Henry Smith MP has presented a petition of more than 7,300 local residents in the House of Commons in opposition to Homes England proposals for up to 10,000 housing units on greenfield land to the west of Ifield (on Wednesday, 13th December).
Our economy underpins everything and its strength and resilience matters. Economic shocks have been triggered globally by Covid 19 and by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of which will be felt for some time. However, we are seeing encouraging signs and progress being made, helped by Conservative stewardship and leadership.
The Conservative party has always recognised the value of small businesses to both our economy and to local communities. In doing so, we’ve always aimed to have policies that help create a supportive environment for them to thrive, and wherever possible, remove barriers that hinders small businesses to flourish.
Henry Smith MP has welcomed the successful world’s first 100 per cent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) transatlantic flight, which took off from London and landed in New York (on Tuesday, 28th November).
We are about to enter winter and the weather has already turned colder. December to March is when we see the most defects on our roads, due to colder ground temperatures combined with rain and wetter conditions. It is also the time of year when weather conditions make doing road repairs harder. Greater traffic volumes are one reason why the overall resilience of the road network to extremes of weather is not as great as it once was, just when we are seeing more extremes of weather such as heavier rainfall events.
House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee member, Henry Smith MP, has welcomed the body launching a new Sub-Committee which will scrutinise the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s (FCDO) management of relations with the UK’s Overseas Territories.
- Henry Smith MP has welcomed news that people in Crawley will benefit from the long-term decisions taken by the Government at the Autumn Statement for Growth.
· The Autumn Statement for Growth 2023 cuts people’s National Insurance contributions, delivers an £11 billion business tax cut, cuts business rates for small business and gets more people into work by reforming welfare.
· This Autumn Statement takes the long-term decisions to reduce debt, cut taxes, reward hard work and back British business – making people and businesses better off.