A busy morning following a visit to the physio. I was in the Chamber at 1130 to get a seat for PMQs. The Prime Minister rightly got a huge reception when she entered the Chamber. PMQs was a disaster for Mr Corbyn, who stumbled through his six questions, mainly aimed at her speech on the EU. A working lunch and then off to Committee Room 6 for our European Scrutiny Committee. Today we took oral evidence from Leader of the House David Lidington, a most able performer and minister. The session was televised and there was a certain irony that we were asking the former European minister about the Government's unwillingness to allow debates on the floor of the House that our Committee have been asking for. After the session, I headed across to PCH to meet my friend and colleague Alex Chalk. He is now our representative with the F40 group, which is a collection of local authorities that have been fighting for fairer funding for schools for some time now. We have pushed the Government to relook at the funding formula for many years and a review is currently under way. The consultation ends in March. But the figure derived from the Government's proposed formula has raised concerns as schools see they could actually lose money. It's a complicated matter, but Mr Chalk explained that the new formula took deprivation into account twice. There is still time to lobby the Government on this and that's the plan. Then back to my office where I ploughed through a heap of correspondence, particularly enjoying writing to Mr and Mrs Dowdell, who have celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary recently. Meanwhile the ramifications of Mrs May's brilliant speech yesterday continue to resound here and in Europe. She could not have been clearer and it is now up to us to get on with it and deliver. A free and independent country again - it's hard to believe.