David Amess

Southend can look to its youngsters for inspiration following Dare2Dream’s announcement of its latest role models. Toby Doherty, 13, from Eastwood High School; Victoria Champion, 12, from Chase High; and Luke Barnard, 13, from St.

Christmas officially arrived in Belfairs today with a special Christmas launch arranged by David Amess MP and Arriva Southern Counties. 

Christmas is the traditional time for families and friends to come together, enjoy one another’s company, exchange presents, eat, drink and be merry (at least that’s how it should be in theory!). The New Year is usually a time for optimism, hoping that whatever the past year has been like, “things can only get better” (recalling the Labour Party Election anthem in 1997). I’d like to be a fly on the wall for these two occasions as far as Number 10 Downing Street is concerned - let me explain. Only someone who was completely deluded could b

Arriva Southern Counties have today launched a revised 18 bus route, which will connect Eastwood and Leigh-on-Sea. Arriva has made this change in response to requests from local residents wanting a direct service to the shops in Leigh.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, today presented Juliet Sear of Fancy Nancy with a bottle of House of Commons wine for having the best dressed shop window in Leigh. 

Fancy Nancy creates individually designed cakes of the highest quality is recognised as one of the UK’s leading cake designers, being regularly featured in the national press.  David was extremely impressed with the shop’s spectacular snowy display, which even featured a giant gingerbread man and woman.

Speaking on the floor of the House of Commons today, David Amess MP called on the government to support the Which? campaign for country-of-origin food labelling and back British food. The Southend West MP was contributing to the oral question session for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Recent research by Which? showed that eight in ten people think it is important that the country-of-origin is labelled on meat and poultry while three quarters believe it is important for fruit and vegetables and dairy products.

David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, last week presented Alison Semmence, Chief Executive of SAVS (Southend Association of Voluntary Services) with the organisation’s well-deserved PQASSO certificate.  PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations) is the most widely used quality assurance system within the voluntary and community sector and is a formal recognition of the wonderful work SAVS is doing in the Southend area.  

""What has happened in the past year is an absolute travesty.”

“Every Wednesday the Prime Minister used to come to the Dispatch Box and tell us that he had abolished boom and bust. Well, my constituents are puzzled about where the boom has been, and they are convinced that this country is bust.”

“It seems certain that the previous Prime Minister did not tell the truth to the House of Commons about why we should get involved with Iraq.”

Wednesday 16th December 2009 3.51 pm

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West) (Con): In a similar vein to my hon. Friend the Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown), I wish to raise several issues. This is the last Christmas Adjournment debate before we face a general election, and this has been a dreadful year. Labour has succeeded in destroying the country and it has destroyed this place. The place in which we work has been greatly diminished. We are seen as an irrelevance and no longer as an attractive ornament.

Speaking on the floor of the House of Commons today, David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, asked the Health Secretary what assistance would be given to Southend Hospital in the event that patients are transferred from trouble-stricken Basildon Hospital, which was condemned in a recent independent report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).