ULEZ Expansion

It will come as no surprise to readers that one of the issues continuing to dominate my mailbox is the Mayor’s expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone to include Hillingdon and Harrow.

February 2023 Update

I am pleased to bring you my February 2023 Update. As ever, if you would like to sign up to my mailing list, you can do so on this page or by emailing david.simmonds.mp@parliament.uk. 

As readers may be aware, the Prime Minister recently announced the creation of a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

I recognise the anxieties that rising costs and inflation have brought residents over the past number of months. I am assured that the Prime Minister is committed to halving inflation by the end of the year to ease the cost of living and provide financial security.

I am pleased to bring you my January 2023 Update. As ever, if you would like to sign up to my mailing list, you can do so on this page or by emailing david.simmonds.mp@parliament.uk. 

As I have said before, a great number of my constituents are vehicle dependent; needing their vehicles to travel to work, take their children to school and to attend hospital appointments. While the majority of these vehicles are well maintained few are excessively polluting.

At the start of the new year, the Prime Minister set out the need for government to be able to plan long term, as well as to address day-to-day concerns. In my time as a local councillor, we made many strategic decisions that we are only seeing the benefit of now, much later down the line.

Christmas 2022 Update

I am pleased to bring you my Christmas 2022 Update. As ever, if you would like to sign up to my mailing list, you can do so on this page or by emailing david.simmonds.mp@parliament.uk. 

I recognise that the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone has been a source of contention amongst constituents, and rightly so. I was therefore pleased to take part in a Westminster Hall Debate held this afternoon, which was secured by my colleague Gareth Johnson. 

As we approach Christmas and start to see decorations go up on our High Streets, I know that many of my constituents are eagerly anticipating time with their families and celebrating together.