A strong voice for Eltham and Plumstead

In Parliament


Clive is an active and effective voice in Parliament for his constituents. Below are some of the speeches he has made together with some of the Parliamentary questions and answers he has received.

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Clive celebrates government commitment to build Crossrail including a station at Woolwich
The Governmenbt has announced that construction work on the new Crossrail will begin in 2010 with services expected to start running in 2017
Clive speaks in Common's debate on local health service changes
Clive spoke in adjournment debate about proposlas to change our local health services
Clive welcomes extra resources targeted at disadvantaged young people

Clive celebrates Woolwich Crossrail station
Clive speaks in the Commons as Woolwich Station is included in the Crossrail scheme
Clive sponsors Bill to give police power to tackle mini motorbike problem
Clive is sponsoring a Bill in Parliment to give police the power to deal with the problems caused by mini-motorbikes.
Clive demands compensation for overcharged Southeastern passengers
Clive asks transport minister to help ensure Southeastern compensates overcharged passengers
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
Clive spoke at the second reading of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill. In a wide ranging speech Clive spoke about the need to make local government more reponsive to the needs and wishes of local communities.
Railways improving despite the flawed structure of the industry
Clive spoke in a debate on the Transport Select Committee's report into rail performance. He was strongly critical of the performance of Govia since they were awarded the Intergrated Kent Franchise running through Eltham and Plumstead. The poor service was in marked contrast to the imrovements made by South East Trains, a government-owned company than ran the franchise after it was taken away from Connex.
Clive calls for radical overhaul of special education needs provision
Clive recently took part in an inquiry organised by a group of cross-party backbenchers looking into special education needs. Clive outlined the changes needed to the system in a debate in Parliament.
Clive calls for tougher measures for shops selling alcohol to under-age children
Clive intervened in Parliament to call for higher fines for shops caught selling alcohol to under age drinkers
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This column contains the latest news regarding Clive Efford as well as matters affecting Eltham.