Robert met with local business Advance UK to discuss the valuable work they do to provides housing and support for people with disabilities, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions.
You can read my latest monthly column for the Witney Gazette here:
What a whirlwind month this has been – I am so grateful to have been elected as your Member of Parliament and I have greatly enjoyed getting fully stuck in to the job.
As a part of today's Budget announcements, the Chancellor has announced that Zimbabwe A National Emergency (ZANE) will receive £1.3million – after Robert Courts MP highlights the important work of the charity in Parliament.
The grant, funded by the LIBOR charity funding scheme, will enable ZANE to
Robert said, "Tourism and culture are important to West Oxfordshire. My hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) mentioned that £19.8 billion of investment comes into the UK.
Robert said, "It was good to see my friends & colleagues from Oxfordshire Combat Stress in Witney recently, and to join them in spreading the word on the work this outstanding mental health charity does, locally & nationally."
Robert launched a new affordable housing scheme in Kingham. He said, "There is a need for more affordable housing in West Oxfordshire; in the right place, at the right price and in keeping with its surrounding area. I was therefore pleased to open a development in Kingham of 10 excellent
Robert Courts appeared on BBC Newsnight to discuss the issue of animal sentience in the EU Withdrawal Bill.
Watch this programme in full here.
Robert's section starts at 19:15.
Robert was the keynote speaker at the Community Transport Association seminar in Westminster, looking at the importance of communities being at the heart of transport innovation.
Robert said, "I greatly enjoyed to chance to speak at a recent meeting of the Community Transport Association.