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 […]
Live Animal Exports
Live animals commonly endure excessively long journeys during exports, causing distress and injury. Previously, EU rules prevented any changes to these journeys, but leaving the EU has enabled the Government to pursue plans which would prevent unnecessary suffering of animals during transport and see the UK become the first country in Europe to end this […]
Animal Testing
The Government is committed to supporting, funding, and accelerating cutting edge technologies that allow animal use to be replaced or avoided. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) provides core funding to the National Centre of the 3Rs (NC3Rs) which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of 3Rs technologies and ensure that advances in the […]
Booking your Covid-19 Booster Appointment
The National Booking Service was updated today, which will allow all those eligible for a booster vaccine – people over 50 and those most at risk of COVID-19 – to pre-book their jab five months after their second dose. Originally, the service only allowed you to book your booster jab once 6 months had passed since […]