Westminster

Supporting Constituents in Parliament

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Parliament Business

I take every opportunity to raise Constituency priorities and concerns in Parliament.

Cost of Living issues with Government Ministers, DWP and Pensions concerns.

Visit Westminster

Westminster is open to everyone when Parliament is sitting. My team can book Inside UK Parliament tours for you. The tours last 75 minutes

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My Role in Parliament

You can always find out what I’ve been doing by looking at the record of my votes and speeches.

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Parliamentary Business

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The Cost of Living

Households and businesses across North East Fife feeling the impact of skyrocketing bills and squeezed budgets. Some residents are facing the choice between heating and eating this winter, while local businesses face costs that could see them go to the wall.

The UK Government has cuts to winter fuel allowance, increases to employer NICs and changes to Inheritance Tax for farmers. These are all changes that will have a hugely detrimental impact, but I’m using my voice in Westminster to demand more action to help People in North East Fife.

I want to see vulnerable and low income households helped by bringing back the winter fuel allowance and doubling the Warm Home Discount.

For local businesses, there needs to be more certainty and we urgently need to see those in the health and social care sectors exempt from increased employer NICs. I’m also calling on the UK Government to support our farming families rather than run them out of business.

Local Services

In the last few years, North East Fife has been hit by a wave of reductions to local services. Banks, Post Offices, Buses, trains, and opening hours at Recycling Centres and Leisure Centres have all been cut. I’m determined to stand up for those vital services at the heart of communities, working with local people and the providers to protect them or find the best possible alternatives.

I’m working to bring about better access to cash, as well as Community Banking Hubs to places where branches have closed. I'm also meeting with Stagecoach regularly to protect local bus routes and bus stops. I know how important these services are to North East Fife, and I will keep on fighting to protect them.

Our Local Environment

North East Fife is a beautiful constituency. From the Lomond Hills in the Howe of Fife to The East Neuk and Tentsmuir, it’s a place of stunning scenery I’m proud to represent. I want to help protect that natural beauty, so I want to see the UK protect its natural environments, cut carbon emissions and clean up our air, seas and rivers. I support my party’s Green Recovery Plan, which includes properly insulating every home, getting renewable energy up to 80% of UK electricity. Locally, I’ve called on SEPA to tackle sewage spills in the River Eden and River Leven, helped plant trees in Gauldry, St Andrews, Newburgh and Cupar, taken part in beach cleans, and want Fife Council to improve local recycling centres.

Healthcare

I know how frustrated residents are with struggles to get GP appointments, long waiting lists for everything from operations to mental health support, and difficulties getting good quality social care. Although it’s a devolved matter, I will always speak up for residents facing healthcare difficulties. I meet with NHS Fife, care providers and GP surgeries regularly, raising issues brought to me by individual constituents. In Westminster, I have introduced a new law which gives carers who work a right to unpaid leave to help balance their caring responsibilities and their employment.