As a result of the chaos that we have seen unfolding in the wake of Storm Henk, the Government is offering support to the communities and businesses affected. Households and businesses impacted by flooding should contact Wiltshire Council for details of how to apply for support.
There can be no doubt that the Post Office scandal was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history. I share the deep dismay at what has happened and the need for proper accountability and, if necessary, dismissals and prosecutions.
Happy new year. I experienced what is apparently called the pathetic fallacy this week: the projection of one’s mood into the weather. The land was sodden, the skies grey. Then the waters rose and suddenly the countryside was a series of lakes, with island villages.
The recent rain over the Christmas period has fallen on already saturated ground, with river levels high. The standing water is, as a result, taking longer to clear, and we have seen some localised flooding throughout the Constituency.
On Monday I spoke in a debate in Parliament about the proposed World Health Organisation treaty and the amendments to the International Health Regulations.
In early Autumn, I promised I would follow up with the Department of Energy to find out why certain groups of boaters - namely, 'Liveaboard boaters with non-residential moorings' - were still being excluded from the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBBS AF).
I have been asked by the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier MP, to submit experiences and proposals for the adult social care system, to inform the review which her committee is undertaking in the new year.
