World Cancer Day on 4 February each year is a significant day for those dealing with cancer.

I was pleased to invite my constituent Elliot Pfebve to the drop in held  by Cancer Research UK on 2 February 2026 to raise awareness. The theme of this year’s World Cancer Day is ‘United by Unique,’ which is

A group of organisations, comprising of Global Witness, Tax Justice UK, Oxfam, Greenpeace, War on Want, the Center for Economic and Social Rights, and Amnesty International, held a drop-in event in Parliament on 3 February 2026 to draw attention to  "Why the UK Government must support the the UN Tax Convention" (UNTC). The groups made

The Office of Rail and Road Regulation (ORR) is  responsible for holding Network Rail and National Highways to account ensuring they deliver significant investments to improve our national infrastructure. I met with Declan Collier who is the Chair of the ORR and I raised the issue of Bescot Stadium Station and the lack of progress on

On the 16th allotted Opposition Day, 28 January 2026, the Conservative Party raised the British Indian Ocean Territory and Youth Unemployment as the topics for debate.

1 British Indian Ocean Territory

The Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry responded to the first debate and highlighted that the previous Government held eleven rounds of negotiations with the Government of

On Tuesday 27 January 2026, the House of Commons considered the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill, which will put home-grown talent at the front of the queue for medical training posts. I am pleased Parliament has agreed to speed up this Bill’s progress, and I welcome the fact it has already completed its passage through the

On Tuesday 27 January at Treasury questions had been grouped together as they related to Business rates. 

As Co chair of the APPG on Publishing I was called and asked the Minister:

"what assessment has the Minister made of the impact on the small independent high street bookshops? This is the National Year of Reading; we

I was delighted to meet Walsall Academy based in Bloxwich with their teacher Mr Collier who teaches Humanities . The Group of 13-17 year olds visited Parliament. The Education and Engagement Centre provided an excellent workshop and I answered questions about my work in Parliament. 

I was asked about votes at 16 and I took a

The British Beauty Council held a drop in in the Jubilee Room on Parliament on Monday 25 January 2026 to highlight the key findings from the Value of Beauty Report and the event was hosted by Carolyn Harris MP.
The key findings showed that in 2024 the Industry contributed £30 billion to the UK GDP growing