Below is a copy of Crispin's speech to the Reigate and Redhill District Rail Users Association (RRDRUA) AGM on 28th March which provides an overview of what the RRDRUA and Crispin have been doing to support local rail users.
For the year either side of the referendum, it was my duty as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee to assess the Government’s policy towards Brexit.
As you will be aware, I have been pressing successive Government Ministers to address the anomalously high local rail fares, known colloquially as the ‘Redhill Hump’, for a number of years.
Following the most recent earthquake in the area on 27 February, I have received a number of communications from local residents concerned about the potential link between a series of earth tremors in the area and oil exploration and production activities at Horse Hill and Brockham.
MPs of the Gatwick Co-ordination Group (GCG), which is chaired by Crispin, have today written a joint response to the Gatwick Airport Draft Master Plan Consultation expressing their opposition to the airport’s three expansion proposals.
Over the last few weeks I have received over 1,000 emails, letters, calls and cards regarding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This is an issue that generates much passion, often heat rather than light!
Crispin wrote to the Telegraph following his decision to let it be known that he had written to Sir Graham Brady asking for a vote of confidence in the Conservative Party Leader.
His article can be found on the Telegraph's website and the full text is also below.
