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Category Archives: Quotes
Teresa Pearce MP overjoyed at NHS England agreement to fund Orkambi
After years of hard campaigning by cross party MPs, families of people with cystic fibrosis and charities, NHS England have finally come to a funding agreement with the drug company Vertex re access to lifesaving drugs Orkambi and Symkevi. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Health, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged Cystic Fibrosis, NHS England, Okambi, PMQ, Prime Ministers Questions, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
MP wears it pink for Breast Cancer Now Fundraiser
Teresa Pearce MP dresses in pink to support Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser wear it pink Wear it pink helps Breast Cancer Now fund vital breast cancer research and support Teresa Pearce, MP for Erith and Thamesmead added a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, House of Commons, Quotes, Uncategorized
Tagged Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Care, Breast Cancer Now, Friday 18 October, Pink, Wear It PINK
Teresa Pearce MP urges local people to enter film competition
Teresa Pearce MP wants filmmakers and scriptwriters across Erith and Thamesmead to enter the prestigious FILM THE HOUSE Competition. The competition is sponsored by RT Hon Sir Kevin Barron MP, Lord Tim Clement-Jones and RT Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP. … Continue reading
Posted in Local events, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged Directors, erith and thamesmead, Film The House, Filmakers, Local Filmakers, Script Writers
£30,000 Passenger Benefit Money for Abbey Wood Station
I am pleased to say that some lobbying of the Rail Minister has resulted in an allocation of £30,000 being made available for improvements at Abbey Wood station. The allocation comes from a national £15million fund Govia Thameslink was … Continue reading
Posted in Local events, News, Press Notices, Quotes, Uncategorized
Tagged Abbey Wood Station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Passenger Benefit Money
Teresa Pearce MP co-sponsors Eddie Hughes MP’s 10 Minute Rule Bill on Ground Rents (Leasehold Properties)
Teresa Pearce has co-sponsored a Ten Minute Bill to regulate ground rents charged on Leasehold properties. The Bill was presented to Parliament on Tuesday 25 June by Eddie Hughes MP . The purpose of the Bill is to cap … Continue reading
Posted in House of Commons, Housing, News, Press Notices, Quotes, Select Committees
Tagged Ground Rents (Leasehold {properties), Ten Minute Rule Bill
Teresa Pearce MP signs letter to the Home Secretary urging the Government to better support the health and wellbeing of young Asylum Seekers
Teresa Pearce MP is one of the signatories on a letter delivered this week to the Home Secretary alongside Members of Parliament, civil society organisations and public figures, urging the Government to take concrete and immediate action to support … Continue reading
Teresa Pearce MP supports Erith and Thamesmead campaign for every child to join local library and share a love of reading
Teresa Pearce MP is supporting a campaign run by charity The Reading Agency to encourage all primary school children to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The Challenge launches across England and Wales on Saturday 13 July 2019. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Events, House of Commons, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged literacy, Local Libraries, Summer Reading Challenge, The Reading Agency
Teresa Pearce MP welcomes London Mayor’s opposition to the proposal to build a new waste incineration plant in Belvedere
Today the Mayor of London has made clear his opposition to the proposal from Cory Riverside Energy to build a second waste incineration plant on its site next to the River Thames in Belvedere. The proposed incinerator is called the … Continue reading
Teresa Pearce MP backs Women’s Institute and Friends of the Earth campaign to tackle plastic pollution
Teresa Pearce MP has lent her support to a campaign by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and Friends of the Earth to dramatically reduce plastic pollution and the amount of plastic we use. Teresa is supporting the Plastic … Continue reading
Teresa Pearce MP attends event on free personal care for older people
Teresa Pearce MP attended a drop-in event in Parliament this week to discuss the social care crisis with members of the public and to learn about the ground-breaking evidence from the older people’s charity Independent Age, on the benefits … Continue reading