Damian Hinds and other MPs have met with Thames Water chief executive Martin Baggs to request urgent clarification of plans for the new Thames Tideway Tunnel and its effect on local residents.
Damian Hinds has welcomed moves from the Government to protect local publicans by setting up an independent Adjudicator to address unfair practices in the pub industry.
New figures reveal that over 10,000 households in East Hampshire are estimated to be off-grid, and will be responsible for providing their own fuel this winter. The estimate was provided in response to a written parliamentary question submitted to the Department for Energy and Climate Change by Damian.
It is a great pleasure to be here with you today to celebrate International Credit Unions Day. And it is a particular pleasure to be here alongside Simon Hughes and Roy [Lord] Kennedy. The all-party group works very well across the parties and credit unions do have great goodwill right across the House.
Damian Hinds has pledged to continue to make the case for better noise mitigation along the A3 in East Hampshire. For many households, noise from the road is an ongoing problem.
Damian Hinds has spoken out on the need to do more to defend our pubs. Speaking in a debate in the House of Commons, Damian underlined the importance of pubs, praising them as community hubs and part of the fabric of our towns and villages. He also held them up as examples of hard working small businesses which needed support in these tougher economic times.
Damian Hinds has hosted an event in the House of Commons to launch Big Energy Week, a campaign by the Citizens Advice Bureau, to raise awareness of how they can help households save money on their rising fuel bills.
The Secretary of State for Transport, Teresa Villiers, has announced that the Government has reached an agreement with South West Trains to provide an additional 60 carriages on services to and from London Waterloo and bring Waterloo Station’s International Terminal back into use.
Local MP Damian Hinds has written to the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs urgently asking for clarification of Environment Agency rules on the registration of private septic tanks.
Damian Hinds has given his backing to an innovative scheme to make credit union services available at every Post Office counter across the country. At an event he hosted as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions with the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL), Damian Hinds pledged to support the proposed link-up in Parliament as other MPs came to learn more about the scheme.
