I have raised the problem of the unacceptable delays that many local people have experienced in receiving their post several times in letters and meetings with Royal Mail.
I have urged Stroud District Council to tackle anti-social behaviour and littering more effectively during a meeting I hosted at the Sub Rooms which looked at how more can be done to stop graffiti and tackle poor behaviour and littering across the town, especially along the canal.
Great to meet with the brilliant new CEO of Longfield Community Hospice, Clare Davis, and to spend some time with her talking about the much loved hospice and care that hospices provide to families generally.
I am often asked what MPs can do for local projects as we have no spending powers or funds to draw on ourselves. Even county councillors are given a pot of money to spend on their ward by Gloucestershire County Council.
I was chuffed to invite Katie Thomson, Chair of Dursley Ladies RFC to an event at 10 Downing Street where people like her were honoured for the work they do bringing communities together through sport and helping with fitness and mental wellbeing into the bargain.
I had an informative meeting with local constituent Claire Birch of GoodBeans, her business partner Ella Wiggans and upholsterer Delyth Fetherston-Dilke to discuss chemical flame retardants following the Government’s consultation last year on ‘Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholster
I know many people in Stroud district will have watched the BBC’s Panorama programme this week about Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s maternity services. It sadly documented two baby deaths and separately the death of a mother at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
