When the current Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, came in front of the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee rumours were rife that the Chatham studio was due to close as part of the efficiency savings required under Delivering Quality First. I took the opportunity of asking him about the studio’s future, given its strategic importance to producing good radio and television content from North Kent. I have today received his reply.

For those local residents unable to attend the public meeting in Wouldham please find below links to my four page update letter on some of the issues raised.

On Friday 21st February the Medway Maritime Trust officially opened the new Bernard Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital – a dedicated unit for patients with dementia.

Tracey has raised her concerns with the planning application to build a Residential Development of up to 500 affordable dwellings with provision of access, estate roads and incidental open space within the Capstone Valley.

My staff often go above and beyond the call of duty; they stay late, work weekends and sometimes do personal chores for me without a grumble. But Georgina, who works in my Chatham office, is doing something incredible in support of my campaign to get defibrillators into as many schools and community centres as possible – she is running the London Marathon to raise funds for the next defib!

Tracey recently joined the Maidstone Rebels Wheelchair Basketball Club at their first home match of the year in Aylesford and encourages anybody who may be interested in playing or sponsoring the team to please get in touch.

Tracey is congratulating the Historic Dockyard in Chatham for having secured Heritage Lottery Fund investment to support its £8.75m Command of the Oceans project

Tracey has welcomed new figures that show the Government’s Start-Up Loans Scheme has helped 37 entrepreneurs in Chatham & Aylesford set up their own business. Across the country 10,000 Start-Up Loans have now been awarded, worth a total of £50 million.

Tracey has echoed constituents in voicing complaints to Network Rail over the queues at both Aylesford and Snodland Crossings.

On Friday 1 November Tracey officially opened the Larkfield Post Office, which has just undergone a major refurbishment. To celebrate the launch of the new style branch Tracey cut the ribbon at the Post Office in McColls Retail Group Ltd, 24 – 28 Martin Square, Aylesford, ME20 6QJ.