Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the announcement of a compensation scheme for Thameslink passengers who have suffered weeks of disrupted services as a result of the new timetable introduced in May.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for planning loopholes which allow developers cynically to “game the system” to be closed, warning that public support for democratically-agreed neighbourhood plans is being undermined.
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The Defence Minister, Tobias Ellwood, was guest of honour at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum on Saturday evening (7 July) to celebrate the RAF’s centenary.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, to demand a “significant rebate” for constituents affected by the recent rail disruption.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Arundel’s St Nicholas Church fete on Saturday (30 June).
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert strongly criticised the South National Park Authority’s opposition to the Arundel bypass when he raised the problem of air pollution in Storrington and Cowfold in a Commons debate last week (Thursday 28 June).
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed a commitment by the Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, to intervene following the failure to repair part of the river wall in Arundel which collapsed two and a half years ago.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited The Steyning Bookshop on Thursday (21 June) to mark Independent Bookshop Week (16-23 June).
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Nick and Michelle were joined by the hospital’s Chief Executive, Marianne Griffiths, Anne Hudson, Senior Sister on MDCU, and Rachel Harris, chemotherapy educational facilitator. The new room has been named ‘Martine’s Quiet Room’ and is dedicated to the memory of Michelle’s sister, Martine Barthram, who lost her battle to breast cancer in November 2013.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert demanded to know when the timetable “shambles” would come to end when he called a Commons debate on rail services in Hassocks yesterday (Tuesday 19 June).
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met local members of the Country Land and Business Association at Westminster last week (12 June) to give his backing to their campaign for better mobile coverage in rural areas.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Hepworth Brewery in Pulborough on Friday (15 June) to mark Beer Day Britain and to help them launch their latest brew.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has raised the loss of cashpoints (ATMs) in Henfield after local traders contacted him about their concerns.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert separately met with Network Rail’s CEO, Mark Carne, GTR’s Passenger Services Director, Angie Doll, and the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, on Tuesday (12 June) to raise his concerns about Hassocks rail services.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has given his strong backing to plans to employ neighbourhood wardens in Storrington & Sullington, pointing to the success of the scheme in neighbouring villages.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has today asked the Leader of the House of Commons to schedule an urgent debate on the performance of Govia Thameslink Rail and Network Rail.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, about the chaotic introduction of the new rail timetable.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert met with Sussex campaigners calling for changes for patients with Motor Neurone Disease during a rally in Parliament Square Gardens last month (Wednesday 16 May).
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has given his backing to a national ‘Nature Recovery Network’ to link up green spaces and protected areas across our towns, cities and countryside.
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Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited The Crown Inn at Dial Post earlier this month (Saturday 12 May) to congratulate the owners on winning the Countryside Alliance award for Best Pub in the South East of England.
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