I was very pleased to meet with Jonathan Wade, Chief Executive Officer of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, along with senior members of his team and the Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks, Laura Trott, at Darent Valley Hospital.
I am delighted that today we are announcing £6 million in funding for new wards at Darent Valley Hospital and Medway Maritime Hospital this winter. This refurbishment at DVH will create 15 additional beds across three new wards.
It was a pleasure to visit Dartford and Crayford Sea Cadets again recently. The cadets heard from Yuiha Mitsui, from Hiroshima, Japan. She had asked to visit the unit as she is from a Naval family and her father is a serving officer in the Japanese Navy.
National Highways have clearly made a huge mess when changing over to a new Dart Charge provider. They have caused enormous stress to people trying to pay the toll.
I was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister to meet the Dartford and Crayford Sea Cadets at their base at Brooklands Lake, Princes Road. The Dartford and Crayford unit was founded in 1943 and is celebrating its 80th anniversary.
The High Court verdict on ULEZ today is extremely disappointing. The Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's, ULEZ expansion may be legal, but this does not make it right.
ULEZ will impact one in seven drivers and financially penalise hard working families with a £12.50 daily charge.
It was great to attend Dartford's Big Day Out again this year, with live music, a steam rally, The Gallopers, dinosaurs, roaming entertainment and heritage cars.
Today I took part in a debate about Under-age Vaping. I agree that we must stop under-age vaping and dissuade adult non-smokers from taking up vaping, however, we must also take advantage of the benefits vaping can bring to helping adult smokers stop smoking.
