Up early as I had a medical check up booked. All clear! Into the House and after an hour in the office, I went downstairs to meet the delightful Halford family, from Weymouth. Daughter Victoria was off to St James's Palace in the afternoon to receive her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, presumably from the Duke himself. She was accompanied by her parents, Lindsey and Samuel, and her Grandpa, Philip Tyler. They'd been on a tour of the Palace before I met them, which they'd thoroughly enjoyed. A nicer family you could not hope to meet and clearly the parents and Grandpa were very proud of their Victoria, who is now studying at Oxford Brookes. Another brief stint in the office before having lunch with an old friend, who works in the security field. Afternoon passed and by 1645 I was sitting in Committee Room 8 waiting for Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government. A busy man, he arrived punctually and listened to Dorset MPs expound their views on unitary authorities and the like. The meeting was in confidence, so what was discussed must remain under wraps. But Mr Javid is due to meet the leaders of Dorset's authorities tomorrow, so some input from the MPs was hopefully helpful. This meeting clashed with another on coastal communities, which I was trying to attend, but you cannot be in two places at once. The House went to one line at about 1800.