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Jim Dickson

Your Labour Member of Parliament for

Dartford

As your Member of Parliament, I work hard to represent Dartford’s voice in Parliament.

I host regular surgeries, coffee mornings and engagement events across our local area and also visit schools, charities, local services and businesses – getting out and about listening to residents about issues affecting them so I can help support and deliver change.

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Email: jim.dickson.mp@parliament.uk

Tel: 07857 174257

Post: Jim Dickson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

UK-Switzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for his statement and for his great work in securing the deal. I particularly welcome the fact that the call he received in Hyde Park while the Scissor Sisters were playing...

NATO Summit

Commons debates

I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement and for the work that she and the Prime Minister have done at the NATO summit. May I register my huge concern, and that of my constituents, that...

National Youth Strategy

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal) on securing this important debate. In Dartford and our towns...

Civil Service Pensions

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for his statement. He may recall that in a Westminster Hall debate on 4 February many of us raised cases of affected constituents. I spoke about four Dartford residents who...

Asylum: Children

Jim Dickson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish figures on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in Kent each month since January 2024.

Obesity; Kidney diseases and Cardiovascular Diseases

Department of Health and Social Care

Jim Dickson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the upcoming Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework will consider the impact of obesity and kidney disease on...

Obesity; Kidney diseases and Cardiovascular Diseases

Department of Health and Social Care

Jim Dickson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to raise awareness of the link between obesity, kidney disease and heart disease amongst health care...

Health: Screening

Department of Health and Social Care

Jim Dickson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to assess the effectiveness of NHS health checks to ensure a) they are targeted at the right patients and...

Asylum Accommodation

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for the statement, and the Government’s clear objective to ensure that hotels are eliminated from our asylum accommodation system and that military bases become a...

Youth Hubs

Work and Pensions

Jim Dickson made a speech in the House of Commons

Constituents in Dartford are also pleased that our area has been chosen as one of the local authorities to receive a youth hub. We have a growing population of under-25s, all of whom are talented...

Youth Hubs

Work and Pensions

Jim Dickson made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent progress he has made on the expansion of youth hubs.

East Midland Railway Collision

Commons debates

I join the Secretary of State in sending condolences to the family of Shaun Burton, who died in the accident, in wishing those who are injured a speedy and full recovery, and in thanking the...

Topical Questions

Jim Dickson made a speech in the House of Commons

In Kent, the county council has adopted a community of schools model for the allocation of high-needs funding, but schools in Dartford are concerned that that has led to a situation in which...

School Food Standards

Jim Dickson made a speech in the House of Commons

Mr Speaker, I know that looking at me you would never guess that my children are now well past school age, but when they were at school—long past Jamie Oliver’s campaign against...

School Food Standards

Jim Dickson made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps her Department is taking to improve the nutritional standards of school food.

High Street Shops: Illicit Activity - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech on an important issue. As he will know, the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 recently came on to the statute book, which I hugely support as a member of the...

Thames Water

Commons debates

For far too long, Dartford residents have put up with very poor performance and high water bills. It is extremely likely that Thames Water leaks contributed to the collapse of the Galley Hill...

Russian Shadow Fleet

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State for his update and welcome him to his place. I join him in paying tribute to the exceptional bravery and skill of those who carried out the recent operation on the...

School Meals: Standards

Department for Education

Jim Dickson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that children and young people are able to contribute their views to the consultation on updating the...

Digital Safety: Children

Commons debates

I thank the parents, teachers and young people in Dartford who came together with me at the end of last month to discuss how to take action against what social media companies are engaged in,...