Last week in the House of Commons I used 'Business Questions' - when you can ask about anything - to raise the issue of re-opening Grove Station (pictured above).
It is a familiar refrain from some employers: “Young people don’t leave school or college with the skills we need to employ them”. People nod wisely in agreement, and certainly there is truth in this.
In the space of seven days late last month, I had the privilege of meeting two of our most inspiring local charity founders, Courtney Hughes (pictured above) and Andrew Baker.
They will be familiar to some of the readers of the Herald, but likely not all of you.
Great to have a wide-ranging meeting with Robert Jenrick MP, the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government on all the issues facing Wantage, including house-building and infrastructure.
Great to meet the pupils of Wallingford School on their visit to parliament. As ever, their questions - on Brexit, PR, the voting age - gave experienced interviewers a run for their money! And the height of some of them....
Although I imagine I will use this column to talk about local or national issues most of the time, I thought it might be interesting for this first one for me to talk about what it’s like when you first become an MP, given Wantage hasn’t had a new MP since 2005.
Although I imagine I will use this article to talk about local or national issues most of the time, I thought it might be interesting for this first one for me to talk about what it’s like when you first become an MP, given Wantage hasn’t had a new MP since 2005.
