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Go to YouTubeIn Parliament I have been working hard to speak up for our area since I was elected in July 2024. I speak regularly in Parliament on concerns affecting local people in Esher and Walton; issues including protecting local NHS services, supporting local businesses, fixing the SEND crisis in Surrey and taking on Thames Water.
I am also the International Aid Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. I have visited Gaza, have been to NATO and have spoken in Parliament about the impact of war and climate change within the Interational Aid context.
A record of my speeches in Parliament can be found on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@MonicaHardingLibDem/videos
If you would like to find out how I have voted on a particular issue, you can view my voting record.
To see my spoken contributions you can click here.
This submission is based on an extensive consultation on online safety involving over 2,000 emails from constituents, conversations with Headteachers, educators, families, local campaign groups and a series of dedicated roundtables with students.
In preparing this response, I am drawing on my constituency casework since being elected as the Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton in July 2024, and on consultation meetings I have held with parents, educators, children and young people.
I've joined my Surrey Liberal Democrat MP colleagues in writing to the Minister for School Standards to request a meeting, so we can share what we're hearing on the ground and work constructively towards better outcomes for Surrey's children.
This Budget isn’t a national mission for growth; it’s a low-growth budget from a low-growth Government which pulls thousands of people into higher tax, punishing working families in Esher and Walton and waging a quiet war on aspiration.
I recently met with Thames Water at Esher Sewage Works about the long-standing sewage smell in Lower Green Esher. Residents deserve better than having thus ignored for years.
As soon as she was elected, Monica Harding MP pushed the new Government and Secretary of State for the Environment and the...