Lea Castle Quarry - 2nd Planning Appeal Inquiry Tuesday, 5 November, 2024 Today at Stourport Manor, the Planning Inspectorate held a further Inquiry into the Planning Appeal for the Lea Castle Farm Quarry. Mark attended the Inquiry and addressed the Panel. His speach is below for reference: Good afternoon I am Mark Garnier and have been the Member of Parliament since 2010. So, there is a terrible sense of déja vu coming back to us all here. 18months ago I was here... Local News
Very few people are happy with Labour's Budget 4th November 2024 It is amazing how fast budgets unwind. The last time it was this spectacular, Liz Truss sacked her chancellor within days, and then we sacked her shortly after... Local News
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Truly astonishing the lack of protection for victims of rogue builders 22nd October 2024 From time to time, we see news reports of rogue builders. They vary from stories of shoddy work, through to builders demolishing building works over disputed... Local News
Mark presents the first reading of his new Private Members Bill 21st October 2024 New Parliament, provides a new opportunity to reintroduce my Private Member's Bill to protect consumers from rogue builders - It’s time we removed the risk to... Speeches in Parliament
Having a Cabinet that has no experience of how businesses work is incredibly worrying 16th October 2024 I love statistics. Always have done. I know people don’t trust them, but they give a good idea of what is going on. For example, here in Wyre Forest, we 4,155... Local News
Not been a good start for the new government, let’s hope things pick up 30th September 2024 Party conference season is well under way and this week the Labour Party held their first conference as the governing party for 15 years. They, as would be... Local News
Surely the new government can do better than scrapping a process only to replace it with a similar one? 17th September 2024 One of the biggest topics on the doorstep at the general election was immigration. Whilst people, in the main, accept that some immigration is good – care and... Local News
It is extraordinary how a new government can flip their tone so quickly, and paint a picture so bleak it risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy 10th September 2024 The general election seems a lifetime ago. Yet it was just a couple of months ago that Keir Starmer promised a fully costed vision of bright, sunlit uplands of... Local News
Labour's housebuilding plans are not good economics 14th August 2024 Planning is an issue that never fails to be contentious. From the unwelcome extension on a neighbour’s property, to the thousand or more residential... Local News