Dartford MP, Dr Howard Stoate, has welcomed the announcement this week by Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears MP, that Dartford Borough Council is set to become a pilot area for the Government’s new ‘participatory budgeting’ strategy.

Dartford MP, Dr Howard Stoate, has welcomed the launch of the new Thames Gateway Delivery Plan, which sets out the next steps for the development of the Gateway over the coming 3 years.

Dartford MP, Dr Howard Stoate has adopted a humpback whale to show his opposition to Japanese whaling.

Speaking during a debate on the Government's new Health and Social Care Bill, Dr Howard Stoate has outlined some of the measures he felt that the nation must adopt if it is to prevent an explosion of obesity.

Speaking in a Commons debate on the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill, Dartford MP Dr Howard Stoate welcomed the opening of the new international station at Ebbsfleet this week and paid tribute to the work of the Government, LCR and Eurostar in getting the project off the ground. He went on to say however that the success of Ebbsfleet will depend ultimately on its ability to deliver real, lasting benefits for Dartford’s existing communities – such as Swanscombe, Greenhithe and Stone.