Free School Meals during school holidays Thursday, 22 October, 2020 This Opposition Day Motion was a cheap attempt by the Labour party to portray the Conservative government as depriving children of food and it was unjust and unqualified. This Government has actually extended free school meal eligibility to a further 50,000 children and expanded programmes like breakfast clubs. The fact is that Free School Meals have never been provided during the school holidays... Westminster News
Huw welcomes additional government funding for local councils’ Covid response 22nd October 2020 Huw Merriman, MP for the Bexhill and Battle constituency, and Sally-Ann Hart, MP for Hastings and Rye have welcomed today’s announcement of additional... Local News
New Community Rail Partnership on track 22nd October 2020 A new ‘community rail partnership’ (CRP) has been formed for the Hastings line. A CRP aims to connect local communities with their railway, encouraging local... Local News
Watch: Black History Month 20th October 2020 After many residents contacted me expressing their concern that more needed to be done for equality at a Parliamentary level, I supported an application for a... Speeches in Parliament
Huw welcomes Government grant for De La Warr Pavilion 16th October 2020 De La Warr Pavilion receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund Local News
Planning for the Future - Reform of the planning system 14th October 2020 The government has recently published a White Paper on the reform of the current planning system – Planning for the Future. With over 80% of the constituency... Westminster News
Watch: 10pm Curfew 13th October 2020 We had the opportunity to vote on the 10pm curfew and I wanted to lay out why I was going to once more vote against the Government. The curfew looks to have a... Speeches in Parliament
Watch: Matt Hancock's 3 Reasons for 10pm Curfew 13th October 2020 I asked Matt Hancock whether, according to scientific evidence, the overall benefits of a 10pm curfew outweigh the negatives. He gave me 3 reasons why he... Speeches in Parliament
Watch: Changes to Exams for 2021 12th October 2020 With the disruption to education that coronavirus has caused there was an urgent need to find a solution, if we are still in this situation in May 2021 - when... Speeches in Parliament
Bexhill JobCentre visit - new schemes for jobseekers 9th October 2020 Huw visited Bexhill JobCentre on Friday 2 October to thank DWP staff for their hardwork and dedication in supporting local residents who found themselves in... Local News
