Chloe SmithThis week at conference, the Environment Secretary announced changes to the sentencing policy applied to some of the most horrendous acts of animal cruelty. Under new proposals, those found guilty of cruelty to animals will be sentenced up to a maximum of five years, up from the six months it is at ...
You may have seen in the news the Prime Minister announced a fairer deal for students and young people. We are going to freeze the maximum rate of tuition fees and increase the amount graduates can earn before they start paying back their fees from £21,000 to £25,000 – saving young...
This year at conference the Conservatives have committed to supporting over 130,000 more families to buy their own home by investing a further £10 billion in the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme. Finding a deposit is still one of the biggest hurdles people face to owning ...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North has welcomed announcements made by the government that those who are claiming Universal Credit will be entitled to payment advances to ensure they can pay their bills. Universal Credit payments will be made to claimants on a monthly ba...
This week I received a letter from David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which he passed on the latest employment figures. Unemployment is down a further 75,000 on the previous quarter and is at its lowest rate since 1975. Youth unemployment is also down 40% since 2010. It ha...
MP Chloe Smith has visited The Colman Hospital, Norwich, run by the Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust (NCH&C), to hear more about the Specialist Neurological Rehabilitation Service that a patient credits with supporting his life following a brain surgery. Mike Palmer...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, will on Friday 15th September 2017 chair the first meeting of the new Norwich Opportunity Area Youth Board in her new position of Chair. Chloe was appointed to the role by Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Children a...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, has today welcomed unemployment figures released which shows a drop in unemployment in the month of August. The statistics show that unemployment in Norwich North has dropped to 805, which is 5 lower than this time last month; and 10 ...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, has highlighted the death of her Norwich North constituent, Kerri McAuley, to help the government learn valuable lessons as it drafts new legislation that will tackle domestic abuse. Chloe met with Sarah Newton MP, Parliamen...
This month Jackie Doyle-Price, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, provided a written statement to the Commons. In the statement she updated Parliament on the progress of the inquiry and informed us that the Government plans to extend the deadline for people to make submissions to...