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Category Archives: News
Teresa Pearce meets with conservationist Bill Oddie to call for urgent ban on trophy hunting imports
Teresa met last week with Bill Oddie to discuss the shocking new figures that show that nearly 400 hunting trophies from endangered animals have been imported into Britain in recent years. This includes almost 1 ton of elephant tusks. … Continue reading
Teresa Pearce MP welcomes NHS decision to help tens of thousands more people with type 1 diabetes
NHS England has announced that from April 2019 the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system will be made available across the Country. The monitoring system, works via a sensor attached to the skin, allowing people to check their blood sugar … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged CCG, flash glucose monitoring, Freestyle Libre Monitoring system, Health, NHS, type 1 diabetes, World Diabetes Day
Teresa Pearce MP attends Remembrance Day events across the constituency
This weekend, it was a privilege to lay wreaths at ceremonies across the constituency in Remembrance Day services in Thamesmead, Erith and Plumstead.
Posted in Events, Local events, News, Press Notices
Tagged Armistice, Remembrance Day 2018
Teresa Pearce raises the tax gap with the Prime Minister at PMQs
Yesterday I asked about the tax gap at PMQs. In 2014 I wrote to HMRC and the then Chancellor to ask how much tax was unpaid on letting income from private landlords. In 2015 they wrote back to say it was approximately … Continue reading
Posted in News, Press Notices, Speeches
Tagged HMRC, housing, PMQ, private landlords, social housing, tax
Teresa Pearce MP backs Bill to help make rented homes safer in Erith and Thamesmead
Teresa Pearce MP is delighted to see Fitness for Human Habitation Bill get one step nearer to becoming law. Teresa was one of many MPs on hand to see the Bill safely through its Third Reading on Friday 26th … Continue reading
Government loan of £350 million to Mayor to get Crossrail back on track
On 6 October the Rail Minister Joe Johnson issued a written Ministerial statement announcing a £350 million loan from Government to the Mayor of London to support efforts to complete the construction and testing of Crossrail as quickly as … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Local events, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged Abbey Wood Station, crossrail, Elizabeth Line Services
Teresa Pearce raises harassment with the Prime Minister at PMQs
Today I asked a question at Prime Minister Questiontime. After many months of trying to support my constituent through the proper channels, out of sheer frustration, I felt that I had to raise it on the floor of the … Continue reading
Posted in House of Commons, News, Quotes
Tagged Dame Laura Cox report, Harassment, Prime Ministers Question Time
Teresa Pearce MP backs joke competition for Primary Schools aimed at improving children’s communication skills
Teresa Pearce MP is writing to local schools in Erith and Thamesmead to highlight Voice Box, an annual joke-telling competition designed by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to build schoolchildren’s communication skills. Over 10% of children … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News, Press Notices
Tagged Competition, Education, literacy, primary school, speech and language, Voice Box, young people
Teresa Pearce MP backs CLIC Sargents’ #CancerCosts campaign
Teresa Pearce, MP for Erith and Thamesmead is backing a petition calling on the government to create a Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund, so that families won’t have to worry about mounting travel costs during the treatment of their child. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Health, News, Press Notices
Tagged #CANCERCOSTS, CLIC SARGENT, NEW REPORT, PETITION
GOOD NEWS: Every Child A Lifesaver Campaign
On Friday 20 November 2015 my Private Members Bill “Every Child a Lifesaver” which would have ensured that all children were taught first aid in schools was talked out by some backbench MPs. Although I and the charities who had … Continue reading