Visit to Kleanbus
9th June 2023 Sir John Whittingdale visited Kleanbus at Stud Farm, Mundon Road, Maldon. Kleanbus is a start-up company which converts diesel buses into electric-powered buses using a prefabricated drive train. John met CEO Joe Tighe, Managing Director John Holland and Director of Social Environmental Governance Lucy Parkin. He was taken for a ride in their demonstration vehicle, a diesel […]
Westminster Hall Debate on Professional Wrestling
Today, Sir John Whittingdale attended the Westminster Hall Debate on Professional Wrestling, as the Minister responsible for this area. The debate was obtained by the hon. Member for Warrington North, Charlotte Nichols, and attended by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wrestling, who produced a report looking at how wrestling is classified. The […]
Chelmer Blackwater Nature Reserve
19th May 2023 On Friday Sir John Whittingdale MP visited the new Chelmer Blackwater Nature Reserve, located next to the Heybridge Tesco Car Park. This site has been acquired by a new Community Interest Company, with the purpose of preventing it from being developed and to preserve it as a natural wildlife site whilst also […]
Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool
Saturday 13th May 2023 Sir John Whittingdale MP was delighted to be able to attend the Eurovision Final in Liverpool, in his new capacity as Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, joining the Secretary Of State and other Ministers. John joined the Ukrainian Minister of Culture, Oleksandr Tkachenko, as well […]
Primary Care Plan
Sir John has long campaigned for improving access to primary healthcare in Maldon and the other towns in our constituency, both when representing his constituents both in Parliament and when meeting with local NHS groups. John strongly welcomes the Government’s new Primary Care Recovery Plan, which will improve access to GP and pharmaceutical services and modernise […]
World Press Freedom Day
Appointment as Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure
Sir John Whittingdale MP has been appointed Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure by the Prime Minister, a role similar to the one in held in 2020-2021. This role will see John return to Government as a Minister in both the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, while the […]
Visit to Sainsburys in South Woodham Ferrers
Sir John Whittingdale MP visited Sainsbury’s South Woodham Ferrers to meet staff and to hear what Sainsbury’s is doing to support the local community. John was given a tour by Store Manager, Lian Meachen, and heard about a variety of initiatives including food donations to a variety of local charities, free food for staff while […]
Visit to All Saints Primary School
Sir John Whittingdale visited All Saints Primary School in Maldon, to mark the start of the work on a new classroom as part of an extension of the school. Previously on two sites, the school has now been consolidated on a single site in Highlands Drive. It has taken around ten years to finalise the […]
Essex Mental Health Inquiry, Meeting with Secretary of State.
Today John and fellow Essex Colleagues, Priti Patel, Vicky Ford, James Duddridge, Alex Burghart, Giles Watling and a representative from James Cartlidge’s office, met with with Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State for Health to discuss the ongoing Essex Mental Health Inquiry. John said: “We were able to set out in detail to the Secretary […]