The Labour government are releasing criminals before their sentences are finished.I asked the Lord Chancellor if sufficient steps have been taken to make sure violent criminals aren't released into the community.Law and order needs to be the priority of any and every government.The early release sch

There is nothing more controversial than Governments seeking to bypass local democracy.I saw that with the desire of the last Government to bypass local democracy by imposing a special development order on RAF Scampton, and I see it now with the many applications to build solar farms that are ostens

Today we selected Cllr Rob Waltham as our Conservative candidate to be the first Mayor of Lincolnshire.Rob is an excellent local representative who will do a great job for all the people of Greater Lincolnshire.Congratulations to him!

There is no way to stop the flow of illegal migrants to this country unless we detain them immediately upon arrival and deport them as soon as possible.I agree with the Home Secretary that the failure of our last Government to control immigration was unconscionable, and our new leader has rightly ap

I served in this place with John Prescott for many years, and I admired him from afar as being a true Labour man and a man of true grit. I am not sure that my admiration of him was reciprocated, but I held him in great affection.

Today I visited the new banking hub in Market Rasen today with Mayor Steve Bunney.I met Martin and Rachael who work there.It is open every day now 9:00am to 5:00pm.HSBC, Lloyds, Santander, NatWest, Halifax — all banking services.Absolutely great campaign to get this wonderful new service.

It was a pleasure to meet with Lincolnshire farmers today thanks to the NFU's action day here in London.The Government's changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief are threatening to end the culture of family farming that has stood us such good stead in England for centurie

Now that the plans to house migrants at Scampton have been dropped, I am encouraging the Government to work alongside West Lindsey District Council to secure the future of the site.RAF Scampton has immense potential for defence industries alongside the variety of components in the redevelopment plan

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, called for hospices and care homes to be exempted from the Labour government's increase in National Insurance contributions.Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir Edward explained that "a lot of the debate on assisted dying rev

I was pleased to meet with the team from the Sustainable Food Places campaign in Parliament today.They taught me about the roadmap to resilient food and vegetable production in England and what progress they have made.Agriculture is the most important sector of our economy.