Yesterday Parliament debated the right of giving EU citizens living in the UK freedom to remain here after Brexit. I am clear that we must guarantee this - and here is my speech.
This week, Parliament paid remembered those who took part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Today there are services of remembrance all over the country for those who fought there. I was fortunate to be called to speak during our commemoration in the Chamber, and this is my speech:
Portsmouth South MP Flick Drummond was joined by Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage on a visit to Portsmouth Naval Base where the pair met with apprentices from BAE Systems.
I am very disappointed about the result of the referendum, but the people have voted to leave and I respect that. Anecdotally, from the straw poll that people did at the count, many wards in Southsea indicated that they would prefer to stay in. However, the vote has been counted as a single total across the two Portsmouth constituencies and it shows a clear decision for leaving the EU.
MP Flick Drummond has been quizzed about life in Parliament when students from Portsmouth Grammar School Juniors came for a “behind the scenes” tour of Westminster.
This is a piece I've written for the Conservative Home website, which has gone online today:
What’s the basic minimum that we would think acceptable as help for someone who is homeless, has nowhere else to turn and asks their local council for help?
Five students from Portsmouth schools visited the House of Commons this week and were hosted on a tour of the building by Flick Drummond, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South.
Yesterday in Parliament I spoke in a debate on the benefits of EU membership. I emphasised the importance of our EU membership for businesses and the university in Portsmouth. We trade with Europe, we have major employers with European connections which depend on free movement of people, goods and services.The only way to guarantee access on the kind of terms we enjoy now is by remaining in the single market, and the only way to guarantee that is by remaining in the EU.
Three local organisations have been congratulated by Portsmouth South MP Flick Drummond after they secured funding worth more than £60,000 from Veolia’s Landfill Communities Fund.
Portsmouth South MP Flick Drummond “wholeheartedly” supports the Government’s foreign aid budget because the money will help stop migrants from wanting to come to the UK as their opportunities improve at home.
