The All Party Parliamentary Groups are a way that parliamentarians can work across the political divides to influence and change policy on important areas. They also act as a prime liaison point between various sectors and parliament and are now regulated to increase transparency.
I am really happy that Amersham Station has been given its share of funding from Transport for London to make the station step-free. The station is one of six which is going to be improved using a fund of £200 million over the next five years.
The NHS estimates that about 725,000 people a year in the UK are affected by eating disorders. These figures come from a report by the Beat organisation, published in 2015. Eating disorders can affect people of all ages and of course family and friends often need support too.
We live in a time where things are sometimes expected to happen in an instant, yet it is still very true that some achievements do take a bit longer to come to fruition.
Chesham and Amersham’s MP was re-elected to serve as the Vice-Chair of several all party Parliamentary groups – and elected to a new group – in Parliament on Tuesday 18 July.
