Reigate MP has today met with the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, to discuss the rail chaos brought about by the Thameslink upgrade works at London Bridge, and to again press the Government to work on a fare reduction scheme for the duration of the rail disruption.

Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) has refused to appear publically before MPs at the House of Commons to answer questions on their second runway proposal, it was confirmed today.

On Tuesday 16 December 2014, Crispin Blunt spoke at the Airports Commission Gatwick Area Public Discussion Session.

Crispin Blunt, who last year voted against a parliamentary motion which would have laid the groundwork for UK intervention in the civil war in Syria, has called for international unity in dealing with the Islamic State.

Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate and Chair of the Gatwick Coordination Group, a group of Backbench MPs with constituencies close to Gatwick, made the following statement this morning in response to the Howard Davies Airports Commission's decision to rule out a Thames Estuary option.

Crispin Blunt MP has called for the Health Secretary and other members of the Government to seriously consider Norman Baker MP's proposed review of the use of medical marijuana.