What's happened to Alton Gate?

When Tony Colman was Labour MP for Putney huge strides were made to get a pedestrian gate from the Alton estate into Richmond Park.

After she was elected Justine Greening, somewhat to her discredit, tried to pretend that the idea had been hers all alone and that she was the champion who would finally deliver a gate.

That was over three years ago. Since then she has stopped talking about the Alton Gate. So have her council colleagues. And the Alton remains along its entire length without access to the park it has such magnificent panoramic views of.

I have today written to the Royal Parks Agency to find out the status of the plans for an Alton Gate to Richmond Park and, unlike my Conservative opponent, intend to keep going until we get the gate we deserve.