Good luck to all students who this week started their GCSE exams. We all know how stressful this time can be, no matter how thorough the revision and no matter how supportive are one’s teachers and families!

I joined my colleagues Paul Beresford, Henry Smith, Michael Fallon and Peter Kyle at a meeting today on the Gatwick Airspace Modernisation plan. The meeting was attended by Gatwick Management and chaired by the new Aviation Minister, Charlotte Vere.

It was great to see Graham Bell from the Horsham based Chess Dynamics in Parliament this week.

I recently met constituents who are keen to see a second referendum Europe.  Although I disagree I was very happy to exchange views and replied as below to various points raised in the meeting and subsequently:

After discussing the concerns raised over the weekend with the District Councillors for Barns Green, Stuart Ritchie and Tricia Youtan and received further details yesterday morning I immediately contacted the Chief Executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines, and asked for an immediate response. 

I was contacted yesterday (Sunday) by the District Councillors for Barns Green, Stuart Ritchie and Tricia Youtan regarding concerns being raised regarding an incident at the level crossing on Friday evening.

The recent environmental protests in London were part of a deep fear of the consequences for the world of Climate Change. I see this concern daily in talking to constituents but especially in the emails I receive from schools.

Today I met the Infrastructure Director for GTR to discuss a range of topics and in particular to raise constituents’ concerns directly with GTR.

Station Skipping

I met with the team at CAGNE at my Horsham office to discuss Gatwick and the airspace strategy. CAGNE have a number of concerns about the airspace strategy and it was good to discuss these concerns in detail.

I was pleased to be recently contacted by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) announcing the launch of the engagement process for their £15 million Passenger Benefit Fund.