It was good to meet with Minister Timms again this morning to discuss the Govt’s plans for an asbestos census. ⚠️📜

I’m pleased to say that the Minister is hopeful that an effective census of asbestos prevalence in public buildings will be in place by next September.

@mesouk.bsky.social

A Tourism Tax will negatively impact on our hard-working Hospitality Industry in South Shields. Today I urged the Govt to not impose this on us. @ukhospitality.bsky.social #TaxedOut 💷🧑‍🍳🏖️

After my petition supported by constituents forced ST Council to stop the spread of new HMOs, today I asked the Secretary of State about the Govt's plans to deal with the saturation of existing HMOs in South Shields.

Licensing needs urgent reform so we can close down badly run HMOs 🏘️