'I am very grateful to the many constituents who write to me on a wide range of issues'

MP for Clwyd South

I am very grateful to the many constituents who write to me on a wide range of issues. We try to reply swiftly to this correspondence, and I am proud that, since becoming your MP just over two years ago, my team and I have helped constituents with more than 3,400 cases locally, and a similar number of campaign and policy queries.

This month, I was pleased to meet with Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP to discuss his Private Member’s Bill, The Down Syndrome Bill, which has my full support. The Bill will lead to the establishment of a National Strategy to improve provision and outcomes for all those living with Down Syndrome in the UK.

On Thursday 27th January 2022, I signed the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's Book of Commitment in Parliament which honours and remembers those who were murdered during the Holocaust. It is vital that we all take the opportunity to reflect on one of the darkest times in world history and remember those who suffered and were murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

On Wednesday 26th January 2022, I was very pleased to highlight the issue of the urgently needed Newbridge Road repairs and the Levelling Up Fund investment of £13.3m in Clwyd South during Prime Minister’s Questions. The UK Government has delivered record Levelling Up Fund investment of £13.3m to Clwyd South along the Dee Valley from the Trevor Basin to Llangollen and Chirk and on to Corwen. This will bring jobs and economic activity and will celebrate the amazing history, language, and culture of our part of Wales and bring them to a wider audience.

On Tuesday 18th January 2022, I spoke in the Welsh Grand Committee debate on the topic of "Strengthening the Union as it relates to Wales" and used our successful Levelling Up Fund bid as an excellent example of how the UK Government is helping communities here in Clwyd South.

Kerry Mackay, from Glyn Ceiriog, was recently named one of the top 100 most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs in the UK. She has achieved amazing success with her business, Scrubbies UK, which manufactures home-compostable cleaning pads made from bamboo, organic cotton, and vegan ink, and she is a huge credit to her community. I was therefore very pleased to champion her achievements in the House of Commons, for a second time, during Women and Equalities Questions with the Minister Kemi Badenoch MP on Wednesday 12th January 2022.

Locally, it was a pleasure to visit Khalid Khidir and to welcome his new business - Top Cut Barbers - to Llangollen on Friday 21st January 2022. During the Welsh Government’s Covid lockdowns, we all missed being able to go to a barber or hairdresser, so a visit now that restrictions have been relaxed means a great deal more to us. I wish Top Cut Barbers all the very best in developing their business and every success in the future.

I also met up with Chris and Maggie Millward-Hopkins to learn more about their journey founding and growing NEW Executive Transfers into the success story it is today. They provide a chauffeur service of the highest quality and also run chauffeur-driven private guided tours for visitors to North Wales which makes a significant contribution to tourism in our area.

I like to keep in touch with residents on my work as an MP - both in Parliament and in Clwyd South - with a monthly interview on Premier Radio, the community radio station based in Clwyd South and Wrexham. If you're interested in listening to Premier Radio, please go to their website: www.premier-radio.co.uk.

I also continue to send out a monthly e-newsletter so constituents can read more about my activities in Clwyd South and Westminster. If you’d like to start receiving this monthly MP’s e-newsletter, you can sign up using the following link: www.simonbaynes.co.uk/sign-simons-e-newsletter.