News from Westminster
It is recess and so this month’s news comes from Dorset! The summer is an important time for our tourist businesses, and I was delighted to visit Wimborne Model Town in its 70th anniversary year. All of our local towns have so much to offer, and it’s great fun to see Wimborne in miniature and to see how the attraction has grown over the years.
I’ve also been out and about speaking to residents across the constituency, including in Canford Heath about anti-social behaviour; meeting residents in Lytchett Matravers, Broadstone and Corfe Mullen; joining the Mayor in Lady St Mary Church in Wareham; and dropping in to the Pop in Place in Bere Regis. I’ve also had my usual in-person and phone surgeries, helping people with their individual issues.
At the start of the summer I hosted two work experience students. They wanted to get a taste of what it is like working for an MP. They spent several days working alongside my staff in the constituency, and one day in London, shortly before recess. I am always keen that work experience students should be given a range of tasks, and I was pleased that they seemed to enjoy the week:
“I would very much recommend coming here for your work experience…this is something I am going to remember forever, and was so good, I believe it has allowed me to confirm that this is the line of work I want to pursue.”
“Working in a constituency office over the last four days has been an amazing opportunity and relevant to my politics course at A-level…it has been thrilling, informative, fun and one I will never forget.”
You can read a fuller summary of their time on my website. If you know any young people who might be interested in work experience, please do ask them to get in touch. They will need to be over 16, and living in the constituency.
Over the summer I have had regular updates from Wessex Water about the situation with the hot weather, and I am pleased that due to their groundwater supply, and their work reducing leakages, they have not had to introduce water restrictions across our area. It is important of course to use water wisely. As I write, the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service are still damping down the fire at Studland. It is yet again believed that it was started by a disposable barbecue, and on that score it is good to see that most major supermarkets have stopped selling disposable barbecues, and that Dorset Council have clear rules in place about fires and barbecues in open spaces.
