Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing this week met Scouts from across the country in Westminster to hear their views on the key issues affecting youth in the UK.

Maxine Starling had done a wonderful job in organising the stalls. Many local choirs sang.

The ninth annual Epping Forest Schools Parliamentary Debating Competition took place on Friday 21st November at Davenant Foundation School and competing pupils came from West Hatch High School, Chigwell School, Davenant Foundation School, St. John’s High School and Debden Park High School.

Speaking out against a report raising the possibility of compulsory purchase of land for gypsy or travellers sites, Eleanor Laing asked:

"What is the point of all our work to protect people's freedom and to make them feel secure in their own homes when a Labour Government can revert to the worst excesses of Communist dictatorships and compulsorily purchase bits of land next to people's homes?"

Epping Forest MP, Eleanor Laing, is keen to encourage people to become members of The British Legion.

Eleanor Laing MP unveiled a plaque dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill. The plaque is located on the front of the new Marks and Spencer Simply Food store in Epping High Road.

Eleanor Laing presented cups to winners of the Epping Forest Schools Parliamentary Debating Competition.

Eleanor Laing has commented on today's Electoral Commission report entitled 'Electoral Administration In The UK' which has made a series of recommendations to bring the UK's voting system into the 21st Century.

Mrs Laing’s Association celebrated the constituency’s connection with Winston Churchill at a dinner at which their Guest of Honour was Churchill’s grandson, The Honourable Nicholas Soames MP.

On the 80th anniversary of men and women receiving equality at the ballot box Epping Forest MP, Eleanor Laing, joined activists outside parliament, in the call for more women in parliament.

Women currently make up just 20% of the House of Commons today, a figure virtually unchanged in a generation.

This comes as new research from the Electoral Reform Society has revealed that despite efforts by all parties not enough has been done to ensure that an increase in women MPs at the next General Election is even a possibility.