Today we got the news we've been calling for, certainly as long as I've been an MP: the question of the education funding formula. But more about this later. First it was off to the physio for a wee bit of treatment and then into the House. The morning flashed by and at 1150 I was sitting in the Chamber waiting for the weekly joust between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. It was pretty much a non-event, frankly, with neither side tearing flesh. Mrs May comes across as a sensible, down-to-earth Prime Minister and that's exactly what the country needs. Straight afterwards, Education Secretary Justine Greening stood up and made a Statement on the National Funding Formula. I have put what she said on the website, so I will not go into it here in detail. I was delighted, though, that Dorset will do better if the formula is changed as is being suggested. And our smaller schools in rural areas will be catered for, which is very good news. Regrettably, I could not stay until the end as I had to race to the dentist and then back for our weekly European Scrutiny Committee which took oral evidence from the Rt Hon John Hayes, the Minister of State for Transport. The topic was more regulations that the EU wants to impose on our ports. All of the country's ports are against this, and I concur. This is the worst kind of meddling from this nearly defunct organisation and the Government is going to vote against it. But, in true democratic form, that will not affect the outcome, as the EU passes it through against our wishes. Still, two years to go and we'll be out of this monstrous organisation. Meanwhile, two Opposition debates occupied the afternoon in the Chamber, with the final vote coming at 1900. Then back to Dorset.