Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take robust action to deport more foreign national offenders directly from prisons. During a debate on reforms to the rules on deporting foreign national offenders (FNO) directly from prisons, Priti highlighted that 12,000 FNO were deported during her time as …
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has met representatives from Goldhanger Parish Council and local residents in the village to discuss their opposition to plans to destroy parts of the countryside with a large new housing development. The development of 25 new dwellings off of Head …
Priti recently visited Broomfield Hospital to meet with the cancer stewards to discuss their achievements and future plans for tackling cancer across Mid and South Essex. During her visit, she met with Leigh Belcher (Lead Cancer Stewards) and a number of her colleagues who are part of the Mid & …
Priti Patel MP recently visited the Wiltshire Farm Foods site within her Witham constituency. Priti toured the site, which employs 17 people, to see the business operations which provides a valuable service through delivery of thousands of meals to the elderly. Wiltshire Farm Foods delivers its high-quality, award-winning prepared meals …
Witham MP Priti Patel recently met with representatives from the Scrap the Heart Restart Tax campaign in Parliament in support of the campaign to scrap VAT on defibrillators. Priti spoke with Jack Hurley whose life was saved by a defibrillator when he suffered cardiac arrest while playing football. Jack and …
Witham MP Priti Patel recently visited Reach Essex, a specialist school based in Witham, to meet with staff and pupils following the school being recognised as a Thrive school of excellence for mental wellbeing. This inspirational organisation supports vulnerable children and young people whose behaviour, anxieties or other factors impact …
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take action to ensure that developments on brownfield sites are prioritised over unsuitable speculative developer plans on countryside sites. Raising concerns about Neighbourhood Plans put together and agreed by local communities are being ignored by those making decisions on planning …
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for the Witham constituency, has called on the Government to ensure that the apprenticeship levy is more agile and flexible, and supporting businesses to employ apprentices. During a visit to South East Galvanizers (part of the Wedge Group) based in her constituency, Priti …
This week Witham MP, Priti Patel, revisited three RAAC affected schools within the constituency after significant progress has been made in getting pupils back into schools with the support of Essex County Council. Firstly, visiting Thurstable School on Tuesday 10th October with Education Minister Baroness Barran, Priti met with headteacher …
Witham MP Priti Patel visited The Lakes mental health unit at Colchester Hospital to meet with staff and leadership of the Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust. During the visit, which coincided with World Mental Health Day, Priti met with staff on two wards who work on the urgent care pathway …