Following a letter to I sent to FirstPort, co-signed with a number of colleagues, highlighting our deep concerns on behalf of constituents across the country, I have met their national management team with fellow MPs in Parliament.
In amongst the debate on school absences and the future of academies, I raised the value of supported lodgings for care experienced young people and also the need to ensure parents, not the state, hold the presumption of overall responsibility for the education of their children.Proposals within the
December heralded my sixth month as your MP, and by the end of the year, my office and I had assisted a whopping 4,300 constituents with their enquiries, and had resolved 85% of your casework concerns.
Update on Labour's bus fare hike Many constituents have shared their concerns with me about the Government's planned 50% hike to the national bus fare cap. Bus services provide a lifeline for many in South West Devon, linking rural communities to key services in Plympton, Plymstock and beyond.
Rebecca Smith MP, Member of Parliament for South West Devon, has piled pressure on the Government to fully fund Derriford Hospital’s new A&E. A decision is expected imminently but no detail was provided in the Health Secretary’s statement at the dispatch box on Monday, 6th January 2025.
Christmas card competition winners 🎄☃Thank you to all the schoolchildren in South West Devon who submitted drawings for my first Christmas card competition. It was really tough to pick just three winners from so many splendid Christmas scenes.
Thousands of people suffering with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) across Devon and Cornwall have not been able to access adequate treatment since the retirement of Derriford's only local specialist in July.PoTS is a debilitating condition that causes an abnormally rapid increase in heart rate
