Over the last few weeks I have been contacted by a number of constituents impacted by the ongoing issues with flammable cladding on buildings. Today in the chamber I raised their plight with the Housing Minister and asked him to understand the urgency with which this needs to be resolved.
I was very disappointed today not to be allowed to take part in the debate on sport in Westminster Hall. It was heavily oversubscribed and although I applied to speak very early I did not make it into the first 15 on the speakers list.
Following a stunning intervention from my colleague Tracey Crouch last week Parliament is in the process of agreeing new measures to allow clinically vulnerable colleagues to speak in debates remotely.
Remembrance events were very different this year and of course it was disappointing not to be able to have a service in the Abbey. But I did place a wreath in the Memorial Park and at the Cenotaph in Southampton early on Sunday morning to pay my respects to those who gave their lives in the serv
Yesterday in Parliament I raised the issue of vaccine prioritisation with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health. It is absolutely right that the prioritisation of vaccines should be done on the basis of clinical need, but we also have to recognise the important role teachers and childcare
Today in Parliament I raised an Urgent Question with the FCDO about the case of my constituent, Jonathan Taylor, who was arrested in Croatia on an Interpol Red Notice. Jonathan Taylor is a whistleblower and I have asked the UK Government to make sure he is afforded every protection as such. He
Unsurprisingly over the course of the last week my postbag and inbox have been full of constituents very concerned at the rise in corona virus infections and the new period of lockdown.
