Last week I joined colleagues for a debate in Westminster Hall around deafness and hearing loss. I was very keen to speak in this debate because as well as affecting many people across Rochester and Strood, it has also had a major effect on my family.

Last month, Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst held a debate in Westminster Hall around excessive and unregulated service charges issued by property management companies.

Last week, Kelly Tolhurst MP continued to put pressure on ministers around the huge pressures that the 38,000 additional homes across Medway will have in local infrastructure.

This week I questioned Home Office Ministers around the need for more police support in rural areas, such as the Hoo Peninsula in Rochester and Strood.

On Tuesday 14 November, Kelly Tolhurst MP called for greater levels of patient safety across the nation’s hospitals, highlighting the success of Medway Maritime Hospital which achieved improved patient safety ratings when it came out of special measures earlier this year.

Last week I rose an important issue in the chamber which often tends to get overlooked, that of foster care placements.

I was very pleased to speak in the debate on the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences Bill) and voice my support.

The number of issues across Rochester and Strood associated with travellers and illegal encampments have clearly risen in the past couple of years, which has led to anti-social behaviour, intimidation of residents and negative impact on businesses.

Last week, Kelly Tolhurst MP spoke in the House of Commons during an urgent question on the Government’s plans for the public funding of education.

Last week (Thursday 29 June), Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst attended the first Culture, Media and Sport oral questions of the new parliament and brought to the Ministers’ attention the growing creative industries based in Medway.