Healthcare in this area simply isn’t good enough. Our hospitals are struggling; it’s a hard to recruit enough doctors and nurses to staff three major hospitals in East Kent. And the buildings are out of date. I’ve campaigned for a new medical school in Kent, and we’re getting it.

It's time for an end to the deadlock that is delaying restoration of Faversham swing bridge.

People in Faversham have worked incredibly hard to raise the money for the swing bridge – now the commercial operator must throw its weight and considerable resources behind the project.

Two local hospitals have been chosen to host new, £ multi million hyper-acute stroke units.

Disabled passengers, parents with buggies – anyone who can’t use stairs – can’t get onto the London-bound platform at Headcorn. Some people are going in the wrong direction as far as Ashford to get to a station with a lift. It’s high time we got some investment in Headcorn Railway Station.

The Government is to launch a nationwide pilot to bring migrant workers to UK farms.

It is unacceptable for Kent’s roads to be paralysed, so I am pleased that Highways England are exploring alternatives to Operation Stack. I wrote to Highways England saying that any solution to Operation Stack – whether on-road or off-road – must allow the free flow of traffic without delays.

I’m delighted to have been made the Conservative Party’s Vice Chairman for women. Having women around the table changes the conversation. Women’s life experiences aren’t more or less important than men’s – but they are different.

Children in Maidstone desperately need a new primary school and a special needs school to open as soon as possible – or there’s a real risk some could have to travel miles across the county every day.

It’s completely unacceptable for Kent’s roads to be brought to a standstill, so I was very worried to read that the temporary solution to Operation Stack could be delayed.

Jack and the Beanstalk is a story about planting magic beans and starting an adventure – it’s a great metaphor for reading. I saw first-hand how books can sow seeds of imagination in children’s minds when I visited Platt’s Heath Primary School a few weeks ago.