I am aware that a number of constituents in Billingshurst and the surrounding area have received letters from Companies House informing them that businesses have registered at their home address. These apparently have no connection to the occupiers.
I was very sorry to hear that Sir Peter Hordern, MP for Horsham (and Horsham and Crawley) from 1964 to 1997 died Thursday evening on his 95th birthday.
Last week I spoke to CityFibre who I am pleased to hear are getting on with the task having been awarded the Project Gigabit contract to bring gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach premises in Sussex.
It was great to have the Prime Minister in Horsham last week alongside our Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne. I particularly enjoyed being able to praise our Horsham Town Police Team for the improvements they are making in policing to not just the Chief Constable but the PM!
Good to meet Brenda Holden, Chair of the Horsham Hawks basketball club last Friday.
Brenda and her daughter run the club and have a large and growing membership. Some of their players have gone to play for Sussex County, the South East and even for the national team!
Dehenna Davison MP and I met representatives of the cancer charity Breast Cancer Now yesterday. Dehenna and I are absolutely determined to secure the basic research that’s required to drive improved understanding and treatment of lobular breast cancer.
We live in an ever more dangerous world in which missile and drone technology is proliferating - I asked the PM today to ensure our own air defence capabilities are up to the growing threat.
