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NEWS ARCHIVE
SOAMES & PRH CAMPAIGN DELIGHTED WITH RESULT OF JHOSC ON FIT FOR FUTURE PROPOSALS
SOAMES SEEKS THE VIEWS OF INDEPENDENT TRADERS
SOAMES LAUNCHES ACTION FOR DEAFNESS
WEST SUSSEX MPs' LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF JHOSC
SOAMES CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO RECONSIDER POST OFFICE CLOSURE DECISIONS
SOAMES ATTENDS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON THE NORTH EAST COUNTY HEALTH REVIEW
SOAMES QUESTIONS MINISTER OVER FUTURE OF MATERNITY SERVICES AT THE PRH
LETTER TO JOINT HEALTH OVERVIEW SCRUTINY COMMITTEE RE HEALTH RECONFIGURATION PROPOSALS
EAST GRINSTEAD OBSERVER COLUMN
SOAMES OPENS NEW DUMBLEDORE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE IN HANDCROSS
EAST GRINSTEAD OBSERVER COLUMN
SOAMES GIVES EVIDENCE TO HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE ON FIT FOR THE FUTURE CONSULTATION
SOAMES VISITS HOUSING CORE STRATEGY EXHIBITION
SOAMES VERY DISAPPOINTED AFTER MEETING WITH MINISTER ABOUT POST OFFICE CLOSURES
NICHOLAS SOAMES MEETS WITH POST OFFICE CAMPAIGNERS
MID SUSSEX POST OFFICE CLOSURES
SOAMES'S DELIGHT FOR NEW PRINCE'S TRUST YOUTH PROJECT
SOAMES QUESTIONS PRIME MINISTER OVER POST OFFICE CONSULTATION
SOAMES SLAMS POST OFFICE FOR DISGRACEFUL DECISIONS
SOAMES TAKES GBS PETITION TO NO 10
SOAMES VISITS POST OFFICES MARKED FOR CLOSURE
SOAMES MEETS POST OFFICE EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS MID SUSSEX PLANNED CLOSURES
SUPPORT THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN PRESENTS PETITION TO NO 10 DOWNING STREET
SOAMES ATTENDS LAST FIT FOR THE FUTURE HEALTH CONSULTATION MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE PANEL
NICHOLAS INTERVENES DURING STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER ON IRAQ
SOAMES OPENS NEW LABORATORIES AT THE QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL IN EAST GRINSTEAD
NICHOLAS BACKS THE APPEAL FOR STREETMATE
THE BIG PUSH.... FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE MATERNITY SERVICES AT THE PRH
SOAMES QUESTIONS HEALTH MINISTER OVER FUTURE OF PRH
SOAMES HOSTS NATIONAL TRUST RECEPTION
SHADOW HEALTH SECRETARY, ANDREW LANSLEY MP, VISITS PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
SOAMES SECURES DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION
SOAMES QUESTIONS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE OVER WOUNDED SERVICE PERSONNEL
PLANS FOR MORE HOMES MUST HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT....Local people should be given greater say where new homes are built
SUSSEX MPs SECURE DEBATE ON FUTURE OF HOSPITAL SERVICES
NICHOLAS INTERVENES DURING OPPOSITION DAY DEBATE ON ACCESS TO NHS SERVICES
NICHOLAS INTERVENES DURING PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
MPs CROSS THE PARTY DIVIDE TO FIGHT FOR THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL ... Launch of new petition ....
SUSSEX MPs ISSUE DECLARATION AT EMERGENCY MEETING ON HOSPITAL RECONFIGURATION
SOAMES OUT AND ABOUT IN MID SUSSEX
NICHOLAS VISITS THE EAST GRINSTEAD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
SOAMES CALLS ON SECRETARY OF STATE TO SAFEGUARD POST OFFICE FACILITIES FOR GROWING MID SUSSEX POPULATION Nicholas responds to Secretary of State's statement on the Post Office Review
Nicholas meets carers from Haywards Heath.
SOAMES TAKES PART IN THE GREAT MILK DEBATE
SHADOW PENSIONS MINISTER MEETS EAST GRINSTEAD PENSIONERS
SOAMES AND HENDRY EXPRESS DELIGHT AT LANDFILL SITE DECISION
Planning Inspector dismisses appeal to allow landfill disposal at the Freshfield Lane Brickworks site at Horsted Keynes.
Nicholas signs Parliamentary Motion urging the Government to give small businesses the credit and recognition that they deserve as champions for enterprise and entrepreneurship.
NICHOLAS HAS BIG GREEN EDUCATION DAY
On Friday, 23rd March, Nicholas had a day in the constituency built around education and the environment.
SOAMES CALCULATES HIS CARBON FOOTPRINT
Nicholas donates 6 trees to the people of East Grinstead to partially compensate for his carbon footprint in the constituency.
GREAT GARDENS OF SUSSEX LAUNCH MARKS BRITISH TOURISM WEEK
Soames launches new partnership at Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
SOAMES PRESSES GOVERNMENT TO SECURE FUTURE OF RURAL POST OFFICES
NICHOLAS WELCOMES NEWS OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INTO ROLLING STOCK FOR THE RAILWAYS
Soames writes to Secretary of State to urge him to consider additional carriages for hard pressed commuter lines in Mid Sussex
SOAMES BACKS MSDC'S SUBMISSION TO POST OFFICE CONSULTATION
Nicholas has written to the DTI to give his full support to MSDC's submission.
SOAMES JOINS NEW ALL-PARTY GROUP ON RURAL SERVICES
SOAMES'S REGRET AT HEALTH CONSULTATION DELAY
Nicholas has expressed his regret at the decision by the West Sussex PCT to delay the health consultation.
SOAMES WELCOMES REPORT ON DAIRY FARMING
SOAMES SPEAKS IN HEALTH DEBATE
Soames speaks in the Opposition Day Health Debate in the House of Commons
NICHOLAS SUPPORTS NATIONAL POST OFFICE WEEK
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has given his full support to National Post Office week.
SOAMES AND HERBERT MEET CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF PRH
Nicholas Soames MP and Nick Herbert MP met with Peter Coles, Chief Executive of the Princess Royal Hospital, this morning, to express their continued anxieties about the need to retain full services for an expanding population.
NICHOLAS TURNS SOD TO CELEBRATE NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE
Nicholas Soames today turned the sod to celebrate the building of the new £630,000 Ashenground Community Centre in Vale Road, Haywards Heath.
SOAMES SPEAKS OUT ON POLICE FUNDING
In an intervention during a debate in the House of Commons on police funding on Wednesday 31st January Nicholas Soames intervened.
SOAMES AND HENDRY BACK FAG AT PUBLIC INQUIRY
Local MPs Nicholas Soames and Charles Hendry have made a joint submission to the Public Inquiry objecting in the strongest possible terms to the use of the Freshfield Lane Brickworks site for landfill disposal.
SOAMES BACKS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES BILL
Nicholas Soames has today voted in support of the Sustainable Communities Bill. The Bill which has been put forward by Mr Soames’s colleague, Nick Hurd MP as a Private Members’ Bill, aims to e...
SOAMES SPEAKS OUT OVER SYSTEM TO
TACKLE ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Debate on Anti Social Behaviour House of Commons Thursday 18th January 2007 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): My hon. Friend and I are neighbours and I have discussed the matter wi...
HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN GOES TO WESTMINSTER
Nicholas Soames and Nick Herbert this afternoon attended a rally of the All Party Local Hospital Group at Westminster at which the following message was delivered to the Secretary of State for Health;...
HOSPITAL ON RED ALERT
Commenting on newspaper reports that many local hospitals have been put on red alert Nicholas Soames said; “This action substantiates entirely the case that we have been making over the hospitals and ...
POST OFFICE CUTS WILL HIT THE VULNERABLE
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, today reacted with grave concern at Government plans to close 2,500 Post Offices across the country, on top of the 4,000 already shut since 1999. The cuts will start ...
MIDDY COLUMN - 16 NOVEMBER 2006
Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to the Middy for its vigorous backing of the Support the Princess Royal Hospital march last month. I was overwhelmed by the turnout and Health Ministers...
ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE OUR POST OFFICES
Nicholas Soames MP this week urged action to safeguard the county’s remaining Post Offices and protect vital community facilities. The call comes as 1,000 sub-postmasters marched on Parliament on 18 O...
SOAMES GOES GREEN IN BURGESS HILL
Nicholas Soames has donated six trees this year for the enjoyment of local people in Burgess Hill as a compensation for the carbon emissions from his constituency office and the work in the community....
GOING GREEN
In the week that climate change hit the top of the political agenda Nicholas Soames was delighted to welcome Zac Goldsmith, the internationally acclaimed environmentalist and editor of the Ecologist, ...
SOAMES PUBLISHES DENTIST SURVEY RESULTS
Nicholas Soames MP would like to thank all those dentists who took the time and trouble to complete his recent dentists’ survey. There was an excellent response to the survey, with well over 1/3 of de...
SOAMES PUBLISHES POST OFFICE SURVEY RESULTS
Nicholas Soames MP would like to thank all the postmasters who took the time and trouble to complete his recent survey on the withdrawal of Government support for the Post Office Card Account (POCA)...
PRH RALLY A TRIUMPH
Nicholas Soames, the Mid Sussex MP, speaking on behalf of other local MPs; Nick Herbert, Norman Baker and Charles Hendry, praised the people of Mid Sussex for a really fantastic turnout at the...
NHS WORKFORCE AND SERVICE
HOUSE OF COMMONS WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2006 OPPOSITION DAY DEBATE ON NHS WORKFORCE AND SERVICE HANSARD VOLUME 450 NO 198 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): First, I congratulate NHS staff...
SOAMES TO PRESENT CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTION
East Grinstead’s MP, Nicholas Soames, will present the family of the Late Derek Crane, a former Royal Navy member of the RAF Guinea Pig Club, with his retrospective certificate of Promotion to Petty O...
MIDDY MONTHLY COLUMN
Readers of the Middy will be as outraged as I am by the news of the new threat to local health services at our magnificent Princess Royal Hospital which has recently received a good deal of coverage.&...
SOAMES AND HERBERT DELIGHTED BY PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, and Nick Herbert, Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, were both delighted by the huge response, over the weekend, across the towns a...
SOAMES GOES REALLY GREEN
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames is donating 18 trees this year for the enjoyment of local people in Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath via the Town Councils as a compensation for the carbo...
SOAMES'S DELIGHT AT NEW POST OFFICE NEWS FOR EAST GRINSTEAD
East Grinstead MP, Nicholas Soames, expressed his delight at the news of the opening of a new Post Office at 101 London Road, East Grinstead. Mr Soames said; “I was delighted to have the chance to wo...
SOAMES AND LEADER AND DEPUTY LEADER OF MSDC MEET CHIEF EXEC OF WEST SUSSEX PRIMARY CARE TRUST
IMPORTANT Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames together with Councillor Patrick Shanahan, Leader of Mid Sussex District Council, and Councillor Gordon Marples, Deputy Leader of MSDC, today met with ...
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
Article by William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary The Times, 3rd August, 2006 The Security Council must roll up its sleeves and mastermind a step-by-step confidence-building plan. THE ...
SUSSEX MPs EXPRESS CONCERN OVER ROLE OF STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
What is the point of the Strategic Health Authority ask the County’s Conservative MPs ? Conservative MPs in West Sussex have slammed the Strategic Health Authority for the cack-handed and secretive w...
SOAMES'S MONTHLY COLUMN IN THE MID SUSSEX TIMES - 27TH JULY
The Parliamentary session is coming to an end against a backdrop of catastrophic events in Palestine and Lebanon and with a feeling strongly expressed to me on several occasions in Mid Sussex that Gre...
SOAMES SUPPORTS THE SEND MY FRIEND
A TEACHER CAMPAIGN
Commenting on his visit to Sackville School in East Grinstead Nicholas Soames, said; “I was delighted to meet some of the year 7 students who presented me with a large number of cut-outs of teachers t...
SOAMES QUESTIONS THE PRIME MINISTER OVER THE MIDDLE EAST
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): Would the Prime Minister accept that I strongly believe that it would be a great mistake to try to beef up UNIFIL? Such an international force would have to be ...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN DEBATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT BILL
Speech by Nicholas Soames MP Infrastructure Audit (Housing Development) BillSecond Reading Friday 14th July 2006 Hansard Volume 448. No 184. Columns 1645-1649 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Suss...
SOAMES TO HOLD SURGERY IN STONE QUARRY
Nicholas Soames MP will be holding an open surgery at St Lukes Church Hall, Quarry Rise, Stone Quarry, East Grinstead on Thursday 27th July between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. 14th July 2006...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN DEBATE ON ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL
Debate on Armed Forces Personnel Thursday 6th July 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): May I warmly endorse the points made by the hon. Member for Glasgow, North-West (John Robertson), wit...
IMPORTANT: SOAMES'S RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON EAST GRINSTEAD AREA ACTION PLAN
29th June 2006 John Jory Esq., Chief Executive,Mid Sussex District Council,Oaklands, Oaklands Road,Haywards Heath,West Sussex. RH16 1SS Dear Chief Executive, East Grinstead ...
STATEMENT ON BRITISH FORCES (AFGHANISTAN)
Statement on British Forces (Afghanistan) Monday 3rd July 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): If the worthy aims of the mission are to succeed, it is essential that command and control be b...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE EAST GRINSTEAD COURIER
Dear Editor, May I welcome your excellent leading article in last week’s edition of the East Grinstead Courier; Government money pot is bitter sweet. Alas, none of us can have any confidence that ...
SOAMES SERVES TEA AT HAYWARDS HEATH TOWN COUNCIL'S 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
Nicholas Soames visited the Haywards Heath Town Council party for 80 year olds on Sunday. Commenting Nicholas Soames said; “I most warmly congratulate Haywards Heath Town Council on this wonderful g...
INTERVENTIONS DURING OPPOSITION DAY DEBATE ON PLANNING
Opposition Day Debate on Planning House of Commons 21st June 2006 Hansard, Volume 447, No 170 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): I agree with the points made by my hon. Friend, but d...
IMPORTANT - LETTER SENT BY NICHOLAS SOAMES TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE SOUTH EAST ENGLAND REGIONAL ASSEMBLY AS PART OF THE CONSULTATION ON THE SOUTH EAST PLAN
20th June 2006 Dear Chief Executive, South East Plan Consultation I am taking this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the South East Plan. I think you are well aware of my views and...
SOAMES TAKES PART IN VOLUNTEERS' WEEK
Nicholas Soames this afternoon visited patients and took the book trolley around the Princess Royal Hospital to show his support for Volunteers’ Week. Nicholas Soames said; “I was delighted to be as...
SOAMES'S MIDDY COLUMN
It has been frustrating over the last few years to try to persuade the Government to understand the pressures of growth in Mid Sussex and the lack of infrastructure to cope with it at present, as well...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN WATER SHORTAGES DEBATE
Water Shortages Debate Tuesday 13th June 2006 Hansard Vol 447, No 164, Column 169 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): I am very grateful to you, Mrs. Humble. and I propose to speak briefly. I hop...
SOAMES TAKES ACTION ON TRAIN HORN NOISE
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, met with local residents and representatives from Network Rail today to discuss the recurring problem of train horn noise which is causing great inconvenience to reside...
SOAMES OUT AND ABOUT IN EAST GRINSTEAD
Nicholas Soames has visited this morning the exhibition at East Grinstead Library on the draft Area Action Plan consultation and he has attended a meeting of the Local Action Team for the Stone Quarry...
SOAMES PRESSES HOUSING MINISTER ABOUT EAST GRINSTEAD INFRASTRUCTURE
Nicholas Soames, East Grinstead’s Member of Parliament, was part of a delegation of local MPs and Council leaders from West Sussex who met with Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, on ...
SOAMES CHAIRS PUBLIC MEETING ON EAST GRINSTEAD AREA ACTION PLAN CONSULTATION
Nicholas Soames chaired a very well attended meeting on behalf of Mid Sussex District Council on the 19th May to kick off the formal consultation period. Nicholas Soames commented; “No-one can be in...
SOAMES SUPPORTS SIGHTSAVERS' CAMPAIGN
Staff at Haywards Heath based charity Sightsavers International have made a life-size teacher and presented it today to Nicholas Soames at the Sightsavers’ Head Office. This ‘teacher’ figure represe...
SOAMES URGES GOVERNMENT TO HOLD URGENT DEBATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE
Business Questions Thursday 18th May 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): The Leader of the House will, I am sure, have heard that I am to chair a big public meeting in East Grinstead tomorr...
CONSERVATIVES SECURE URGENT QUESTION ON WATER SHORTAGES
17th May 2006...
SOAMES QUESTIONS HOME OFFICE MINISTER OVER ENFORCEMENT OF ASBOS
HOME OFFICE QUESTIONS MONDAY 15TH MAY 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): Given the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Woking (Mr. Malins) about the cost of ASBOs, is the Ministe...
SOAMES TO CHAIR PUBLIC MEETING ON HEALTH PROPOSALS
On the 21st February 2005 the consultation period for Best Care, Best Place concluded. Subsequently there have been a series of service changes within the Brighton and Sussex University Hospital...
SOAMES MEETS POST OFFICE OFFICIALS
Nicholas Soames today met the Area Development Manager of the Post Office to discuss the future of the Post Office in East Grinstead. Mr Soames said; “I am quite satisfied that the Post Office is co...
MID SUSSEX TIMES COLUMN - YOUR MAN IN PARLIAMENT
Given the problems that beset the Government of non-deportation of foreign prisoners; the tax credits fiasco; job losses in the NHS etc it is a pleasure to report some good news on our local NHS. I ...
SOAMES TO CHAIR PUBLIC MEETING ON DRAFT EAST GRINSTEAD AREA ACTION PLAN
“At the request of Mid Sussex District Council I will be chairing a public meeting on the draft Area Action Plan on Friday 19th May at 7pm in Imberhorne School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead. The me...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN DEBATE ON MANAGEMENT OF THE NHS
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): I begin by saying how fascinated I was by the speech of...
SOAMES TO MEET POST OFFICE MANAGEMENT TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF EAST GRINSTEAD POST OFFICE
East Grinstead MP, Nicholas Soames, is to meet with the top Management of Royal Mail at the House of Commons to discuss the future of the Town’s Forbuoys sub Post Office. Mr Soames said; “As soon as...
SOAMES CO-SIGNS EARLY DAY MOTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SUSSEX POLICE AUTHORITY'S REJECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICE FORCE MERGER PROPOSAL
That this House supports the Sussex Police Authority in rejecting the Home Secretary's proposal to merge Sussex and Surrey police forces; notes that Sussex Police already serve over 1.5 million reside...
SOAMES WARNS OF THREAT TO PRIVATE GARDENS FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, this week pointed to new evidence that the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott MP, is planning to concrete over back gardens across Sussex and the country. The Govern...
SOAMES CONGRATULATES HOSPITAL TRUST ON NEW MATERNITY SERVICE
Nicholas Soames launched the ANNP-led Neonatal Service at the Princess Royal Hospital on Friday. Mr Soames said; “I warmly congratulate the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust on secur...
SOAMES QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT OVER SUPPORT FOR BIOFUELS INDUSTRY
Renewable Energy Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what her Department's policy is on biofuels; [57787] (2) what support her Department gives to ...
SOAMES COMMENDS ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT SELECT COMMITTEE ON ITS REPORT ON SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report on the Government's housing plans. It's previous report, published in January last year under the Chairmanship of Peter Ainsworth, was highly c...
SOAMES WRITES TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ROYAL MAIL OVER THREAT TO POST OFFICE
Town MP, Nicholas Soames, has written to the Chief Executive of Royal Mail to ask for urgent clarification on the reported possible closure of the Post Office in East Grinstead. Mr Soames said; “Clo...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN BUDGET DEBATE
27th March 2006...
SOAMES SPEAKS IN WATER SHORTAGES DEBATE
17th March 2006...
SOAMES CALLS MID SUSSEX INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING
A GREAT SUCCESS
Mid Sussex Member of Parliament, Nicholas Soames, held a meeting on local infrastructure requirements at East Court in East Grinstead on Friday 17th March. Nicholas said of the meeting; “I called thi...
NICHOLAS SOAMES MP ATTACKS GOVERNMENT OVER PENSIONS
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has launched a strong attack on the Labour Government to coincide with National Pensions Day on the 18th March. Mr Soames said; “The Government has got a cheek to res...
THE WEST SUSSEX STRUCTURE PLAN - WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MID SUSSEX?
Why are so many houses being imposed on West Sussex?
WEST SUSSEX MPs LOBBY HOME SECRETARY OVER POLICE FUNDING
The Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP,The Secretary of State for the Home Department,Home Office,50 Queen Anne’s Gate,London. SW1H 9AT 8th March 2006 Dear Home Secretary, We are alarmed at the treatm...
SOAMES TO HOST INFRASTRUCTURE SEMINAR
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has organised and is hosting a seminar on “Infrastructure Requirements” in East Grinstead on Friday, 17th March. Mr Soames said; “The Government’s housing policy is i...
LOCAL MPs CALL ON MINISTER TO SAVE GATWICK EXPRESS
Local Conservative MPs from Sussex and Surrey met Transport Minister, Derek Twigg MP, on Tuesday to secure the future of the Gatwick Express. The four MPs, Peter Ainsworth (Surrey East), Charles Hend...
SOAMES HOLDS DAIRY MEETING
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, had a meeting in his constituency on Friday to discuss the plight of dairy farmers in Mid Sussex. Mr Soames said; “The whole agricultural infrastructure is under the ...
WEST SUSSEX TORY MPS LINK UP TO
BEAT CLIMATE CHANGE
A group of West Sussex Tories pledged to limit the amount they generate in Chichester last Friday. Queuing up to learn about the 10 per cent Challenge, West Sussex County Council’s energy saving init...
MPs ACTION PLAN TO REVERSE GOVERNMENT GRANTS 'DAMAGE
West Sussex MPs have signed a letter urging Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, to review a grants system for local government that has left the County Council facing the prospect of making cuts in ...
SOAMES SPEAKS UP FOR NHS STAFF IN DEBATE ON
NHS REORGANISATION
Opposition Day Debate on NHS Reorganisation Tuesday 7th February 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): The Minister and I will agree that in the past five years the NHS budget has in...
SOAMES QUESTIONS MINISTER OVER POLICE FINANCE
Debate on Police Finance Monday 6th February 2006 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): I understand the point that the Minister is making. Overall, the sum of money has increased, but h...
SOAMES MEETS WITH THE POST REFERENDUM
CAMPAIGN GROUP
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for East Grinstead, met on Friday with members of the Post Referendum Campaign Group to discuss matters relating to proposals for housing development in East Grin...
SOAMES CALLS FOR ACTION ON TRAIN HORN NOISE
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, met with the Chief Executive of Network Rail, and representatives of the Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) and the Association of Train Operating...
SOAMES SEEKS GUIDANCE FROM SUSSEX TRAFFIC POLICE OVER BURRELL ROAD/BALCOMBE ROAD JUNCTION IN HAYWARDS HEATH
Nicholas Soames MP has today asked the Sussex Traffic Police to support his campaign to deal with the dangerous road situation at the Burrell Road/Balcombe Road junction in Haywards Heath. Nicholas S...
SOAMES ADDRESSES MID SUSSEX OLDER PEOPLES' COUNCIL
This afternoon Nicholas Soames addressed a meeting of the Mid Sussex Older Peoples’ Council [MSOPC] at Haywards Heath Town Council. Nicholas Soames said; “I congratulate the Council on their role an...
SOAMES MEETS STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
Nicholas Soames MP attended a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Strategic Health Authority yesterday at the House of Commons to make the case for local people’s health needs and to ...
THE COMBINED SUBMISSION OF CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN WEST SUSSEX ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED POLICE REFORMS
Submission to Sussex Police Authority on Police Force Structures - 15th December 2005 We are grateful to the Sussex Police Authority for allowing us to outline our concerns about the Governm...
SOAMES VISITS CHRONIC FATIGUE CLINIC
As a Patron of reMEmber (The Chronic Fatigue Society) Nicholas Soames on the 13th January attended a meeting with the team, at the Chronic Fatigue Clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Hea...
SOAMES WELCOMES PLANS TO HELP CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Practical proposals to rebuild communities and address social breakdown Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, this week welcomed the proposals by the new Conservative leader, David Ca...
SOAMES MEETS WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH, ROSIE WINTERTON MP, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH SERVICE CONSULTATION
Following Nicholas Soames’s very strongly expressed anger at the way the Best Care, Best Place consultation was carried out and his criticisms over the lamentable lack of scrutiny by the Joint Overvie...
LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH ON BEHALF OF MID SUSSEX CONSTITUENTS
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, at the request of District Councillor Christopher Snowling, Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, has forwarded a letter from the Mid Sussex Dist...
SOAMES'S REACTION TO THE LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
In a statement issued from his office tonight Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex said; “I am truly thrilled at the magnificent victory of David Cameron announced this afternoon. It i...
SOAMES LOBBIES MINISTER OVER PROPOSED CHANGES TO FIRE COVER AT EAST GRINSTEAD FIRE STATION
28th November 2005 Dear Editor, I write in response to Beverly Heasman’s excellent letter in the Courier last week to say that I wholly share her grave reservations about the proposed changes to f...
SOAMES BACKS ST PAUL'S TRANSPORT ACTION GROUP
Memorandum sent to members of the action group From: Miss Claire Barker Private Secretary to Nicholas Soames MP Date: 9th November 2005 Re: St Paul’s Transpo...
GOOD NEWS FOR HAYWARDS HEATH COMMUTERS
Nicholas Soames said; “I am thrilled that Haywards Heath will be included in Network Rail’s Station Investment Programme and I will continue to press for the inclusion of Burgess Hill and East Grinste...
SOAMES'S RESPONSE TO WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL'S DECISION TO POSTPONE THE PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE WASTE LOCAL PLAN
Mr Soames said; “Whilst I am of course disappointed by this decision and its implications for the Freshfield Lane Brickworks site in Horsted Keynes I do believe that the County Council has had no choi...
SOAMES CO-SPONSORS INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT (HOUSING DEVELOPMENT) BILL
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, is a co-sponsor of a Bill introduced in the House of Commons yesterday by Francis Maude (Member of Parliament for Horsham) which requires there to...
SOAMES:"MID SUSSEX STATIONS MUST BE INCLUDED IN RAIL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME"
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames MP, has written to the Chief Executive of Network Rail to seek his assurance that Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath stations will be included in Network Ra...
SOAMES CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO MAKE TIME FOR DEBATE ON CRISIS IN LOCAL HEALTH CARE ECONOMY
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, raised in Parliament with the Leader of the House of Commons at Business Questions on Thursday 13th October, the urgent need for a debate, in Gove...
SOAMES HOLDS URGENT TALKS WITH STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY OVER CRISIS IN LOCAL HEALTH CARE ECONOMY
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, and his fellow Parliamentary colleagues in West Sussex and Surrey held an urgent meeting yesterday at the House of Commons with the Chief Executiv...
SOAMES OUT AND ABOUT IN MID SUSSEX
The House of Commons returns on Monday 10th October and Nicholas Soames has enjoyed spending time in his constituency during the recess. For example last week he undertook an extensive programme...
SOAMES SAYS VOLUNTEER DRIVERS AND COMMUNITY NURSES DESERVE MORE
Nicholas Soames MP has been approached by community nurses and volunteer drivers for the ambulance service over the impact of spiralling fuel costs. Mr Soames said; “This is of course a problem affec...
SOAMES SUPPORTS GROUP B STREP AWARENESS WEEK
The national charity Group B Strep Support has organised the UK’s first Awareness Week from 26th September to 2nd October 2005. Supporters across the country will be taking part in a range...
SOAMES MEETS HEADTEACHERS
On Friday 9th September Nicholas Soames hosted a meeting at Oakmeeds Community College in Burgess Hill with the Headteachers of the Secondary Schools in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead...
SOAMES CHAIRS HEALTH MEETING
Nicholas Soames chaired a meeting at which Professor Sir George Alberti, the NHS’s principal adviser on Accident and Emergency services, addressed a number of stakeholders about the implementation of ...
SOAMES PRESENTS COUNCIL'S FIRST AWARDS FOR LOCAL ARCHITECTURE
In the first competition of its kind in Mid Sussex, architects of award-winning new buildings in the District, received their prizes from the Hon Nicholas Soames MP, at Wakehurst Place today. The Mid ...
SOAMES RAISES STAKES OVER MATERNITY SERVICES AT PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
Nicholas Soames, the Mid Sussex MP, has written in the strongest possible terms to the Chairman of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, and the Secretary of State, explaining to the...
SOAMES SETS OUT POSITION ON FUTURE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF THE MID SUSSEX TIMES AND THE MID SUSSEX LEADER Sir, May I use the courtesy of your column to reply to a letter published while I was on holiday abou...
SOAMES CONGRATULATES WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST ON ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, has joined the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, in celebrating its 40th year. Mr Soames said; “The scheme was launched in 1965 following the de...
SOAMES CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO REVERSE DISINCENTIVE TO DEVELOP BROWNFIELD SITES
In the week of the 50th anniversary of the Green Belt Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has called on the Chancellor to harmonise the VAT imposed on new builds and renovated properties to help protect...
SOAMES BACKS NAO REPORT ON STATE OF RAILWAY STATIONS
East Grinstead MP, Nicholas Soames, has endorsed the findings of the National Audit Office report about railway stations. Mr Soames said; “Network Rail should closely study the report and see...
WEST SUSSEX MPs PRESENT HOUSING PETITION TO NO 10
Headlines from West Sussex Gazette – 28th July 2005 Four West Sussex MPs helped the West Sussex Gazette deliver a resounding Save Our Countryside message to Downing Street last week. More than 1,14...
SOAMES MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOLNORE RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS
Following a meeting in Haywards Heath last Friday with representatives of the Association of Residents of Roads off Wealden Way and the Bolnore Village Residents and Ashenground Residents Associations...
SOAMES QUESTIONS HEALTH SECRETARY OVER FUNDING OF PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
ORAL QUESTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH 12th July 2005 Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): Is the right hon. Lady aware that when the Princess Royal hospital in my constituency merge...
SOAMES QUESTIONS HOME SECRETARY OVER ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Oral Questions: 27th June 2005 Antisocial Behaviour Orders Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): What assessment he has made of the use of antisocial behaviour orders. [6861] The Secretary of St...
LETTER TO EDITOR OF EAST GRINSTEAD COURIER RE ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN STONE QUARRY
Dear Editor, I was very impressed by Jackie Shoebridge’s letter to your excellent paper in her capacity as Deputy Churchwarden at St Luke’s Church about a lot of the good that exists in the Stone Qu...
SOAMES MEETS MINISTER OVER PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL
Nicholas Soames had a formal meeting with Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State, on Wednesday 23rd June at the House of Commons to discuss the Best Care, Best Place consultation and the real and under...
SOAMES: WE NEED MORE, NOT LESS GREEN BELT PROTECTION
Nicholas Soames, MP for Mid Sussex, this week put his support behind the campaign to protect and extend the Green Belt. Marking the creation of Green Belt protection fifty years ago – by a Conservativ...
SOAMES ATTACKS GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING TARGETS IN PARLIAMENT
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons expressing the gravest concern over the Government’s plans for house building in Mid Sussex and in West Sussex. ...
DEBATE ON EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con): May I remind the Foreign Secretary that my party is wholly and unswervingly in favour of the enlargement of the European Union? Will the right ...
SOAMES WARNS PRESCOTT: WATER SUPPLY WILL NOT SUSTAIN YOUR AMBITIOUS HOUSING TARGETS
Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, has written a strong letter to the Deputy Prime Minister urging him to heed the warnings of the Water Companies over the inadequate water resources in Mid Sussex. Mr ...
SOAMES SPEAKS OUT ON LAW AND ORDER
Nicholas Soames, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Mid Sussex, was a panellist at the Burgess Hill Leylands Action Group's public meeting at Sheddingdean Community Centre on Tuesday 19th April....
SOAMES'S RESPONSE TO SOUTH EAST PLAN CONSULTATION
Consultation Response to the Draft South East Plan Dear Mr Bevan, I am taking this opportunity to respond to the official consultation that SEERA is undertaking on the South East Plan. You are alr...
SOAMES ADDRESSES EAST GRINSTEAD HOUSING MEETING
Statement by Nicholas Soames at the East Grinstead Post Referendum Campaign Group's Meeting on Wednesday, 13th April 2005 "Firstly, may I thank the PRG for arranging this meeting. I have had s...
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