James Sunderland backs the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill which will ensure that ordinary people living in Bracknell and right across the UK have a fundamental right to be able to send their children to school, to be taken to hospital in an ambulance if they fall sick, and to go to London on the train if they want to go to work.
James Sunderland MP highlights the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Veterans’ survey of the experience of veterans across the UK when claiming compensation, war pensions and other fiscal support from Veterans UK and secures a meeting with the Veterans Minister to discuss its findings.
James Sunderland expresses his disappointment that Bracknell was not successful in its bid to secure funding from the levelling up fund and secures a meeting with the Minister to discuss improving prospects ahead of round 3.
James Sunderland asks the Transport Secretary what he is doing to work with South Western Railway to improve the rail service on the line between Bracknell and Waterloo where figures for November and December last year show that more than 90% of trains ran up to 15 minutes late.
James Sunderland MP promotes the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Veterans survey to gauge the experiences of military veterans when dealing with ‘Veterans UK', the organisation that deals with compensation, war pensions and broader financial support on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
James Sunderland praises Bracknell as the silicon valley of the Thames valley and the home of great international companies such as 3M, Dell, Honda and Panasonic and asks the Government about efforts to encourage international R&D investment in the UK.
James Sunderland intervenes in a debate in support of training additional doctors and also raises concerns at the high salaries being paid to locums which is a disincentive for doctors to get contracts for local surgeries and the need to bring doctors back from retirement and other professions.
James Sunderland intervenes on the Shadow Minister in the debate on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to make the point that there are a number of sectors in the UK in which employees are not allowed to strike, namely the armed forces and the police, but the Shadow Minister was unable to answer the question and reverted quickly to her speech.
Following the Defence Secretary’s announcement to the House of Commons on the provision of a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, James Sunderland asks about the logistics of supplying armour to Ukraine and how we will improve our own land equipment availability.