Chloe SmithChloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, is today participating in a House of Commons debate on brain tumour research. The debate follows a petition signed by over 120,000 people calling for greater funding for research into brain tumours. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 tha...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North will on Monday 18th April 2016, be speaking in the Westminster Hall Debate on Brain Tumour Research to provide feedback from local support group. On Wednesday 6th April, Chloe visited the Norfolk Brain Tumour Support Group at their bas...
Chloe Smith: “The words of those affected speak for themselves.” Parliament this week debated the next steps in rectifying the scandal of contaminated blood. Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, was part of a cross-party effort to secure the debate. Speaking in th...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, this week chaired a meeting of experts to discuss graduate employment, and how universities can better prepare their students in making the leap from the lecture theatre to the world of work. The debate, hosted by the Westminster Higher Education Forum, welcomed a ...
What role does technology play in our elections, can an app tell you which party to back, and will e-voting ever become practical? These were some of the questions debated this week at a cross-party meeting of MPs and experts in the House of Commons. Chaired by Norwich North MP Chloe Sm...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North and co-chair of the Great Eastern Mainline Rail Taskforce, today comments on the two rail accidents in Norfolk in two days: "It is very concerning to have two accidents in two days, one of them fatal today near Norwich. My thoughts and sympathies g...
Parents and students at some local schools such as Thorpe St Andrew High School, Sprowston High School and Sewell Park Academy, and regular readers of the education pages in the paper, know that many schools are considering changing format to become academies. The Open Academy, where GCSE grades are...
The Budget Work in Parliament recently has been on the Budget. I think it was a sensible budget in terms of continuing to pay down our debts, and encouraging growth which means more jobs in Norwich. Norwich small businesses in particular will get a lot more help with business rates relie...
This week sees the introduction of the new Single Tier State Pension. Those reaching the state pension age on or after the 6th of April 2016 will benefit from a new system, which is simpler and will enable people to know from a much younger age how much they are likely to receive. A num...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, will chair a roundtable in Norwich to respond to the 2016 Social Mobility Index which shows the poorest children in Norwich to have some of the worst life chances in the country. The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission’s analysis uses da...