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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 of
Debt Awareness Week is fast approaching and I want to make you aware of what help there is to support my constituents.
Money Wellness has launched a free Household Bills Calculator, designed to help households understand how upcoming changes to everyday bills - such as energy, water and council tax - may affect their monthly budget.
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 undertake
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 were
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 the
I chaired the following two debates on 10 March 2026 in Westminster Hall:
"That this House has considered Government support for English rugby." The motion was moved by Edward Morello MP and responded to by Ian Murray MP, who is the Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts.
The second motion, "That this House has considered technology
There was a meeting Arab ambassadors on Tuesday 10 March 2026 to hear from the Ambassadors about the situation in the Middle East.
Present at the meeting was the Ambassador for Jordan, Dr Manar Al Dabbas, who said that there was a comprehensive annexation of the West Bank. The Ambassador for Palestine, Dr Husum Zomlot
I attended the London Book Fair on Tuesday 10 March 2026 and the Publishers Association stand highlighted "Don't Steal This Book", a campaign organised by Ed Newton-Rex, a composer and campaigner for protecting artists’ copyright.
Don't Steal This Book has only the list of nearly 10,000 authors and the rest of the pages are empty. The