As we enter 2024, which will be my last year as MP, I cannot help but look back at the long journey since I was first…
Browsing: Update from Parliament
With all that is going on in the world at the moment, it is easy to overlook the problems closer to home. Whilst there is very…
I welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement at the Conservative Party Conference last month of new efforts to reduce smoking rates and create a ‘smokefree generation’ for…
The House returned for two weeks in September, between Summer Recess and the break we take for the party conferences. During these two weeks I took…
It was a real honour to support the local branch of the Royal British Legion to commemorate VJ Day on 15 August by laying a wreath…
I have tabled a number of Early Day Motions this month which have been triggered by issues encountered by constituents. An Early Day Motion is technically…
I recently visited Watford Hospital to meet West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Chief Executive Matthew Coats and Phil Townsend, Chair of Trust Board. We toured…
I have long been worried about the extent of gambling harm and the impact that a gambling addiction can have on an addict and their family…
This is my first article of the new year and, as always at this time of year, we look forward to things we hope to achieve…
The single biggest issue in my inbox is housing. This has pretty much always been the case since I was first elected in 2005. When your…