Back to the House early afternoon after a busy Monday morning. First up was a presentation by Margaret Judd, from Dorset County Council, who leads for the F40 group, which has been campaigning for over 20 years for fairer funding for schools. The funding formula is currently being consulted on, but initial thoughts are not encouraging. To remind you of the current situation, the 10 best-funded areas receive on average £6,029 per pupil, compared with an average of £4,209 for the 10 worst funded areas in 2017-18 (or 43% more). The F40's conclusions are that the proposals fall short of what was expected; will not deliver fairness; in need of substantial revision; and that the organisation would like to continue working with the Government to improve the formula. The room chosen for this presentation was not big enough for the huge number of MPs who attended. Added to which, the heating was on and the windows shut! Later in the afternoon, I attended one of regular meetings of SW MPs. On this occasion, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling addressed us, and very interesting it was to. We all put forward our transport requests, some a little more realistic than others, perhaps! The legislative programme ended far sooner than expected and I was heading home at about 2000.