Quizzing Police Minister Nick Hurd in the Commons, South West Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison welcomed the £161 million extra funds announced today for policing and the increased flexibility to raise money for the police from the local precept.
Andrew Murrison MP has welcomed the announcement that Wiltshire Council will spend £8 million over 12 months on repairing local roads, particularly potholes.
He has also commended the council for suspending Sunday charges in its car parks, ending the need to ‘pay to pray.’
Andrew joins over 500 other MPs to plant trees as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, a network of forest conservation initiatives to mark Her Majesty's lifetime of service to the Commonwealth.
Roads minister Jesse Norman has written to MPs with a breakdown of how the £420 million announced in the Budget for minor road repairs and potholes would mean for each local government area.
Andrew Murrison MP has welcomed Philip Hammond’s 2018 budget. He has been trawling through the Budget’s ‘Red Book’ published yesterday for opportunities for South West Wiltshire. He said;
Andrew Murrison MP has today shown his support for British farming at Back British Farming Day in Westminster, recognising the crucial role farmers play in producing food and caring for the countryside.
Andrew Murrison attended the Larkrise Community Farm AGM on West Ashton Road Trowbridge. He was at the farm recently to discuss the impact of the realignment of the A350 on the charity and the nearby scout camp. He said;
Andrew Murrison visited the local JobCentre in Bythesea Road Trowbridge to see how people in west Wiltshire are helped into work and what more might be done. He said;
