Out into the park with new running shoes. Cold and wet, I stuck to the paths. What a difference new shoes make. My problem is that the older personal items get, the more attached to them I get! Right from the start of the day, there was a lot of talk about the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and rumours of a Government Statement. It came, but a little later than usual due to meetings outside parliament about the issue. In the end, it followed the committee stage of the Direct Rural Payments Bill. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was the Cabinet Minister despatched to tell the House that the Government had decided to go ahead with Huawei, but only on a limited basis - 35 per cent access, to be precise, and then only to the periphery of the network, not the core. Most MPs on our side of the House, including me, voiced our serious concern at having the Chinese even more involved in our 5G and fibre network. I was called by the Speaker and my question, and Mr Raab's answer to it, is on the website. China is not our friend and none of us trust them. Chinese companies have a mandatory duty to report to the Chinese authorities, who do not respect individual property rights and who spend a lot of their time trying to hack into every aspect of our lives. My colleague and friend David David called for an outright ban. I sympathise with the thinking, but as Huawei is already heavily involved with our 4G coverage, I suspect getting them out is incredibly difficult. Several MPs made the excellent observation that we had taken our eye of the telecommunications ball if we had to rely on the Chinese to upgrade the network. More work in this areas needs to be done urgently. I then had a chat with Debbie Fleming, CEO of Poole Hospital, about the future of services there, not least A&E, which is being moved to Bournemouth. She told me that would not happen for another five years when a new 24-hour, urgent treatment centre dealing with about 80 per cent of the current patients would replace A&E. At 1630 I had an important and private meeting with a group of colleagues that lasted some time. We were dropped to a one line whip during this meeting and I headed home to have a birthday celebratory supper with my children.