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Funding for Gosport museum in the Capital Investment Programme

Local MP and former Culture Minister, Dame Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the news that Gosport’s Diving Museum is set to benefit by £237,120 from the Government’s Capital Investment Programme.  66 organisation across England will receive a share of £22.7 million in extra inves

Caroline commends Queen’s Speech to ease cost of living

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has commended the Queen’s Speech today which has introduced 38 Bills to help ease the cost of living, boost economic growth, and make our streets safer across the Gosport Constituency. Due to mobility issues Her Majesty the Queen was unable to attend parliament today

Caroline urges venues to bid for funding to level up culture

Local MP and former Culture Minister, Dame Caroline Dinenage, is encouraging museums, galleries, libraries, and cultural venues across the Gosport constituency to bid for £16.9 million in new funding from the Museum Estate and Development Fund to level up access to culture in our communities. This

Caroline Backs Mental Health Awareness Week

Today marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health.   The week, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, is in its 22nd year and runs from 9-15 May. This year, the theme for the week is ‘Loneliness’.

MP WELCOMES 479 EXTRA POLICE FOR HAMPSHIRE

Gosport MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the announcement that 479 police officers have been recruited in Hampshire and Isle of Wight since September 2019, bringing the total number of officers up to 3,300. The latest figures are part of the Conservative Government’s drive to get 20,000 mor

Caroline Takes IVF Injustice to Health Secretary

In her ongoing campaign to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of IVF treatment, Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport, had a meeting  with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid.  Caroline raised the issue of the inequality in accessing fertility tr

Address Passport Backlog Before Summer says Gosport MP

In Home Office Oral Parliamentary Questions, Dame Caroline Dinenage asked for assurances from the Home Office are addressing the significant delays in processing and renewing passport applications.  The Home Office has stated that renewal of British passports is at all-time high.

MP Calls for More Water Quality checks

Local MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage, has called for an improvement on the regulations on testing the quality of bathing water in our seas and rivers.  The Gosport MP used Business Questions to the Leader of the House, Mark Spencer today to push for Parliamentary time to be given to the issue of b

LEE CABBIE WINS PARLIAMENT AWARD!

There was success for the Gosport Constituency in Parliament this week when local taxi-driver, Andy Orr, was named one of the winners of Parliamentary Taxi and Private Hire Awards 2022.  Dame Caroline Dinenage MP was delighted to welcome Andy, of Taxi Lee on the Solent, and his family, to

MP Welcomes Half Price Rail Fares

Dame Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport, has welcomed the Government's announcement that over one million rail fares will have their prices slashed by 50%, helping families in Gosport with the cost of living. Through the Great British Rail sale, the Conservative Government are offering over a millio