by Paul Scully | Nov 30, 2016 | News |
I took part in a panel discussion in Parliament hosted by the Federation of Small Business (FSB) to discuss issues affecting small businesses today.
Chaired by Julia Hartley-Brewer, the main topic of discussion was, of course, Brexit, but there was also a lot of interesting discussion on airport expansion and the apprenticeship levy.
I followed this up with a meeting with the Secretary of the North Surrey branch of the FSB, as well as local members in the area. I want to thank the FSB for inviting me to be part of this panel discussion and for meeting with me in Sutton afterwards.
As someone who has run businesses for most of their adult life, I know the issues that small businesses can face. I am committed to helping small independent shops in Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park. This is why one of my election campaign pledges was to secure more free parking and why I run my Independent Shops Competition, which I began as a candidate.
by Paul Scully | Nov 29, 2016 | News |
I have co-signed two letters that were printed in The Guardian newspaper in the past week calling for action for Rohingya Muslims and Yazidi refugees.
The letter on Yazidi refugees, published here, calls on the Government to extend resettlement scheme to members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, many of whom have suffered rape, torture and sexual slavery.
The letter on Rohingya Muslims, published here, calls for a unified diplomatic effort to call for humanitarian access to the Rakhine State of Burma (Myanmar) where Rohingya Muslims are facing awful human rights abuses. When I went to visit Burma, the country where my father was born, earlier this year, I used it as an opportunity to discuss issues of human rights abuses, including those of Rohingya Muslims, with the organisations and politicians I met there, including Aung San Suu Kyi herself.
You can find out more about what I am calling for by reading the letters on The Guardian website. I hope that action will be taken, and soon, to support Yazidis and Rohingyas who are facing a dire situation.
by Paul Scully | Nov 28, 2016 | News |
I have just asked the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, to meet with me and others to see how we can further support the London Cancer Hub.
The government has already committed hundreds of thousands of pounds to the London Cancer hub and last week I welcomed the Mayor of London to Sutton at the unveiling of the MR Linac machine at the Royal Marsden Hospital. I also used the opportunity to discuss the London Cancer Hub with him.
In the House of Commons Chamber, I asked the Communities and Local Government Secretary to meet with me, the Royal Marsden, the Institute of Cancer Research, the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust and Sutton Council to see what more can be done to bring publicly owned land at the Sutton Hospital site back into use and deliver the London Cancer Hub, which will provide 13,000 highly skilled jobs as well as putting Sutton on the map as a world leader in the fight against Cancer. I am delighted that he has agreed.
You can see my question and the Secretary of State’s response here.
by Paul Scully | Nov 26, 2016 | News |
I have received notification that Green Lane Primary School in Worcester Park and Brookfield Primary School in Sutton are to become Academies.
Brookfield Primary School entered into a funding agreement with the Department for Education and Sutton Council ceased maintaining the school on 1st November 2016. You can view the letter from the Secretary of State of Education, Rt Hon Justine Greening, here.
Green Lane Primary and Nursery School is currently consulting on becoming an Academy and join the Coombe multi-academy trust. The consultation runs until the 16th December 2016 and they plan to be operational by September 2017. You can view their letter here.
I offer both schools my full support and anything I can do to ease their transition into Academies.
by Paul Scully | Nov 25, 2016 | News |
As the building site is right next to my office, I popped next door to see how progress was getting on at the Sutton Point development.
The old glass tower was a derelict blot on Sutton’s landscape for many years, which has now been brought down with work beginning on constructing three new towers.
Developers CNM Estates plan to build a selection of one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Sutton Point will include an 80 bedroom hotel, 59 serviced apartments, a health & fitness centre as well as retail and office space with basement parking.
I am looking forward to seeing the finished product and believe this is a positive step in Sutton’s regeneration.
To find out more, you can visit the CNM Estates website here and the dedicated Sutton Point website here.
I followed this up with a meeting with the Secretary of the North Surrey branch of the FSB, as well as local members in the area. I want to thank the FSB for inviting me to be part of this panel discussion and for meeting with me in Sutton afterwards.