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May 2013

MP says: "I will vote for EU Referendum Bill on 5 July"

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the draft EU Referendum Bill which has been published by the Conservative Party and will be voted on in the House of Commons later this summer.

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MP "delighted" by West Sussex broadband announcement

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has expressed his delight at the announcement by West Sussex County Council that superfast broadband will be rolled out to around 98 per cent of homes and businesses in the County within the next three years.

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Cowfold school children ask their MP for safer roads

Pupils from St Peter's Primary School in Cowfold have asked their MP Nick Herbert for help to make their village's roads safer.

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MP calls on councillors to reject 'garden city' plans

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called on councillors to reject "excessive" housing numbers and ‘garden city' developments after the latest Arun District Local Plan retained the controversial proposals.

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Walberton resident celebrates 55 years as cricket tea lady

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined Walberton cricketers for tea on Sunday (12 May) to mark a special day for the Club.

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MP to chair Lidsey Landfill public meeting

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert will chair a public meeting on Friday 17 May to address the ongoing issues of foul smells coming from the Lidsey Landfill site.

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MP visits Chestnut Tree House for Children's Hospice Week

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Chestnut Tree House, the children's hospice for Sussex, on Friday (3 May) to mark Children's Hospice Week.

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April 2013

MP's question time at St Peter's school Henfield

Pupils from St Peter's School in Henfield tried their hand at journalism last month when they interviewed their MP for the village magazine.

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MP visits award winning supermarket in Hassocks

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert was in Hassocks on Friday (19 April) to congratulate the Knight's Budgens team.

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MP visits Villa Adastra care home

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert was in Hassocks on Friday (19 April) to meet the staff and residents of Villa Adastra care home.

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MP visits The Windmill Grocer
Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited a newly opened grocery and delicatessen store The Windmill Grocer in Barnham on Friday (12 April). ...More Information

March 2013

MP joins Kirdford Stores volunteers at Countryside Alliance awards

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert gave his support to the Kirdford Village Stores team when they attended the Countryside Alliance awards in London on Wednesday (13 March).

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Angmering next for 'Garden City' development

Following last week's revelation that Arun District Council is proposing a 'Garden City'-style development of 2,000 houses between Eastergate, Westergate and Barnham, it now seems they have their sights set on Angmering, too.

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Rolls-Royce welcomes Nick during National Apprenticeship Week

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars welcomed Nick Herbert, MP for Arundel & South Downs, to the company's head office and manufacturing plant at Goodwood on the concluding day of National Apprenticeship Week on Friday (15 March). Mr Herbert toured the facility and met apprentices working in wood, leather, paint, assembly, test and finish and maintenance.

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'Garden City' plan for Eastergate, Westergate and Barnham revealed

Arun District Council is planning a new 'Garden City'-style development of 2,000 houses between Eastergate, Westergate and Barnham, it has been revealed.

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MP calls for "concerted push" on A27 upgrade

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for "a concerted push" for a major strategic upgrade of the whole of the A27 in West Sussex.

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MP sees why Bramber villagers have the hump

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert went to Bramber on Saturday (2 March) to hear local residents' concerns about damage to their properties caused by road humps in the village.

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February 2013

Would you like to work for Nick at Westminster?
Nick is looking for a reliable, thorough, hard-working and personable secretary to manage his parliamentary correspondence. ...More Information

MP visits CAMRA award winning pub
The Wilkes Head in Eastergate welcomed their MP Nick Herbert on a visit last Friday (15 February). ...More Information

MP takes up concerns on Lidsey Landfill smell
Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited the Lidsey Landfill site on Friday (15 February) to take up local residents’ concerns about smells from the tip. ...More Information

MP highlights metal theft problem as Bill passes in Parliament
Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited St Nicholas Church in Bramber on Friday (8 February) to highlight the growing problem of metal theft. The church became a victim of the crime 18 months ago when lead was stripped from its war memorial. ...More Information

Get behind local enterprises - don't put unnecessary hurdles in their way, says MP

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for national and local agencies to get behind local businesses and not to put unnecessary hurdles in their way.

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MP praises successful local manufacturing company

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert has said it's time to "blow the trumpet for British manufacturing" as he praised a local company's success.

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MP thanks Storrington Minibus volunteers

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert joined 40 of Storrington's minibus volunteers on Friday (1 February) to say thank you for their hard work and time.

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MP presents innovation awards to Angmering students

Angmering Secondary School students received awards for innovation from the Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert on Friday (1 February).

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January 2013

MP visits Architectural Plants project at Brinsbury

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited the new site of Architectural Plants in Pulborough on Friday (11January).

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MP demands answers over Post Office closure

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has written to the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited to seek answers on the closure of the post office in Pulborough.

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December 2012

MP calls for new measures to ensure local infrastructure

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called for new measures to ensure that there is adequate local infrastructure to support new housing.

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MP in Petworth for Christmas lights
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert celebrated the start of Christmas with the residents and visitors of Petworth during the town's Christmas Lights event last Saturday (1 December). ...More Information

November 2012

Hassocks child designs MP's Christmas card

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has selected a painting by a Year 8 pupil at Downland Community School in Hassocks to feature on his official Christmas card this year.

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MP presents schools with new equipment from Tesco
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert presented local schoolchildren with the rewards they have earned in this year's Tesco for Schools & Clubs scheme on Friday (9 October). ...More Information

MP and PCC Candidate call for tougher action on illegal traveller sites

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert and Conservative Police & Crime Commissioner Candidate for Sussex Katy Bourne have urged tougher action on travellers who cause a nuisance to local communities.

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Neighbourhood Planning "in danger of being undermined", warns MP

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has warned that the Government's new policy on neighbourhood planning is in danger of being undermined by a return to central diktat.

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MP calls public meeting in Angmering to discuss housing proposals

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called a public meeting in Angmering to hear views from the local community about proposed housing developments in the village.

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October 2012

MP visits Henfield Hub Community Day

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert supported the launch of Henfield's new community website at a special event on Saturday (20 October).

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MP visits local classic car workshop

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Imperial Vehicle Conditioning (IVC) near Eartham last week (28 September) to catch a glimpse of some rare classic cars.

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400 villagers attend MP's meeting on housing plans

More than 400 residents of Barnham, Eastergate and Westergate attended a public meeting called by Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert on Friday evening (28 September) to make their views known on housing proposals.

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September 2012

Higher housing numbers are "unwise, unnecessary and unwelcome."

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has criticised proposals in the Draft Arun District Plan to increase housing numbers beyond the level proposed by the Council last year.

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MP visits Petworth's inaugural food festival

Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert gave his support to Petworth's first Food and Wine Festival on Saturday (22 September).

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LVS Hassocks students welcome their MP

The Arundel and South Downs MP, Nick Herbert was invited by the local Lions Club to visit a very special school in his constituency on Friday (14 September).

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MP visits Barclays in Hassocks

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Barclays in Hassocks on Friday (14 September) to see the damage caused by ramraiders and the temporary building installed by the bank to maintain 'business as usual'.

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MP calls public meeting to discuss 'six villages' housing proposals

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has called a public meeting later this month to discuss proposals to build thousands of houses in the 'six villages' area of West Sussex.

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MP presents trophy at charity cricket match

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert presented the trophy at a very special cricket match at Arundel Castle's cricket ground recently (28 August).

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August 2012

MP named as guest judge for Arundel's Got Talent Final

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has been named as the guest judge for the upcoming final of Arundel's Got Talent taking place as part of the Arundel Festival.

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MP urges locals to vote for local farmer in conservation award

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited the Norfolk Estate last week (10 August) to meet with Estate Manager Peter Knight who was recently named as the South East's regional winner in the RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Awards.

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July 2012

MP strikes first blow to demolish old village hall

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert was seen with a hammer in his hand last week in Ashurst last week (27 July) as he struck the first blow to demolish the old village hall.

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MP holds public meeting in Hassocks

Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert hosted a public meeting in Hassocks last week (27 July) at the Adastra Hall.

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MP visits award winning local pub in Findon
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited the Gun Inn pub in Findon last Friday (20 July) following the announcement that they have been chosen as Marston's Destination Food Pub of the Year. ...More Information