Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9 July 2026
Waste Crime Action Plan
Fly-tippers tend to vanish just as the mess gets traced back to them—much like Nigel Farage earlier this week. Closer to home, I led a community walkabout with the Friends of Outer Devonshire, alongside residents such as Emma Boyes and Kay Skinner, to look at fly-tipping hotspots in Eastbourne. Will…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
6 July 2026
Topical Questions
Civil compensation is disregarded from pension credit entitlement calculations, but military compensation is not. I know that the new Minister for Veterans is sympathetic to addressing this injustice, so I wonder whether he would meet me and the family of Pauline Cole—a veteran who was fighting to a…
Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
Support for Victims of Abuse
Disgracefully, there are some in this House who believe that it is for the England football team to prevent domestic abuse, whereas we all know that it is for perpetrators to stop their abuse. As for those making more positive and valuable contributions in this space, will the Minister join me in ce…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 June 2026
Abuse of Customer-facing Workers
Domestic abuse survivors who work in retail roles are at particular risk in that their perpetrators often know exactly where they are, which till they might be working at and what their shift patterns are. The perpetrators can continue to perpetrate abuse even while their victim or survivor is at wo…
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 June 2026
Topical Questions
I am leading the campaign to have Eastbourne pier registered as an asset of community value in order to safeguard its future. Will the Government back the campaign to ensure that Eastbourne pier continues to stand strong?
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
11 June 2026
Road Safety
Residents of Park Avenue in Eastbourne like David Tomlinson and Cat Harris have been campaigning with the headteacher of Ratton school, Gavin Peevers, and folks in my team like Euan Morrison to make their road safer after cats have been struck by speeding cars and children have had near misses on th…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
2 contributions
Topical Questions
T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Following power outages at Eastbourne district general hospital that left operations and birth services suspended, hospital bosses submitted a strategic bid for more than £10 million to the estates safety fund to urgently fix the problem, which was rejected. How does the Secretary of State expect ou…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
1 June 2026
Armed Forces Day
This Armed Forces Day will mark the first that Eastbourne commemorates without Staff Sergeant Pauline Cole, a local veteran who died last year. Pauline received military compensation for injuries she received during her service, but she had her pension credit cut because her compensation was conside…
Commons
Oral Questions
Science, Innovation and Technology
20 May 2026
2 contributions
Digital Inclusion
3. What steps she is taking to support grassroot organisations working to improve digital inclusion.
NHS Sussex found that Eastbourne, despite being the sunniest town in the UK, is one of the most digitally excluded patches of Sussex. Great organisations, such as TechResort, run by Liz Crew and Will Callaghan, help bridge the digital divide. However, they will be scuppered by the closing of the dig…
Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
19 May 2026
Criminal Justice System: Support for Men and Boys
I am sure that the House will join me in paying tribute to the former Minister for victims, the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), for her amazing work. I wish the new Minister the best of luck in the role.
Some 90% of young men and boys incarcerated for violent offences have experienc…
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
Dunmurry Police Station Attack
I pay tribute to the courage of the delivery driver and to PSNI officers, whose bravery saved lives in this deplorable attack. I also want to use this opportunity to pay tribute to one of my predecessors, Ian Gow, who was murdered by the IRA in a car bomb attack outside his Eastbourne home in 1990. …
Commons
Oral Questions
23 April 2026
Business of the House
Twenty-four-year-old Eastbournian Chanté Lloyd-Buckingham was tragically found dead in her supported accommodation in the town in 2024, amid grave concerns about the quality of the care that she was—or, indeed, was not—receiving. Scandalously, many private supported accommodation providers are not C…
Commons
Oral Questions
23 April 2026
Topical Questions
In February, Capita said to Eastbourne resident Keith that his civil service pension would be paid by March. By March, it said his pension would be paid in April. Now it says that it will not be paid before May. How will the Minister intervene to hold this cowboy corporate to account?
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
20 April 2026
Topical Questions
T4. Eastbourne headteachers have expressed grave concerns about the impact of the new Ofsted framework on staff wellbeing, and its punishing impact on schools in deprived areas. Will the Minister meet me and Eastbourne headteachers for a roundtable to discuss how we can avoid disastrous consequenc…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
16 April 2026
Women’s Health Strategy
I commend the Minister on this women’s health strategy, and particularly on action 59, which is to invest in the women’s maternity and neonatal estate. I am also grateful to the Minister for agreeing to meet me next week about power cuts at Eastbourne district general hospital, which have knocked ou…
Commons
Oral Questions
Church Commissioners
16 April 2026
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
St Mary’s church in Old Town in Eastbourne is a grade I listed church that was built in the 12th century. A recent survey has revealed that the roof and east window are in urgent need of repair with a half-a-million pound restoration. Mother Arwen, the vicar, therefore needs to know when the places …
Commons
Oral Questions
16 April 2026
2 contributions
Grassroots Music Venues
6. What steps she is taking to support grassroots music venues.
Eastbourne’s historical bandstand is set to reopen this summer after a refurbishment programme. Mr Speaker, I would like to invite you to come and celebrate with us as our guest of honour at our famous Motown night in July; I know you are a big fan of Motown, so I will give you the invitation later …
Commons
Oral Questions
13 April 2026
Topical Questions
Conservative-run East Sussex county council has a vendetta against local businesses. Most recently, it placed an enormous storage crate outside the Dickens Tea Cottage, which will affect local businesses. Will the Minister urge the council to remove it so that we can protect custom at that local bus…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
25 March 2026
Engagements
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I have given advance notice to you and the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage). There is an important tradition and custom in this House that Members remain in the Chamber for at least—
Commons
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
2 contributions
Private Sea Defences: Charges
1. If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing private sea defence charges.
Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne is the only marina of its kind in Europe; thousands of residents, rather than the Government, have to cover the cost of sea defences through an annual charge. The charge this year increased by 16%—way more than inflation—and there is poor transparency as to why. Will …
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 March 2026
Royal Mail: Performance
The Royal Mail leadership is failing our hard-working posties and failing Eastbourne. Eastbournians are missing vital medical appointments because letters from doctors have arrived late. Others are being forced to reschedule legal hearings because of to delayed documents, and some are missing import…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
9 March 2026
2 contributions
Pension Credit Entitlement: Veterans
1. If he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of disregarding the war pension scheme and the armed forces compensation scheme for the purpose of calculating pension credit entitlement.
The Minister will remember that Pauline was a veteran who was awarded military compensation for injuries sustained in her service, but that led to her pension credit being cut from £77 a week to £10 a week, because military compensation is considered income by the Department for Work and Pensions. I…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
5 March 2026
Consular Assistance
A statement on consular assistance is no time for party political attacks. That does a disservice to hard-working officials such as Sarah Taylor, who has been doing amazing work, and it does a disservice to our constituents who are stuck abroad.
I am pleased to report to the Minister that Cameron, …
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 March 2026
NHS Capital Spending
Thank you, Mr Western. I was half expecting to hear “Luke Babarinde”, but we got there in the end. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) for securing this critical debate.
I will focus my remarks on Eastbourne district general hospital, where I was born. It is…
Commons
Debate
2 March 2026
Representation of the People Bill
Does the hon. Member agree that what also fuels the division and the attacks on politicians is when some individuals, including Members of this House, express that they are driven mad by the sight of black and Asian people in different spaces in our society? Does she agree that that should stop, and…