Speeches in Parliament

As we begin planning our economic recovery, it is essential we have a strategy that is focused on getting people back to work. We must create jobs that are skilled and sustainable, and in sectors we want to grow.

Getting children across Sevenoaks and Swanley back to school is vital.

Across Kent we have some brilliant community rehabilitation providers. Following the Justice Secretary’s statement yesterday that the probation services in England and Wales will be fully restored to public ownership and control,

Today I spoke in the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Second Reading in the House of Commons. I have voiced in the chamber previously my long standing concerns with standard determinate sentences (where you are automatically released at a point in your sentence) for serious crimes.

Earlier this week I asked the Home Secretary to bring forward practical steps to ensure the remaining racial inequalities in our society are addressed. We must not let the violence of a minority overshadow the cause that the majority were peacefully protesting on.

Following the tragic incident at Lullingstone Castle last week, many of you have contacted me with concerns about rising antisocial behaviour across our community.

Following conversations in recent weeks with the Leonard Cheshire care home at Chipstead Lake, I was made aware of the difficulties staff were experiencing in accessing COVID-19 testing kit.

I have spoken to many key workers across the constituency this week who are nervous about ensuring high levels of workplace safety if and when the lockdown restrictions begin to be introduced.

This week the Government launched the pilot of their 'test, track and trace' strategy in the Isle of Wight. At his departmental questions in the chamber, I asked the Health Secretary how this programme will work in reality and how his department plans to roll out it out across the country.

My office have spoken with many constituents over the last few weeks who despite the support packages made available, now find themselves sadly unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.