Making Your Voice Heard – In Our Community and in Parliament
October 14th, 2026I hope you are keeping well and getting back into full routines again after the summer has been as smooth as possible.
This month, my small team and I worked on 528 cases to support residents directly – including at my advice surgery, held in Bradley Stoke.
I ran my latest ‘Coffee with Claire’ event in Winterbourne, bringing residents together to share their experiences and make the case for better buses, particularly for journeys across our community. I have shared local views from this, and my online survey, directly with Transport Ministers, First Bus, and the West of England Combined Authority. I spoke in the Commons about the importance of our local pubs, and welcomed Government action to cut their business rates bills by 20%. My first job was waitressing and pot washing in a pub aged 14, and I know how much they all matter to us locally.
I hosted the Hydrogen in Aviation Alliance’s new report launch, highlighting our area’s world-leading aerospace heritage and potential to lead the future of hydrogen-powered flight – reducing environmental impact. I want to see Britain seize the opportunity to lead this, with Filton at the very heart of it. I also met with Luke Pollard, the Defence Procurement Minister, to discuss the important work so many do locally to support our national security and that of our NATO allies. This is all the more important in these more uncertain times globally, and our local contribution is highly valued by the Government.
Following my visit to the Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, I was pleased to co-chair a parliamentary roundtable on brain injury rehabilitation with the team based there and other experts from across the country.
I also heard directly from our new Prime Minister as he set out his key priorities to continue our work in cutting the cost of everyday essentials, bringing key services under greater public control, and supporting communities to thrive.
Thank you to everyone who shared my survey, particularly local residents Sue and Hillary who helped take paper copies around, and the Lincombe Barn team for kindly taking in returned paper copies.
This shows what we can do, working together as a community, for our community.
I also visited ‘mydentist’ in Filton following the launch of my second survey on local NHS dentistry. This was the first issue I raised for us in Parliament, and we’ve seen some good progress with over 19,000 more urgent NHS appointments in our NHS area, but there’s
more to do.
As with my first survey, I will use this insight to continue to champion what we need locally. Please share your experiences here: clairehazelgrove.co.uk/ survey-dental-services.
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