South East Essex Women’s Environmental Network (South East Essex WEN) will hold a workshop on Thursday at Southend library to teach others how to lobby Parliament. The two-hour workshop is part of the Houses of Parliament outreach strategy, and will teach attendees how Parliament works and how to effectively campaign for causes. The workshop...
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Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess launched a series of questions into food labelling and obesity yesterday. In a written question, Mr Amess asked the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, “whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost to the economy of illness, economic inactivity and premature death associated...
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Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has been re-elected to the Executive Committee of the party’s influential 1922 Committee. The 1922 Committee has an 18-member executive committee. The chairman of this executive oversees the election of new party leaders or votes of confidence in current leaders. The 1922 Committee was the subject of heated...
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Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has further questioned the role of Marie Stopes International in delivering NHS reproductive health services. Mr Amess originally questioned Culture Minister Ed Vaizey over adverts for Marie Stopes International on Channel 4. His question revealed that there had been over 600 complaints from the public about the ad...
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Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has spoken on behalf of small shop owners over regulations. Mr Amess, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group, raised concerns in Parliament yesterday from constituents about the present levels of regulation on small shops. Mr Amess said that the additional regulatory costs to shop...
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In a speech during the Debate on the Address, Southend West Conservative MP David Amess accused the outgoing Labour government of destroying Parliament and ruining the country’s finances. Mr Amess said “I believe that the outgoing Government destroyed not only the country but Parliament, and here we go again: it is the first day...
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Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has voiced his support of a number of Early Day Motions in the new Parliament. An Early Day Motion is a motion tabled by MPs for debate at an unspecified date in the future. They remain open for signature for the entire parliamentary session. Mr Amess lent...
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James Duddridge, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, has been given a role as a Lord Commissioner; a party Whip in the new Coalition government. A whip is an official role within a party. Whips enforce uniform voting on particular issues from the MPs. The role will mean that Mr Duddridge is...
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By Rachel Charman Southend Borough Council has been shown to be the most effective local authority at reducing fuel poverty in a benchmarking exercise. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting compared fifteen authorities including Southend for a Government National Indicator. Fuel poverty is where a household spends more than 10% of its...
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By Rachel Charman Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess has asked a series of questions over advertising and licensing issues concerning the BBC. In a written question to Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Mr Amess asked: “how many persons were employed by the BBC in each of...
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