Liam Byrne : Labour MP for Hodge Hill : Hodge Hill Issues

A Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year

from

Liam Byrne MP

and everyone in the constituency team

Anne Marie, Gill, Gordon,

Sadia & Adrian

It has been yet another extremely busy year and we now have a councillor within the team as Cllr Gill Beddows was elected in May to represent Hodge Hill on Birmingham City Council. And I would like to thank everyone who has worked hard with us - replying to questionnaires, coming to my meetings, joining my campaigns - or donated money to my charity fundraising. I just couldn't do my job without you.

I have continued the campaign for new health centres with some sites in the constituency agreed and others currently being negotiated. The roll out of Police Community Support Officers has begun and we completed our round of youth conferences and are now pushing forward the establishment of a youth council and bringing government funding for young people into the area. I have also continued to lead the local fight against drugs and press on with the campaign to save our playing fields at the Fox and Goose. The district is now paying for neighbourhood clean-up events, I have been on numerous walkabouts and held regular residents' meetings – and these will go on through 2007. Don't forget to check back to this website for the latest news.

I will continue to campaign on the issues that matter to you next year. If you have an issue you would like me to know about, there are 5 ways you can contact me:

• Book in for one of my advice surgeries on the first Friday and Saturday of each month. Call Gill on 0121 789 7287

• Write to me at my constituency office: Liam Byrne MP, 9A Coleshill Road , Hodge Hill, Birmingham B36 8DT

• Drop a note into the Council House in Victoria Square and save yourself the price of a stamp

• Write to me direct at the House of Commons, London , SW1A 0AA

• Send me an email message at liam@liambyrne.co.uk .

We all wish you a fantastic holiday period and look forward to seeing you around and about in Hodge Hill in 2007.

15th December 2006

MP presents kids with Christmas card prize

Liam Byrne MP today dropped in to Ridpool Primary School to thank the school’s children for their efforts in his competition to design the Christmas card he will be sending out this year.

All the children who entered received a certificate and Liam presented five-year-old Shannon Meier with her winner’s certificate.

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13th December 2006

Byrne backs Bromford demands in meeting with health chiefs

Liam Byrne MP has presented a blunt message to get a move on from Bromford residents to local health chiefs and city planners.

The Hodge Hill MP recently demanded monthly meetings with City Council chiefs and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust as well as regular updates on progress towards building four new health centres in the area, after significant-foot dragging.

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12th December 2006

Byrne writes to Secretary of State in appeal against council’s Tesco decision

Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly MP, following last week’s decision by Birmingham City Council to wave through Tesco’s plans to build on the Brockhurst playing fields.

Liam appealed for the Secretary of State to act to block the planning application and listen to the views of local residents who don’t want to see Tesco taking over the Fox and Goose.

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4th December 2006

Liam alerts government to Tesco threat

Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly MP, ahead of the impending decision to concrete over the Brockhurst playing fields by the council.

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2nd December 2006

Development minister welcomes earthquake cash

Development minister, Gareth Thomas MP, came to Washwood Heath today to help Cllr Ansar Ali Khan hand over cash raised by local MP, Liam Byrne, for the Kashmir earthquake.

The Jammu Kashmir Development Foundation’s Kashmir Quake Appeal was presented with a cheque for £500 which Liam raised when running the Stratford half marathon earlier this year.

The handover was made following Liam’s successful trip to Dadyal, Azad Kashmir in September in which he spoke to Pakistani ministers about the relief efforts following last year’s earthquake.

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December 2006