Village Voice December 2013/January 2014 | Page 19

FROM STEVE
BRINE MP
In the bleak midwinter we may be but (as I
write this at least) the frosty wind has yet to
make moan. Nonetheless, Christmas is
upon us again and while the reason for the
season is sadly not the same for everyone
these days, I hope the season of goodwill is
and have no doubt our big society locally will
continue to look out for those less fortunate
than ourselves.
Parliament doesn’t rise for the festive break
until much later in December so it’s full
steam ahead and, for me, that involves
renewed work on the future of legal aid (with
some tough questions for Ministers), raising
the issue of summer-born children and
school entry, pressing on with my breast
cancer work, challenging the Lord
Chancellor over future i