Date:Fri 29th October 2010 Gareth Johnson questioned the Solicitor General, Edward Garnier, in the House of Commons Chamber about increasing the powers of appeal against sentences that are unduly lenient. At present only a small number of offences are subject to appeal if the sentence imposed by the Judge is…
Read MoreDate: Fri 22nd October 2010 Yesterday in Parliament Gareth Johnson met the management of Southeastern to discuss the future of Stone Crossing station who assured Gareth that the station would remain open for local residents to use. Commenting, Gareth said: “I welcome this news and believe it is good news…
Read MoreDate: Thu 21st October 2010 I recently visited the excellent Orchard Theatre to hear about how the theatre is run, its forthcoming productions and how it interacts with the community as it still receives public money. It is certainly an impressive 960 seat theatre which is well maintained and it…
Read MoreDate: Mon 18th October 2010 On Thursday, 14th October, Gareth Johnson took part in the blood contamination debate in Parliament after being approached by a number of constituents whose lives had been ruined through contracting HIV or Hepatitis C following contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s. Gareth has…
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