‘Parkrun for the NHS’ – celebrating the NHS’s 75th anniversaryParliamentarians met in New Palace Yard to take part in the Parkrun NHS 75 for a special run to celebrate the NHS’s 75th birthday.The event, spearheaded by Nick Smith MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Parkrun, saw 22 MPs, from a range of political parties,

The Draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023  is to restrict the supply of single-use plastic plates, bowls and trays and to ban the supply of single-use plastic cutlery, balloon sticks and expanded and extruded polystyrene food and drink containers, including cups. This statutory instrument applies to England only

On Monday 3 July 2023 I attended the reception hosted by the Football Association and Tracey Crouch MP ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup.  Both Gillian Keegan MP, Secretary of State for Education, and Lucy Frazer KC MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,  spoke about and supported the inclusion of more

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care came to the House on Monday 3 July 2023 to present the NHS Long-term Workforce Plan. This was announced by NHS England on Thursday 29 June and in a written statement on Friday 30 June before the Secretary of State announced it to the House. I

I was delighted to meet Professor Richard Layard who was launching the Well Being Manifesto which sets out to include:

1. Measurement: All Governments, employers and schools should be measuring the wellbeing of those they affect at least once a year.

2. Government: The Goal of Government should be to sustainably increase the wellbeing of citizens choosing

I met the Prime Minister of Yemen on 28 June 2023 Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed with other members of the APPG for Yemen where we discussed the current situation in Yemen. Whilst the peace is still holding, more humanitarian aid is needed and accountability for some areas that are under the control of other groups. There

I dropped into the Jubilee Room on 28 June to meet the businesses at the event hosted and put together by Mims Davies MP for Mid Sussex.  Marples Cakery makes cakes for special occasions and provided lovely cupcakes. Marples Cakery was founded by Alice Marples.  They can be found at www.MarplesCakery.co.uk  Also there was The

I was unable to attend Parliament owing to other Parliamentary business. HM Opposition held an Opposition Day debate (allotted day 19) on Tuesday 27 June 2023 and put forward two motions: 'Mortgage and Rental Costs' and 'Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild Ukraine'. On Mortgage and Rental Costs the shadow Chancellor moved the motion that "this