The beach clean at Severn Beach this morning wasn’t just about tidying the shoreline, it was also an opportunity to glean data
Claire Young MP 🔶
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Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury & Yate. Member of the Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee. For casework, please email: Claire.Young.MP@parliament.uk
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The start of the second week of my summer tour was a busy one, with visits to Marshfield, Hinton and Westerleigh.
I enjoyed visiting Tortworth and Charfield on Friday as part of my summer tour. This week I will be heading to Marshfield, Hinton, Easter Compton, Wickwar, Acton Turville and the Bristol Zoo Project amongst others. To find out more, call my office: 0207 219 3000
It’s wonderful news that the long awaited Thornbury Health Centre has finally got the green light to be built.
My summer tour continues on Friday. If you live near Tortworth or Charfield contact my office for more details: claire.young.mp@parliament.uk
We've been out and about again in the constituency.
I popped into the police station in Thornbury to catch up with the officers there and to discuss the issues around finding a permanent home for the force in the town.
It was great to see up close the progress being made on Charfield’s new railway station. I also was updated on exciting plans for a traffic-free ‘greenway’ which will link the station with local communities, providing a safe walking, wheeling and cycling route.
The Heritage Craft Fair in Thornbury was a fascinating event with lots of traditional skills on show, from lace making and wood turning to ceramics, upholstery & pipe making!
Congratulations to Yate Town Council which has been awarded the Bees' Needs Champion Award 2026 in recognition of its work supporting pollinators. HMP Eastwoood Park also received the award for a third time; staff and prisoners have worked very hard to make a wonderful bee friendly garden.
Many schools in our area closed over the recent heatwave. This was partly due to the fact we are unprepared for such hot summers. The Government needs to invest into proper air conditioning and more cool green space. I made the case to the Minister in a recent chamber exchange.
Fewer than half of children locally have seen an NHS dentist in the past two years. That is not good enough. Here's what I've been doing in Parliament to challenge this.
Lib Dem MP Gideon Amos mentioned my attempts to stop the practice of ‘fleecehold’ in new build estates, as part of a wider debate on leasehold rights. Earlier this year the minister gave a commitment that this issue would be fixed in this parliament; it’s not in the current bill
It was great to attend SevernFest to speak to residents about any issues they have been facing. Many thanks to the organisers of the event, who did a fantastic job as usual.
I asked the minister how the government will provide training for people working on any future new nuclear projects at Oldbury. He still hasn’t committed to making sure local people can benefit from local jobs.
The amount of energy needed for data centres to run properly is an emerging problem as the use of AI becomes more widespread. I attended a meeting on this as part of Net Zero Week in Parliament. It’s clear we need to move fast on this issue.
It was great to visit the RHS show at Badminton over the weekend, hearing about the work they do with local communities from the director, James Wren.
There's been a lot going on, both in Westminster and Thornbury and Yate
In South Glos, the Lib Dems made sure local people could have their say at planning committee, reversing Conservative changes. Today I voted against Labour's plans to force more planning decisions to bypass planning committees, taking away local people's voice.
Nigel Farage has spent his whole life dodging responsibility for his actions. This new stunt is his latest attempt to escape consequences for his biggest grift. We won’t let him.
Thank you to the members of South Glos Youth Partnership I met in Yate. Youth work is under appreciated and underfunded, and yet it is essential for early interventions that can avoid problems later on for young people. I will push for better funding for the services they provide.
I have handed in the petition to Parliament about the planning issues around the ‘megashed’ in Plining. It’s actually handed in to the chamber of the Commons. I will keep pushing to change the law on historical consents.
Thank you to the pupils at Chipping Sodbury School who hosted me for a question and answer session. Some really thoughtful questions and a good debate about the social media ban for under 16s.
The Amos report confirms our worst fears: maternity services in England are fundamentally broken, and the cost of political neglect is being paid in trauma, injury, and lost lives. The recommendations must be implemented in full and without delay.
The roads minister has written to me in response to my letter raising my concerns over more delays for the M49 'ghost junction'. He told me a lot about the past and present situation, but not much about what is going to happen going forward.
