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Bath MP joins call for action on bridging digital divide

17 July 2023

On Friday July 14th, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, attended the Bath Digital Festival to discuss bridging the digital divide to ensure that all local residents have equal access to digital technology.

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Hobhouse calls on government to look into support services for night-time workers

14 July 2023

During Business Questions on 13th July, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, pushed the Leader of the House, Penny Mordaunt, to look into the health impacts of night-time working.

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Bath MP Raises Concerns Over Sub-Standard Student Housing

11 July 2023

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and a Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Students, has raised concerns about sub-standard student housing during an event meeting with representatives.

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“Penny-pinching” over net zero now “will lose us fortunes in the future”

6 July 2023

On Wednesday, July 5th, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and Liberal Democrat Climate and Energy spokesperson, called on the government to urgently ramp up the UK’s delivery of net zero projects.

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Government cost-cutting measures could "derail" Bath tourism

6 July 2023

On Thursday 6th of July, during an Urgent Question on rail ticket office closures, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson, raised concerns about the closure of these offices in Bath and across Somerset.

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Bath MP Celebrates the 75th Birthday of the National Health Service

5 July 2023

On the 75th birthday of the NHS (5th July), Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, joined in celebrating the Service and all it has done for her constituents and the country as whole.

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Government’s failing smart meter rollout cost bill payers up to £41 million

4 July 2023

Research by the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has shown that the government’s behind schedule smart meter rollout will cost bill payers up to an estimated £41 million over a year. The research showed that it will also lead to an estimated extra 49-53 thousand tonnes of CO2 over the same time period.

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GP “retirement time bomb” in Bath’s NHS Integrated Care Board revealed

29 June 2023

The Liberal Democrats have warned of a “GP retirement time bomb,” after new research by the party reveals more than one in 1 in 5 family doctors are nearing retirement age.

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Hobhouse meets Bath teachers in Parliament as vacancies in the South West rise by 175% in six years

21 June 2023

Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, Wera Hobhouse, met with Bath based teachers George Samios from Twerton Infant School and Nursery and Jessica Lobbett from Oldfield School on 20 June in Parliament. Their discussion involved how to tackle underfunding in schools as well as addressing the recruitment and retention issues affecting the education sector.

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Bath MP celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Forest of Imagination

21 June 2023

On Friday, June 16th, Wera Hobhouse, Member of Parliament for Bath and Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate spokesperson, visited the Forest of Imagination event held at the Bath Assembly Rooms.

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