School Funding Every child should have the chance to succeed in life. And that starts with access to a good school place, no matter their background or where they live. I...
Canvey Island's Third Road Rebecca campaigned for a third road off Canvey throughout her time as MP for Castle Point.
Tackling Private Clamping Companies One of Rebecca's first campaigns as a Member of Parliament was to bring about a change in the law in relation to the legislation governing private clamping companies.
Save The Deanes School Rebecca was a leading figure in the fight to Save The Deanes School, helping the school's leadership construct their case against the closure and speaking against it in hearings and cabinet meetings at Essex County Council.Rebecca also compiled a case for consideration by the School's Adjudicator and gave the final speech at the public hearing before the School's Adjudicator ruled that the school should remain open.
Saving the Green belt Rebecca is passionate about saving the Green belt in Castle Point and preserving the special character of the area.She supported the abolition of Labour's centrally imposed housing targets and the improved Green Belt protections laid out in the Government's new National Planning Policy Framework. She has spoken out in the House of Commons chamber on a number of occasions about promoting smaller brownfield sites for development to remove the threat of housing development or land banking from the virgin Green belt sites around Castle Point.
Flooding UPDATED MAY 2016 Rebecca has been working hard to ensure that the terrible flooding that happened across Castle Point in July 2014 does not happen again.
Medical fitness to drive Rebecca has campaigned on the issue of medical fitness to drive ever since hearing the heartbreaking story of one of her constituents, Reverend Brenda Gutberlet. Revd Gutberlet lost her niece, Natalie Wade, in a tragic car accident in 2006. Natalie was killed while on the way to buy her wedding dress by a driver who had been told by medical professionals that his
Lottery funding for good causes in Castle Point Good causes in Castle Point have been missing out on National Lottery funding for years.
