Opinions

This week we have seen passionate debate about the restrictions the Government is bringing in to try and control the spread of Coronavirus. I have always felt...

As a member of the Conservative Environment Network and one of the co-sponsors of the Local Electricity Bill, I take a keen interest in events, reports and...

Contrary to what certain media commentators suggest, the summer recess is not a 6-week holiday for MPs. I took 1 week off and went to the Lake District, but was...

Given I spent 16 years running organisations that helped disadvantaged young people, it won’t surprise you that I found A-Level Results day difficult to watch...

I am regularly asked ‘what’s it like to be an MP?’. I never answer with certainty because I have only been one since December and by the end of March we were on...

Last month I was pleased to be one of the co-sponsors of the Local Electricity Bill that my colleague Peter Aldous introduced to Parliament with support from...

With 85 pubs in Wantage and Didcot, the constituency is joint 7th out of 650 for the highest number of pubs in the UK. I discovered this fact whilst preparing...

Having only been an MP for 6 months, its hard for me to know what ‘normal’ life should feel like in the role, but last week I felt like a semblance of routine...

Published on the 13th June here. Article text In addition to being Conservative MPs, we have several other things in common. We both went to state schools and...