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Peter Lamb, Member of Parliament for Crawley, has welcomed the Labour’s Government’s announcement of £725bn of long-term funding for UK infrastructure. The investment comes as part of the recent UK Infrastructure Strategy, a long-term plan for both renewing national infrastructure and building the new infrastructure necessary for 21st Century Britain. As part of the strategy,…
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As a member of the select committee responsible for overseeing UK elections, I recently spoke in favour of a bill enabling absent voting to take place in Scotland and Wales on the same basis as in the rest of the UK.
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On Friday, I spoke in favour of increasing the restrictions on the imports of a variety of animals, during the course of which I took the opportunity to press the minister to act on an area of animal abuse raised with me by a Crawley constituent.
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For disabled people who need help with the added costs of living, Personal Independence Payments, or PIP, provide a lifeline. Unfortunately, due to the cost to the Treasury of the rising number of PIP claims, last March the Government announced proposals which would have introduced a more restrictive qualifying criteria for PIP and which in…
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The Second Reading of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill is set to take place tomorrow, and as many people have been in touch to share their views on this legislation, I am writing this post to publicly set out how I intend to vote, my reasons for doing so, and how I…
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Due to editing by The Guardian, the printed version differs in parts from the original piece submitted below. Reading the news you could be forgiven for thinking a week of drama in Westminster had finally concluded on Friday morning, with a deal between the Government and some of the Labour MPs who signed the reasoned…
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West Sussex’s transport networks are to receive a £29.9m upgrade as a result of the comprehensive spending review, investing in increased connectivity, economic growth and better opportunities for local people. The £29.9 million that West Sussex, will receive over the Spending Review period represents a near 2% boost compared to plans under the previous Conservative…
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Data from NHS England has revealed that waiting lists in the South East have fallen by 35,201 since the last General Election. Across the country, NHS waiting list figures show a drop in April, barring the special measures put in place at the start of the pandemic this marks the first such reduction in 17…
