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I was pleased to support the Bill presented by Abena Oppong-Asare MP: “That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the teaching of menstrual and gynaecological health in certain educational settings; to provide for training, guidance and resources to support such teaching; to provide that training includes content about awareness

The Government extended the parliamentary session to Spring 2026. This had been announced in Parliament in September 2025. Therefore this is the second Finance Bill of the 2024-26 session. On 11 March 2026, the Bill was debated in the House of Commons. There were three votes:  New Clause 11, which would require the Chancellor to

I attended the Libraries Alliance event on 11 March 2026 which brought together a wide ranging group of people who support our Libraries both local and national and as a networking event.   Richard Ovenden who is Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford gave a speech and highlighted the importance of Libraries. He said there

The House of Commons met on 10 March 2026 to debate and vote on the Bill, which follows recommendations from Sir Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, to reduce the Crown Court caseload, improve timely access to justice, and allocate resources more proportionately. It changes how cases are allocated between magistrates’ courts and