Oliver has held urgent meetings with the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling MP, and with Stuart Cheshire, the Passenger Services Director for Govia Thameslink to discuss the massive ongoing disruption to the rail network.

Local GPs are the backbone of the health service. I know from my work in Government, the correspondence I receive, and personal experience, the dedication shown by them.

Oliver and Grant Shapps, MP for Welwyn Hatfield, convened a meeting with the Rail Minister, Jo Johnson MP, last month for an update on the promised extension of Oyster to Potters Bar, Radlett and Welwyn Hatfield by the end of 2018.

Oliver has written to Hertfordshire County Council to call a meeting to discuss sites for new schools in Hertsmere.

Oliver Dowden, Member of Parliament for Hertsmere, last week convened a meeting with representatives from Barclays Bank to raise his objections to the closure of their Bushey branch.

Last week Oliver was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Red House surgery’s patients’ group.

Oliver has nominated a local NHS volunteer for a national award in honour of the Service’s 70th birthday.

Oliver has called a meeting with Barclays bank to push them to change their decision to close their Bushey branch, the last bank in the village.

I know from my meetings and visits to synagogues across Hertsmere, including recently in Bushey and Radlett, how worried people are about rising anti-Semitism.

In a letter to the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Oliver has pressed for Hertsmere’s towns and villages to be given a fair share of the county’s policing funding.