Campaigns

The long awaited A64 dual carriageway between the Hopgrove roundabout and Barton Hill has been included in the investment period 2025 -2030 (RIS3) it has been announced today.

Health Ministers will review the way small rural hospitals are funded following a meeting with myself and my colleagues Rishi Sunak MP (Richmond) and Robert Goodwill MP (Scarborough & Whitby).

I have launched a campaign to lower duties for small British vineyards. Over forty MPs who have vineyards producing British wine in their constituencies added their support to my call for the creation of a British Small Vineyard Relief (BSVR).

On the eve of the Conservative Party Conference we all need to stay focused on delivering Brexit on 31st October.

I am calling on the Government to prioritise spending on infrastructure in the North in the spending review later this year.

It is a peculiar time, to say the least, in Westminster. 

My Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) bill gives employed parents the entitlement, in law, to two weeks’ paid leave if they lose a child under the age of 18 or suffer a stillbirth after 24 weeks.

I am very concerned about the reduction in health services at Scarborough Hospital available to people living in the more rural parts of my constituency. Many are having to travel through to York for medical care.

After many months of campaigning I was delighted that the former Lambert Hospital in Thirsk has finally and permanently been secured for community use.