Member

I am pleased to support the Bill before us today to ensure that the terrible, wasteful fiscal mistakes of previous Governments are not repeated, leaving more headroom for investment in our country’s future. The new Beaulieu Park station was important to my predecessor, Vicky Ford, and I pay tribute to her dedication to that project. It is the culmination of more than a decade of partnership work in Chelmsford that Vicky joined after her first election to Parliament in 2017. Knocking on doors throughout this year’s campaign, I found that many constituents were grateful for her help with issues they had raised with her. They also noted her visible loyalty to her party, as she was rarely seen without her trademark blue nail polish to match her little blue car and an outfit that almost invariably included a splash of blue. I thank her for the time she spent serving the Chelmsford constituency.