Armistice 2018
Would you like to attend an event to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War and Armistice Day? Use the map below to find an event near you. Also, don't forget [...]
October 2018
Our ports are already equipped to grasp the opportunities of Brexit
Since the referendum, Brexit fatigue has set in as the minutiae of our withdrawal agreement are negotiated. Like many, I wish we could move on to our future relationship with the EU to ensure we [...]
University Student Disrespects the War Dead
It is disappointing, especially as we approach the centenary of the Armistice, that the President of the Student’s Union feels that it is acceptable to disregard the heroic sacrifice of soldiers who sought to defend [...]
S&L Waste Management
It was a pleasure to visit S&L Waste Management last week at their railhead in Southampton. This centre distributes aggregate to local construction sites reducing the amount of time construction material spend on our roads. [...]
Foreign Affairs Committee Visits Southampton
Next year the UK will have left the European Union, and this gives us an opportunity to develop a foreign policy that better serves the British people. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee, which I am [...]
Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group want your views
Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) would like to introduce a new service that provides patients with a choice of routine and urgent primary care appointments at evenings and weekends. This will replace the current hub [...]
Oak Lodge Care Home
Oak Lodge Care Home in Bitterne held a Tea Dance to celebrate Silver Sunday, a nationwide day for older people. I was pleased to visit and meet the manager Joanna Assey with Sheriff of Southampton [...]
Royston visits Speedwell Court
I recently joined Eastleigh MP Mims Davies for a tour of Speedwell Court and for their topping out ceremony. Speedwell Court is a specialist dementia residential care home which is currently under construction. It is [...]
September 2018
Southampton Rough Sleeping and Begging Charter
Yesterday I was pleased to sign the Southampton Rough Sleeping and Begging Charter. This is a city wide commitment to address the very complex issue of homelessness in our city, by bringing the public sector, [...]
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
To mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month this September I attended a reception in Westminster, to celebrate the number of potential stem cell donors in my constituency on the Anthony Nolan register. This achievement was celebrated [...]