Diary - a totally unnecessary foul-up 14th February 2019 Another day at the office, and not a satisfactory one. The withdrawal from the EU was back in the Chamber and I'd put in to speak. After a routine morning, I... Diary
Diary - Brexit continues to dominate the agenda 13th February 2019 A cold morning run and into the House. Routine morning and then into the Chamber for PMQs. Nothing especially scintillating today. At 1345 it was time for the... Diary
Diary - the dangers of an anti-acne drug 12th February 2019 An early start and out into the cold for some exercise. Into the House and routine matters through the morning. At about 1230 I entered the Chamber to listen to... Diary
Diary - back to the Commons 11th February 2019 Back up to the Commons for another week. It was a quiet day but it gave me time to catch up with a lot of constituency correspondence and other matters. The... Diary
Diary - catch up with an island friend 8th February 2019 Off to Portland first thing in blustery and rainy conditions. My first port of call was to meet Les and Jean Ames, two of the loveliest people you could care to... Diary
Diary - more concerns about the way Brexit has been handled by two former ministers 6th February 2019 Run and into the House. Prepared for a busy session of our European Scrutiny Committee. We took oral evidence from two former ministers, Dominic Raab and Suella... Diary
Diary - supporting our police 5th February 2019 It certainly was not as cold on my morning run than it has been. Wolfed down a bacon-buttie once in the House and scoured all the papers. A bit of balance in... Diary
Diary - tackling knife crime 4th February 2019 A busy morning and then to London for another week of politics. We had an interesting Urgent Question(UQ) from Labour on knife crime, which I attended. There is... Diary
Diary - our AGM 2nd February 2019 Our annual Association AGM is always well attended, and this year was no exception. It started outside, when I found my caseworker Hennie Weld in the road... Diary