November Update
Welcome to my November Update. It has been a busy month both in Westminster, and the Constituency. I have enjoyed making a number of visits in the constituency this month, including visiting several schools to talk to pupils about UK Parliament Week, as well as visiting a Maldon-based business specialising in sustainable energy solutions during […]
Social Care Cap
I have had a number of constituents contact me about the vote on the social care cap last week, and to ask why I voted in support of the changes. I am clear that the proposals which have been set out will deliver the changes needed where others have failed and see a significant improvement […]
Royal Mail Delays
I have recently become aware of a serious issue with postal deliveries in some areas of the constituency. Many of my constituents who come under the Chelmsford (CM3) postal area, especially those in South Woodham Ferrers and South and East Hanningfield, have had deliveries missed or severely delayed. I take this issue very seriously as […]
Cultural Recovery Fund
It is great news two organisations in the Maldon Constituency, will be receiving further grants from the Cultural Recovery Fund. The Combined Military Services Museum will receive £43,084 and the Rio Cinema in Burnham on Crouch will receive £42,284. These are just two of the 925 Cultural Organisations across England that will benefit from awards totalling £107 […]
Visit to Maldon Primary Schools, UK Parliament Week
John Whittingdale visited several local Primary Schools, to talk to pupils about democracy and the work of Parliament, for UK Parliament Week. Mr Whittingdale visited St Cedds C of E Primary School in Bradwell on Sea, Trinity St Mary’s C of E Primary School in South Woodham Ferrers and Maldon Court School, and is pictured below […]
Visit to TCP ECO in Maldon
Last week John Whittingdale paid a visit to TCP, a Maldon-based business with a dedicated division of the company called TCP ECO that specialises in hydrogen fuel-cell applications, such as mobile lighting towers and off-grid power. Managing director, Andrew Barker, showed Mr Whittingdale a wide range of equipment, that can all be powered by hydrogen-fuel-cells. Hydrogen […]
Ministerial Visit to Plume Academy
John Whittingdale had Robin Walker MP, Minister for School Standards in the Department for Education, join him on a visit to the Plume Academy in Maldon. Mr Whittingdale and Mr Walker were shown around the Mill Road Campus, which is attended by 600 students from Years 7 and 8, by Executive Prinicipal, Carl Wakefield, and […]
Constituency Garden of Remembrance.
Yesterday, on Armistice Day, John Whittingdale laid a cross in the Speakers Constituency Garden of Remembrance in Parliament, to pay tribute to Ben Cobey – and all those from the Maldon constituency who gave their lives defending our freedom. Each Member of Parliament has been invited by the Speaker to place a tribute in the […]
Visit to Friends of Heybridge Cemetery
Last Saturday John paid a visit to the Friends of Heybridge Cemetery Meeting, to learn more about the work they do to help maintain their local chapel and cemetery. Established in October 2018, Friends of Heybridge Cemetery has acquired over 45 members who have planted hundreds of bulbs, cleaned and repainted the Chapel and helped many people […]
Ivory Trade
The Government intends the ban on dealing in ivory to come into force as soon as practicable and they therefore plan to lay the implementing secondary legislation before Parliament, and to issue guidance as soon as possible after appropriate consideration of responses to the recent consultation. When the ban comes into force all forms of […]