Our constitution shouldn't be tinkered with lightly. Changes should only be made when there is a broad consensus behind them rather than based on purely partisan views.Today we debated the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.
PMQs is the highlight of the parliamentary week and this week I was drawn in the ballot for one.I constructively challenged the Prime Minister to keep an open mind about the thresholds for Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief.Experts from the NFU have shown that smaller family f
The Government needs to encourage development and building on brownfield sites.Instead, they are approving applications for massive energy installations on greenfield sites.Good farmland shouldn't be taken out of agricultural use and be redeveloped for energy.I rasied this today with the Secretary o
Today we gathered at the Guildhall in Marshall's Yard to mark the fiftieth anniversary of West Lindsey District Council.We raised a new flag designed specially to commemorate our local council reaching its half-century.I realised I have worked with thirty-three successive Chairmen of the Council!
I attended the Robert Jenrick rally in Spalding today.He has my support in the race to become the leader of the Conservative party.I believe he is the best-placed candidate to lead our party and return to government.
This week I was at Strasbourg representing the House of Commons at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.I was advocating for a new Marshall Plan for Ukraine.The Council of Europe's Development Bank should be facilitating that rather than funding solar energy installations.You can watc
I attended the Multicultural Welcome Celebration at X Church in Gainsborough this weekend.There were a whole set of stalls with food from around the world.Here I am meeting with GoGro CIC to learn how they are helping people to make affordable nutritious meals.
There's a debate to be had over the social contract between older people like myself and younger people — particularly when it comes to housing.Labour promised not to cut Winter Fuel Allowance but then have gone ahead and done it.This is a question of public trust.Labour's claim of a £22 billion so-
Congratulations Terry on your retirement as Father of the Chefs!He has served for over fifty years in the kitchens and canteens of the House of Commons.Here is Terry with two other Fathers: me and my predecessor as Father of the House, Sir Peter Bottomley.Between the three of us, nearly 150 years of
