Opinions

The very first debate in parliament on the first day it returns this week is one in my name – on the role of developers, housebuilders and management companies...

I have no outside jobs or outside earnings. There are no allegations about me behaving improperly or using my parliamentary office to earn money on the side. If...

I was very sad this week to hear the news that Alex Flynn, from Wantage, had passed away. I spoke to Alex last year and was completely inspired by his story and...

Being an MP is a great privilege, but you shouldn’t be at risk of losing your life doing it. The killing of Sir David Amess – like the killing of Jo Cox and the...

This year I am taking part in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS), a year-long programme to give MPs and Lords from all parties a better understanding...

No MP wants to break a manifesto promise. But last week, as the Prime Minister acknowledged in the House of Commons, the promise made in the Conservative...

I write my Herald articles several days before they’re published, which means this is the first one since the fall of Kabul. I know that everyone will have been...

Parliament is currently in recess. My last spoken contribution, on the last day, was a speech on housing and planning issues which you can watch on my website...

We are all meant to see the rise in remote working as a good thing, and in many ways I do. We’ve all spent too long commuting and being at home has been good...