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The APPG on Publishing of which I am Co-Chair held a meeting on 8 July 2026 to disseminate the findings of the Harper Collins UK report.  The secretariat to the APPG, the Publishers Association arranged for Alison David, Consumer Insight Director, HCCB and Farshore, Sam Eadrley, Sales and Marketing Director, Collins and Jemma Offley, Strategy

I chaired the Sixth delegated legislation Committee on Wednesday 8 July 2026.  The Committee discussed the draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 together with the draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots.” The scope of the legislation which is

I attended the All Party Writers Group Summer gathering chaired by Chris Evans MP on 7 July 2026.  I met the author Tony Bradman (second from right) who writes childrens’ literature and whose Dilly the Dinosaur series has sold over 2 million copies. Tony is Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.  As Chair of