2025

The APPG visited Provender Nurseries in Swanley on 9 July 2025. Baroness Fookes Co chair, Lord Taylor, Baroness Blower and myself supported by Jennifer Pheasey. It gave us a chance to see at first hand the challenges facing a company which was described as the “building merchants for plants”. Provender won an award for the

A number of constituents have written to me about the use or “re-use” of Bloxwich Hospital. I wrote  to the Council and the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust who made this statement which I have set out in full and can be found following this link:   https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/news-events-1/latest-news/statement-future-bloxwich-hospital-site “We are aware of recent speculation regarding

As Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gardening and Horticulture with Baroness Janet Fookes, we were delighted to welcome the Minister for Nature Mary Creagh MP on Monday 7 July 2025. The meeting was attended by a cross section of the Environmental and Horticultural Industry, Peers and MPs.  Environmental Horticulture’s contribution to the

I chaired the debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday 3 July 2025 : “That this House has considered the future of music education”. The member in charge was  Bambos Charalambous MP  and chair of the APPG on Music Education. The debate was responded to by the Minister for School Standards, Catherine McKinnell MP.  As co-