Parliamentarians launch a national campaign to call for the Home Office to issue a Licence to enable 6 year old Alfie to lead a normal life and to avoid hundreds of seizures and 3-4 hospital admissions every month.

In a speech at on 2 February at Salfords Village Hall, at a public meeting hosted by Salfords and Sidlow Parish Council, Crispin Blunt outlined the reasons why he is opposing plans to develop Redhill Aerodrome into ‘garden village’.

The recently formed All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for London’s Green Belt convened for the second time in Parliament today. This meeting coincided with the publication of its first paper entitled An Introduction to the All-Party Group for London’s Green Belt.

Whilst there are many factors affecting reliability, frequency, and journey-times on our local railway system, including unsatisfactory performance by the rail operator, industrial action, unreliable rolling-stock, and inadequate timetabling of services, by far the most important factor is track and station infrastructure.

Crispin Blunt welcomes plans to open another Post Office in his constituency

Crispin Blunt MP, former Minister for Prisons, Probation, Youth and Criminal justice (2010-12), has welcomed the decision by the Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke MP, not to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Parole Board’s decision to release John Worboys.

Further to my recent blog outlining my objection to the development of Redhill Aerodrome, I think it is important for me to expand on my reasoning

The National Audit Office has published a report on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail franchise today which finds that, between September 2014 and September 2017, passengers on the franchise have experienced the worst service performance on the national rail network.

I share the concerns voiced by many of my constituents about proposals to develop Redhill Aerodrome into a ‘garden village’ containing 6-7,000 new homes. Not only would such a large scale development have serious implications for local transport and infrastructure, but it would wholly compromise the very purpose of London’s Green Belt.

Crispin Blunt MP is delighted that the Rail Minister has responded to local rail users’ prolonged campaign for fairer fares, with a series of ticketing measures announced today.