Question to the Policing Minister on organised rural crime - 25 November, 2024 Monday, 25 November, 2024 https://youtu.be/uDD8LF7NRxo Articles
The Post Office scandal - 11 January, 2024 11th January 2024 There can be no doubt that the Post Office scandal was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history. I share the deep dismay at what has... Articles
Newsletter - 8 January, 2024 8th January 2024 Happy new year. I experienced what is apparently called the pathetic fallacy this week: the projection of one’s mood into the weather. The land was sodden, the... Articles
The flooding in Marlborough, 5th January 2024 5th January 2024 I spent this evening in Marlborough Town Hall talking to residents evacuated after the worst floods here in living memory. So impressed with the resilience and... Articles
An update on the flooding in the Constituency, 4th January 2024 4th January 2024 The recent rain over the Christmas period has fallen on already saturated ground, with river levels high. The standing water is, as a result, taking longer to... Articles
Westminster Hall debate on the International Health Regulations - Friday, December 22 22nd December 2023 On Monday I spoke in a debate in Parliament about the proposed World Health Organisation treaty and the amendments to the International Health Regulations. I... Speeches in Parliament
An update on the National Planning Policy Framework - 21st December 2023 21st December 2023 The Government has recently revised the National Planning Policy Framework that determines local housebuilding. Following a series of meetings with councillors... Articles
Campaigning on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme - 21 December, 2023 21st December 2023 Earlier this year a number of constituents wrote to me to raise concerns about discrepancies in the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. 150,000 members of the... Articles
Update on energy support scheme eligibility for boaters - 21 December, 2023 21st December 2023 In early Autumn, I promised I would follow up with the Department of Energy to find out why certain groups of boaters - namely, 'Liveaboard boaters with non... Articles
Public Accounts Committee review of Adult Social Care, 19th December 2023 19th December 2023 I have been asked by the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier MP, to submit experiences and proposals for the adult social care system, to inform... Articles