Diary - helpful update on migrant barge Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 Much work to do before a virtual meeting with Liz Ferdenzi, who is my direct contact with the migrant barge in Portland Port. We have agreed to speak regularly so I can keep up with how everything is going on board. Some constituents had voiced their concern about the size of the bus which takes migrants into Weymouth and back. I inquired whether a minibus would be more suitable than a double... Diary
Letter - plan to restart the housing market by the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, Communities Secretary 13th May 2020 The housing market is a key part of our economy, delivering almost 250,000 new homes each year and employing over 2.5 million people across the supply chain... Westminster News
Diary - furlough scheme to be extended 12th May 2020 The big news today was the Chancellor's announcement that the furlough scheme will be extended to October. This means employees will continue to receive 80 per... Diary
Letter - changes to the operations of schools and other education providers by the Education Secretary 12th May 2020 Today I am setting out in more detail how we will support early years, school and further education settings to welcome back more children from 1 June at the... Westminster News
Statement - timetable update for GWR rail services 12th May 2020 You may have seen the announcement made by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today (12 May) about a phased return to work, if not I thought it might be helpful... Local News
Letter - COVID-19 Secure Guidelines for Workplaces by the BEIS Secretary 11th May 2020 New ‘COVID-19 secure’ guidelines are available to UK employers to help them get their businesses back up and running and workplaces operating as safely as... Westminster News
Diary - the gradual path out of lock-down published 11th May 2020 Another week of COVID-19 and all its associated difficulties. It would appear that we are at last beginning to get to grips with this virus and the difficulty... Diary
FCO Question - quarantine at airports 11th May 2020 Richard Drax [V] Many of my constituents have said, “We’ve all been locked down but people have still been allowed to come into our country.” Why is the... Speeches in Parliament
Statement - Covid-19 Strategy by the PM 11th May 2020 Good evening and thank you for joining us for this Downing Street press conference. First of all, I want to update you on the latest data in our fight against... Speeches
Diary - PM statement takes tentative step out of lock-down 10th May 2020 Get back to work if you can't do the job at home, but don't use public transport, the PM told the country this evening on television. He went on to unveil a... Diary