A busy day. It began with a long run in warm sunshine in the park. First up was a meeting with health minister Ed Argar at the Department. I accompanied W Dorset MP Chris Loder as the subject we were going to discuss was Dorset County Hospital, which sits in his constituency, but many of my constituents use it. We had been lobbying the minister hard for some time to ensure DCH gets the money it needs to refurbish its A&E department. I don't want to promise too much, but I can say the meeting was very positive. Next, I had a virtual meeting with the new independent chair of the CCG's intregrated care system. Jenni Douglas-Todd could not have been more charming and she will clearly be a huge asset for the CCG in the future. Then at 1400 the Defence Select Committee met in CR6, or at least three of its members did. The other members and all seven guests appeared virtually. Today we picked up from a previous session in the last parliament, which had been looking at health and safety during training for our Armed Forces. The seven guests came in two sessions. Panel one consisted of Philip White, Director of Regulation, Health & Safety Executive, Samantha Peace, Director of Field Operations, Health & Safety Executive, and Andrew Cayley, Director Service Prosecutions, Service Prosecuting Authority. Panel two consisted of Baroness Annabel Goldie DL, Ministry of State, MOD, Isabel Letwin CBE, Director, Ministry of Defence Legal Advisers, Major General James Illingworth, Director of Land Warfare, MOD, and Air Marshall Susan Gray, Director General of the Defence Safety Authority. Two distinguished panels. The session can be read on Hansard. While all this was going on, the Counter Terrorism Bill went through the Chamber with votes at 1800. Meanwhile, the long-awaited report by the Intelligence & Security Committee was made public. It claimed the government had "badly underestimated" the Russian threat and the response it required. The report added that the government was "playing catch-up", needed to take "immediate action" and claimed it had made no effort to investigate Russian interference in the EU referendum. Mike Pompeo was in London today with Chinese rather than Russian interference at the top of his agenda. He congratulated Boris Johnson on banning the Chinese firm Huawei from the UK's future 5G phone network. Mr Pompeo accused China of covering up the coronavirus outbreak, of bullying India in the Himalayas and of making illegal territorial claims at sea. And he called for a global coalition against the Communist state. Also, doctors, teachers and police officers will get above-inflation pay rises in what the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said was recognition of their vital contribution during the pandemic. The economic news is not so good, though. The Government has borrowed nearly £130 billion between April and June this year - a record and worrying amount. Finally, hundreds of people lined the streets of Ashington in Northumberland, the home town of the football legend Jack Charlton, to pay their respects at his funeral today. Like many players of his day, he was a true star and inspiration.