ongoing impact of Brexit on the economy, both nationally and locally here in East Kent. What's more, issues around Brexit still make up a large section of my postbag, three years after the UK officially left the EU.
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TACKLING NITROUS OXIDE ABUSE
I first spoke out about the use of nitrous oxide by young people in 2020 when I held an Adjournment Debate on raising the legal age of purchasing it as many constituents contacted me about littering associated with use of the gas during the early stages of the pandemic.
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