David Drew's Blog

When people ask me what an MP does it is almost impossible to answer, every day is different.  But here is an example of a busy Saturday. 9.00am Stonehouse Live breakfast - Church's Together 10.00am Surgery in Stroud 11.15am Visit to The Space to look at proposals for ownership and refurbishment 11.30am Street Surgery in Stroud 12.00pm Street Surgery in Leonard Stanley 1.00pm Visit to the end of Warm and Well at Stonehouse Town Hall (advice on energy efficiency and repair help)...

Thank goodness for the sunshine today as I embarked on my Sports Relief mile at Forest Green Rovers Football Club.   I always try and take part in at least one Sports Relief activity.  I think it is tremendously important that we do what we can for vulnerable people both in this country and in the world’s...

I wrote in one of my articles recently about the National Science and Engineering Week which is the 12th – 21st March.  I wanted to draw your attention to it again in order to encourage people to look at their website and take part in some of the activities.  The United Nations has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity.  Biodiversity describes the variety of life on Earth and that variety is essential for sustaining our natural living...

I don't know if you caught news about the Child Migration Exhibition that has been held recently in Westminster Hall, in the Houses of Parliament. This explained in a deeply moving way Britain's reprehensible history of shipping 130,000 children after the Second World to British Colonies, to help develop them but also to get rid of what was seen as an unnecessary social problem in the UK. The exhibition produced by the Department of Health in conjunction with the Child Migrants...