Dental plans awry as dentist's train had no power and appointment had to be cancelled! A good run first thing, though, in unseasonally mild conditions. Still a lot of leaf on the trees. In the office until 1130, when I took a very nice work experience student down to the Chamber to watch PMQs. The Prime Minister and Mr Miliband had their weekly opportunity to pour out their angst at each other and did not disappoint. I do admire the way Mr Cameron tackles this 30 minute compression chamber. It would terrify most people, but he's very quick on his feet, with the Opposition finding it hard to pin something on him. I then an interesting meeting with Malcolm Cooper, an accountant by trade, who acts a an adviser to the Government in the FE sector. He'd come to talk to me about Weymouth College, which is facing some tough financial challenges. Mr Cooper had come all the way down from Sheffield for the meeting and I was impressed by his kindly and caring manner. He clearly realised just how important the College is to the young people of Weymouth & Portland and is doing all he can to help the management team there find a way through. A very quick sandwich at my desk, before heading to committee room 16 for my Efra select committee. We continued taking evidence on food security, concentrating on demand, consumption and waste. So far as the latter point is concerned, the average UK household throws away the equivalent of six meals every week. Nationally, some 8.3 million tonnes of food waste is produced every year at a cost of £12.5 billion. Interestingly, the average UK household spends 11.6 per cent of weekly expenditure on food. We took oral evidence from Dr Liz Goodwin and Dr Richard Swannell, from the Waste & Resources Action Programme, Maria Ana Neves, from Plan Zheroes, Tim Smith, from Tesco, and Nigel Jenney, from the Fresh Produce Consortium. As always, the session was interesting and informative. The debate on the Taxation of Pensions Bill: Second Reading ended earlier than expected and my day ended with at a meeting with colleagues at 1830. Then back down to Dorset.