A day of meetings. Began with a run and ended with supper with my youngest son. Routine matters in the morning and then I dropped down to the Chamber to listen to the Home Secretary make a Statement on cannabis. A recent and sad case has highlighted the need the review the use of this drug for medicinal purposes. I'd come to the Chamber to make the point that while I supported that I did not support the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. I have seen too many lives, especially young ones, destroyed by this drug, which all too often is the first step to taking stronger and more dangerous drugs. I was delighted to hear Sajid Javid emphatically rule out legalising cannabis for recreational use, despite the normal flawed case to legalise it from the Lib Dems, in this instance Norman Lamb. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, which about sums up the Lib Dem Party. Afterwards, I attended one of our Brexit group meetings in the Lower Whips' Office. These are in confidence, as was the next meeting I attended at 1800. The ERG under the able chairmanship of Jacob Rees- Mogg meets every Tuesday and with a crucial vote to come tomorrow the meeting was well attended by both MPs and Peers. An Opposition Day vote came at 1900 and then home for supper.