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• Gareth MP responds to the NICE consultation on treatment for infertility

  Date: Tue 22nd May 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth MP responds to the NICE consultation on treatment for infertility   Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford and Chairman of the APPG on Infertility has today responded to the announcement that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) will be consulting o... more >

• Local MP’s fight against Southeastern cuts to services

  Date: Wed 9th May 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local MP’s fight against Southeastern cuts to services   Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford and Adam Holloway MP for Gravesham are both fighting against a Southeastern Trainsproposal to cut the number of trains stopping at Longfield and Meopham during off-peak times. ... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP campaigns for a joined up approach from utility companies to avoid chaos on the roads

  Date: Thu 19th April 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP campaigns for a joined up approach from utility companies to avoid chaos on the roads   Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has today raised the issue of road works in Parliament and the need for a joined up approach from utility companies to prevent unnece... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP raises issue of passenger safety at Stone Crossing in Parliament

  Date: Thu 19th April 2012
      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP raises issue of passenger safety at Stone Crossing in Parliament   On Tuesday (17th April) Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford raised the issue of passenger safety in Parliament during a debate about Railway Stations.  Gareth raised the... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP supports Home Secretary in Parliament over deportation of Abu Qatada

  Date: Thu 19th April 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP supports Home Secretary in Parliament over deportation of Abu Qatada Yesterday Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford spoke out in Parliament in support of Home Secretary Theresa May and her work to ensure suspected terrorist Abu Qatada is expelled from Britain as q... more >

• Grammar Schools in Kent to be allowed to expand for the first time in fifty years

  Date: Fri 30th March 2012
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grammar Schools in Kent to be allowed to expand for the first time in fifty years  On Thursday (29th March) Kent County Council voted to allow the first expansion of a Grammar School in this country for around fifty years.  This will be on a new satellit... more >

• Dartford outstrips rest of Kent when it comes to English and Maths GCSE results

  Date: Thu 29th March 2012
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dartford outstrips rest of Kent when it comes to English and Maths GCSE results Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has congratulated Dartford’s secondary schools in their consistently high results for Maths and English GCSE’s over the last three years. Th... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP Highlights Organ Transplant List

  Date: Mon 19th March 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP Highlights Organ Transplant List A series of Parliamentary Questions to Health Ministers asked by Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has revealed the need for organ donors in Dartford and in Kent. Some 46 people in Kent died whilst waiting on the organ transport... more >

• Metal theft from Railway line on the increase in Kent

  Date: Mon 19th March 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Metal theft from Railway lines on the increase in Kent   A question raised by Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford in Parliament last week has revealed an eight fold increase in metal theft from railway lines across Kent during the last three years. Gareth said “ Despi... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes Government Home Ownership scheme

  Date: Mon 12th March 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP welcomes Government Home Ownership scheme   The Department for Communities and Local Government has today announced new plans to boost home ownership across the country.   An estimated 100,000 prospective and existing homeowners will be helped t... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes extension of smart cards to Kent’s stations

  Date: Mon 12th March 2012
      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP welcomes extension of smart cards to Kent’s stations On Thursday (8th March) Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP announced in Parliament that “We will expand smart ticketing to give more passengers the kinds of benefits that t... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes funding for Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust

  Date: Fri 9th March 2012
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP welcomes funding for Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has welcomed an announcement by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP that Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust will receive £2.9m of public capital across 2011... more >

• Supporting National Citizen Service

  Date: Tue 6th March 2012
     For Immediate release           Gareth Johnson MP: National Citizen Service is a great opportunity for             16-year-olds in Dartford         &n...; more >

• Gareth Johnson MP appointed to Science and Technology Select Committee

  Date: Tue 28th February 2012
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP appointed to Science and Technology Select Committee   Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has been appointed to the Science and Technology Select Committee.  Gareth said “My appointment to the select committee will provide me with... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP supports Government spending on the RAF

  Date: Mon 20th February 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP supports Government spending on the RAF Today Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford welcomed the Ministry of Defence announcement that it is to order an additional C-17 Globemaster, taking the number of aircraft in the RAF's fleet to eight. The purchase of an extr... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes retail sales figures

  Date: Mon 20th February 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Gareth Johnson MP welcomes retail sales figures   Gareth Johnson MP vice chair of the APPG on Retail has welcomed figures from the Office of National Statistics that show retail sales up by 0.9% in January compared with December.   Gareth said “These ... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes growth in apprenticeships under Coalition Government

  Date: Mon 20th February 2012
    For Immediate Release   Gareth Johnson MP welcomes growth in apprenticeships under Coalition Government   Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford has welcomed new figures which show Coalition investment has led to a substantial rise in the number of apprenticeships since the last Labour... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP opposes TfL bid to run rail services from Dartford

  Date: Tue 7th February 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Gareth Johnson MP opposes TfL bid to run rail services from Dartford   “I do not support the suggestion that TfL should take over running trains from Kentas I believe that providers must be accountable” said Gareth Johnson MP for Dartford.   &ld...; more >

• Gareth Johnson MP welcomes Government confirmation of support for hospitals struggling under PFI agreements

  Date: Mon 6th February 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Gareth Johnson MP welcomes Government confirmation of support for hospitals struggling under PFI agreements   This week the Department for Health has announced that it estimates that over the next 25 years £1.5 billion be paid to hospitals such as Darent V... more >

• Gareth Johnson MP campaigns to reduce instances of closure of the Dartford Crossing during adverse weather conditions

  Date: Thu 2nd February 2012
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gareth Johnson MP campaigns to reduce instances of closure of the Dartford Crossing during adverse weather conditions   “Too often the QEII bridge is closed leaving huge tail backs and delaying hundreds of people in traffic” said Gareth Johnson MP for Dartfo... more >