An early morning run in the park cleared the cobwebs. Then into the House for a busy morning on constituency business. Dorset Council wanted some support regarding the c£20 million from the Levelling up Fund, which I was more than happy to do. Plans to enhance the area around Weymouth Harbour and the marina are moving forward, which is exciting. I had a catch-up virtual meeting with Steve Gladston, the CEO of HeliOps based on Portland. His business is going well and all credit to him and his team. I had another sobering virtual meeting with a victim of the infected blood scandal and will do all I can to ensure the compensation owed is paid. At 1630, I had to attend a DL in CR9, which lasted about 30 minutes. The main business, the Automotive Vehicles Bill ended early and there were no votes. Speculation over tomorrow's Budget was a popular item on the news, with a 2p cut to National Insurance being trailed. In other news, Birmingham City Council approved plans to increase council tax by 21 per cent, make £300 million in cuts and scale back public services. A 10-year-old girl who died at a home in the West Midlands was named by police. And a woman who was hoisted into the air by shop shutters joked she would have to "handle the fame" after CCTV of the incident went viral.