MP supports Yorkshire Water’s efforts to improve water quality Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 Kevin Hollinrake MP, Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton, visited Yorkshire Water’s Carthorpe wastewater treatment works to see a £3.3m project improving river health. The scheme uses electrocoagulation technology to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Holme Beck through treated wastewater. This innovative approach is less carbon-intensive than traditional chemical treatments and... Local News
Supporting a community bank in Pickering 20th July 2019 I am delighted that Barclays has chosen Pickering as the first of ten pilot community branches across the UK. The aim of the trial is to keep the last bank in... Local News
Government must act more quickly to prevent another Grenfell-grade disaster 18th July 2019 Urgent action to reform the building and fire safety regime is needed. I am deeply concerned that the Government is still not doing enough to remove dangerous... Local News
July 2019 update 11th July 2019 It is a peculiar time, to say the least, in Westminster. Business in the chamber is very light, although the Prime Minister has recently made some very... Reports
Stepping up campaign for the A64 dual carriageway 10th July 2019 The A64 Growth Partnership and I have pledged to step up our campaign for the much-needed dual carriageway between Hopgrove roundabout and Barton Hill at... Local News
Leading calls for a ‘Shared Rural Network’ to improve mobile coverage 9th July 2019 Today I have led a group of 78 cross-party MPs representing rural constituencies to call on the Government to support a proposal by the mobile industry to... Local News
We need a new system to fund social care 2nd July 2019 Today I called for a cross-party approach to the funding of adult social care. Speaking in the Departmental Estimates debate I said that there is simply not... Local News
Supporting the broad aims of a green manifesto for the future 2nd July 2019 I was delighted to join my Conservative colleagues in the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), of which I am a member, to sign a declaration of support for a... Local News
Investment spending in the North should be a priority 2nd July 2019 Today I appealed to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond MP, to focus on Northern infrastructure spending by committing £120bn over 30 years to include strategic... Local News
Helping to promote cardiac risk in young people 2nd July 2019 It was humbling to join 50 of my fellow MPs in attending the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) first ever ‘drop in’ session in Westminster. CRY offers... Local News
