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Letter to the Chancellor regarding the Hospitality Industry

I was one of a group of 85 Conservative MPs who have written to the Chancellor, calling for a new support package for the tourism and hospitality sectors in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Government has already introduced measures to help keep businesses afloat, including the furlough sch

Herald Column: April 30

This week I ventured back briefly to an eerily deserted Westminster having been selected to take part in the debate on the Domestic Abuse Bill and to ask a question at Prime Minister’s Question time, without falling foul of the broadband cutting out and turning my speech into Dalek speak.

Weekly look ahead: 29th April

Back in Westminster, my weekly look ahead. I discuss the Home Affairs Select Committee meeting with the Home Secretary Priti Patel, the second reading of the 'Domestic Abuse Bill', frustrations with certain people flouting the lockdown restrictions and more.

Domestic Abuse Bill

It was a privilege to speak in the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill on Tuesday, back in the chamber of the House of Commons.

Herald Column: April 23

Happy St George’s Day and two days late, Happy 94th Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. It is important in these turbulent times to retain as much continuity as possible.

Weekly look ahead: 22nd April

Discussing a (virtual) return to Parliament, meetings with Care Homes and Councillors and more in my weekly video. I also want to thank the many, many people and businesses that are donating so generously, in particular 7thSense Design - constituents in Shoreham Beach who have donated their spare m

Herald Column: April 16

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’ The opening lines of Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities could be applied to the current nightmare we are living through.