I won’t be voting to raise the age at which it is lawful to purchase tobacco.
Notwithstanding record low unemployment figures, the size of the workforce has shrunk: the number of people in employment is still lower than before the pandemic. Virtually every enterprise that I visit or speak to is under-recruited, they just can’t get the staff that they need.
Why another lockdown is not the solution to fight the pandemic.
AS COVID-19 cases in New Forest District continue to decline (five per 100,000) I am dismayed by last week’s announcement of new and economically damaging restrictions on our liberties.
I RECEIVE a very large correspondence, principally by email: it is not unusual to receive 200 emails in a single day.
So MUCH of my correspondence begins with a statement that the point of view being expressed, is universally held. “Mr Swayne, everyone I speak to agrees with me…”.
In the interviews and correspondence that followed my protest at the Government’s decision to require the wearing of face-coverings a comparison has often been made with the requirement to wear a seatbelt in motor vehicles.
EVEN before the decision requiring face coverings to be worn in shops, I was receiving a few emails in favour of such a move, but a much larger number demanding that there be no such compulsion.
THE Self-Employment Income Support Scheme is one of the most generous Covid-19 support schemes in the world, but I have received complaints from constituents who do not qualify.
I was lobbied by 30 constituents seeking more action on climate change.
