Public surgery
Today we had another of our public surgeries, in Bathwick St Mary’s Church Hall. We do these on the first Saturday of every second month to give local residents the chance to speak to us in person. Most Liberal Democrat councillors and MPs provide this service so we are happy to have introduced it to Bathwick.
BathNES council does not give any support for these, in their view it is an additional activity which we choose to do. Fortunately though, our kind hosts at St Mary’s and Claverton Community Hall provide us with a room and chairs, which is all we really need.
We have now hosted five surgeries since May 2007 and I am pleased that we have never yet sat by ourselves for the whole hour! This week we had four visitors which is about average. People come with concerns specific to them or their street, or wider political issues which they want to raise. Everything is confidential as necessary.
Our next surgery should be on 5th April in Claverton Hall - although I still have to book it. It’s a 10 am start, although with the cold weather this moring I did wonder why we get up so early at the weekend.
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