A number of constituents have recently contacted me about the highly publicised £50,000 funding shortfall at St George’s Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill. The developments surrounding the future of the site had come as worrying news to us all, however I am delighted to say that the Prime Minister publically confirmed yesterday that the Government would do all it can to protect the site for future generations.

Since becoming an MP in 2006, countless constituents have written to me, dropped in at one of my surgeries, or stopped me in the street to discuss the financial strain they have experienced as a result of their Equitable Life annuity. Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week, I thought now would prove an ideal time to provide a brief update of what progress has been made to date, and what I feel still needs to be done over the coming months.

On Wednesday I tabled a Westminster Hall Adjournment Debate on cooperation between the UK and Gibraltar prosecuting authorities. Recent comments in the House regarding drug trafficking and money laundering had, in my view, painted Gibraltar in an incredibly unfair

As you may have heard in the news over the last couple of days, my EU (Referendum) Bill was, regretfully but not entirely surprisingly, killed by the Liberal Democrats last Tuesday.

Over the past few weeks I have received a large number of letters and emails regarding MP Recall and whether I would be supporting it. As a result, I thought it would be of some use to post my thoughts on the Recall of MPs Bill, which completed its passage through Committee stage on Monday.