Completely Bromsgrove May issue 29

Page 6

A message from our MP

H

RH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh devoted his life to serving the UK and Commonwealth. He made me so incredibly proud to be British. I know the thoughts and prayers of residents in Bromsgrove district, the UK and across the Commonwealth are with Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family. I attended evening prayers at St John’s Church in Bromsgrove, with prayers for Prince Philip. It was an incredibly moving service, as was his funeral at Windsor Castle. May he rest in peace. In April, we reached the second phase of the cautious easing of lockdown restrictions. This will be a great relief for business owners and residents. I’ve been visiting local businesses across the district whilst campaigning for the Conservative county council candidates ahead of the local elections on May 6th. There cer tainly is a positive atmosphere and I urge residents to keep shopping locally and safely.

recommendations, including tougher sentencing, a new law to guarantee suppor t for victims and a blueprint for tech companies to better protect children online.

Our incredible progress in the vaccination rollout has made this possible, with more than 33 million people (at the time of writing) having now received their vaccine. Ahead of the target date of April 15th, we hit the significant milestone of offering a vaccine to all adults over 50, the clinically vulnerable and health and social care workers.

As ever, if I can be of any assistance to my constituents, please email sajid.javid.mp@parliament.uk

I recently visited the Ar trix Vaccination Centre and BHI Parkside in Bromsgrove to see the vaccine rollout. Meeting the frontline staff, volunteers and those working behind the scenes was incredibly inspiring and I thank them for their amazing work. At the end of March, after a year-long no holds barred investigation - I released a 180-page report into child sexual abuse and exploitation. The report contains uncomfor table findings and hard truths, but impor tantly, it concludes that the problem isn’t insurmountable and there is much more we can do. The repor t makes 96 actionable policy

6  Completely Bromsgrove

I know my colleagues in government – and residents in Bromsgrove district - feel as strongly about protecting children as I do. I hope our findings prove useful as they look to crack down on this appalling form of abuse.


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Completely Bromsgrove May issue 29 by completelybromsgrove - Issuu