I was pleased to speak at the Committee stage of Vicky Ford Private Member's Bill on ensuring school attendance this morning. The new law will require local authorities to reduce absences and ensure schools themselves have an attendance policy.
This evening in the House of Commons I presented a petition on behalf of residents of Buckland, who are rightly demanding that Thames Water site a water booster station away from cottages in the village. Hundreds of people have signed the petition to ask the company to change its mind.
Despite much Government progress to tackle plastic pollution, including a ban on micro beads, restricting the supply of plastics straws and single-use carrier bags in supermarkets, too much plastic waste still ends up in landfill or our oceans.
On the final day of the Easter Break, it was great to visit the Holiday Activities and Food Programme #HAF2024 funded by Department for Education at Ashmead Combined School in Aylesbury.
The highly skilled local workforce R&A Engineering Ltd in Aylesbury manufactures quality precision components for a diverse range of industries, from defence to green energy, from sport to medical.
Unit 33 in Friars Square is Aylesbury's first "Health on the High Street" hub. Offering everything from blood pressure tests to maternity advice, from nutrition advice to support for older people.
Local farmers are doing great work to produce the food we need. But as I've seen on recent visits to farms in Bucks, they also need to be able to diversify their income so they can earn a decent living.
This month the Lord Chancellor announced important measures to relieve pressure on prison places, including ensuring more foreign offenders are deported. He also spoke about plans to improve Probation - I asked him how this would cut crime.
