Andrew Murrison is encouraging good causes in his constituency of South West Wiltshire to apply for a share of a funding pot worth over £3 million that has been raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery to support projects helping local people.
Andrew met with the Oliver King Foundation in Westminster to show his support for every school to have a defibrillator by 2020. The Oliver King Foundation was set up in 2012 following the death of 12-year-old Oliver. He died from a sudden cardiac arrest whilst at school.
Andrew has today written to Wiltshire Council to express his opposition to a planning application to construct an gasification plant in Westbury and an associated waste sorting station.
During Prime Minister's Questions earlier this afternoon, Andrew asked the Prime Minister to expedite the clean-up in and around Salisbury following the release of the nerve agent, Novichok, by Russian officials.
What an incredible time to lead the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee! The collapse of the Stormont Executive and the Irish land border issue that is so pivotal to the Brexit negotiations have put NIAC front and centre and required it to work at full tilt.
This evening Andrew asked the Northern Ireland Secretary for the Government's forward plan for the budget in Stormont in the midst of ongoing political instability in the region.
During today's Prime Minister's Questions, Andrew asked the Prime Minister to protect funding for the Royal Marines following speculation about proposed Government cuts to the force.
This morning Andrew asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to ensure that, regardless of whether power sharing is resumed in Stormont, Northern Ireland will be afforded an opportunity to feed into the Brexit process.
Accompanied by members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, Andrew met with the European Union's Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, yesterday to the discuss the issue of the Irish land border during the Committee's visit to Brussels.
