In a virtual forum held on Monday 15th June, former Women and Equalities Minister Maria Miller convened with organisations from the charitable sector to discuss the impacts Covid-19 was having on pregnant women and new mothers in the workforce.

MP for Basingstoke, Maria Miller has been elected Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women in Parliament.

Maria Miller MP who is on the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 has been part of a three-week scrutiny of the Government’s reform proposals. 

Maria Miller MP was delighted to hold a virtual climate change lobby with Basingstoke residents on Tuesday 30 June at midday as part of Climate Coalition’s #TheTimeIsNow campaign.

Maria Miller MP has asked Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke Borough Council to confirm that mitigation for the loss of the Camrose ground has been secured before any redevelopment of the grounds start.

Maria Miller MP has launched a local inquiry into the lived experiences of members of the Basingstoke community who are from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background.

Given the current Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic the Department for Education has written to all schools to remind and reassure schools that they have flexibility over how they implement the teaching of Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

In the first half of May, nearly 69,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK; by the first half of June, that total had fallen by nearly 70 percent to just under 22,000. The number of new infections is now declining by between 2 and 4 percent every day.

At questions on the economic outlook and changes to the furlough scheme on the 16th June, Basingstoke’s MP Maria Miller raised concerns of reports that some businesses are routinely making pregnant women redundant.

Local MP for Basingtoke, Maria Miller was invited to visit Brighton Hill Community College by Headteacher, Chris Edwards to see the social distancing measures put in place to ensure that the eligible year groups could return safely.