Shrewsbury’s Labour MP answers questions from listeners to Hello You the Shropshire podcast

Back in July, around the time of her first anniversary as an MP, I interviewed Dr Julia Buckley for Hello You about how her first twelve months had been.

I felt it went well, so I was happy to agree when Julia’s team suggested we record another conversation. And for this one, I asked beforehand on social media: What questions do you want answers to?

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In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, Julia Buckley discusses:

* flooding, and floods prevention - ‘We need to stop reacting to floods as if they’re a surprise’

* local transport issues - public transport, including the Shrewsbury Night Bus trial that start on Monday November 24th, and the notorious floating bus stop outside the railway station!

* when will the people involved in the PPE scandal be brought to account?

* digital ID - Julia wanted to hear her constituents’ views, so what did they say?

* the environment - does the Planning and Infrastructure Bill provide enough protection for nature? and what about the pearl mussels in the River Clun, for example?

* improvement work at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital - ‘You won’t believe your eyes’

* farming and rural issues, including water quality and a possible compromise on the matter of inheritance tax for family farms

* military accommodation, and the shocking state of RAF Shawbury

* could people missing out on the shingles vaccine be the new WASPI victims?

* when will people affected by the infected-blood scandal finally receive compensation?

* the best and worst thing about being an MP

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