Diary - Rwanda Bill back in the Commons Wednesday, 17 April, 2024 Today, the Rwanda Bill was back in the Commons, the Lords having sent back two further amendments. The PM had hoped they'd stop playing ping pong, but it seemed that we'd have to look at this Bill again on Monday. A lot to catch up on having been away for two days at a funeral and a Defence Committee visit. An interesting virtual surgery session at 1100 took longer than expected as the case was... Diary
Diary - Home Secretary to stay 29th March 2018 Into the office first thing, before heading to Weymouth to meet one of our prison officers and his wife. The PO concerned is recovering from a very serious... Diary
Diary - lobbying for infrastructure funding 28th March 2018 An early morning run and into the office. PMQs was particularly uninspiring, considering it was the last one before the Easter break. Corbyn chose mental health... Diary
Diary - Weymouth Indian restaurant reaches competition finals 27th March 2018 An early morning run and into the Commons. A busy morning and and then to Nicholas Soames' office at 1630 to discuss the various points we wanted to raise when... Diary
Press release - more must be spent on defence 26th March 2018 DRAX ASKS PM TO CONFIRM THAT EUROPEAN ALLIES MUST SPEND MORE ON DEFENCE IN A ‘DANGEROUS WORLD’ Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, yesterday asked the Prime... Articles
Diary - blue passports 26th March 2018 Up early and into the office. The Prime Minister was making a statement on Europe this afternoon and I did not want to miss it. Arriving at the Commons, I... Diary
Diary - their optimism was infectious 23rd March 2018 A busy morning in the office and then to my Associatoin HQs for two meetings. The first was with the charming Julie Connolly, the SW Regional Officer for the... Diary
Letter - European Council, by Rt Hon Theresa May PC MP, the Prime Minister 23rd March 2018 Dear Colleague, I am writing to update you on what was agreed at the European Council, in particular on Brexit, Russia and steel. Brexit On Brexit, the Council... European News
W2W - vexed issue of fishing 23rd March 2018 WE were led to believe that we’d take back control of our fishing waters at the end of March 2019. There was genuine excitement and anticipation. Instead... Articles
Diary - mental health issues and former veterans 22nd March 2018 Today I met Andy Price for the second time. The first occasion was in Bournemouth Square, where he and a hardy band of brothers were camping out in the street... Diary