David Amess

Southend West MP, David Amess, met nursing leaders and students from the Royal College of Nursing in Westminster on Wednesday 17th March. The event, on a specially customised double-decker bus, was part of the RCN Nursing Counts campaign which highlights the key issues for the nursing community ahead of the general election.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, this week challenged the Government on its failure to reduce the administrative burden on police forces. Over the past 12 years, during which there have been four major reviews, bold promises have been made by this Government about tackling red tape and improving the accountability of the police. 

David Amess MP joined patients, clinicians, celebrities and policy-makers for World Kidney Day at a reception in the House of Commons.

Not pensioners. The biggest stealth tax in Labour’s empty Budget - the freezing of income tax allowances - will hit pensioners hardest. The basic state pension is going up by less than inflation - a real terms cut of more than 1 per cent. This means that many single pensioners will be more than £110 worse off. So much for Labour’s pledge to help the poorest and most vulnerable in society.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, visited Darlinghurst School on Friday to present them with their well-deserved Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark 2 Award. The Primary Quality Mark provides a framework that promotes, supports and celebrates the improvement of literacy and mathematics in schools. David was delighted to visit the school and personally congratulate teachers and pupils on their achievements.

David Amess MP visited Westcliff High School for Boys on Friday to talk to students about the Conservative Party and the forthcoming elections. The school is running a ‘Mock General Election’ to shadow the main general election. The voting system is the same, with each form becoming a constituency and each of the three main parties able to put forward candidates from each form.

A budget will be announced on 24th March with absolutely no chance of any of the proposals becoming law before Parliament is dissolved in April and the General Election is formally called. I get the distinct impression that the three year build up to this election has not been helpful in enthusing people to engage in politics again. I do hope that the atmosphere which is still a mixture of apathy and boredom will change. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to change the government and the way our country is r

This is a humiliating climbdown for Gordon Brown as his attempt to rewrite history has failed and his fantasy figures have been exposed.  The Prime Minister had insisted that the defence budget had risen in real terms every year under Labour - however, Commons figures prove that the budget had actually fallen four times while he was Chancellor. Gordon Brown has made repeated and fundamentally false claims, misleading Parliament, the public and worst of all the Armed Forces and their families.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, today questioned the Transport Minister on the likely effects on air quality in the area of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. In February of last year, Labour gave the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow despite mounting opposition.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, this week took part in a panel discussion and debate on “How can we stop winter deaths and end fuel poverty?” The pre-election cross-party debate was organised by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition. It was David Amess MP’s Private Members Bill that became the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, which committed the Government to implementing a strategy to eradicate fuel poverty in England and Wales within a period of no more than 15 years.