Visit by John Healy MP Housing Minister on Netherfield

Two days ago I had a telephone call from Veronica Belcher asking to book the Woughton Community Council Meeting Room, I accidently picked up the Ambassador's appointment Diary and said it would be ok, thank god I checked the label in the front of the Diary to realise it was not the Meeting Room Diary, the Meeting Diary itself indicated that the Meeting Room was fully booked for the day she wanted (Thursday 25th March 2010).
I rang Veronica back to apologise as it would have been embarrasing to have double booked for a Question and Answer session with local residents and the Housing Minister John Healy MP.
I made a few other suggestions for other meeting venues, Cllr Kevin Wilson rang me an hour later to ask if I could book either the Netherfield or Coffee Hall Meeting Room, I decided on the Netherfield Meeting Place and emailed over the booking form to Veronica after I had got in contact with Milton Keynes Council.
On the day itself I got a lift from Cllr Janet Richardson and her partner and Linda Carter Chief Executive Officer of Woughton Community Council came along too, once I arrived at the Netherfield Meeting Place I offered to go around and ask guests if they wanted tea or coffee, and put plates of biscuits on each table and glasses of water on the top table, I spoke to a couple of young lads who are volunteers in Phyllis Starkey MP's office.
Cllr Kevin Wilson was filling in as we were waiting for Dr Phyllis Starkey MP and the minister he even resorted to doing a quiz on the history of Netherfield.
When they both arrived John Healy MP announced that he had launched today the second round bid for Council's to build Council houses and reform to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), there then followed a lively question and answer session and as is happens at these events stories of personal housing problems which were heart breaking to hear.
Afterwards I asked Dr Phyllis Starkey MP and John Healy MP for a photograph which took place outside the Meeting Place.
I then walked back to the office in the rain with Cllr Janet Richardson who nearly tripped walking in high heels on a steep pathway and she clung on to me for dear life!