I chaired the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee on 10 June 2026, the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2026. The Secretary of State for Scotland, Douglas Alexander MP, moved the debate.

This Order amends the Scotland Act 1998 to increase the resource borrowing limit set out in section 67(2) of that Act from

As Chair of the APPG on Portugal I was pleased to attend a celebration of the  National Day of Portugal at the Residence of the Ambassador together with other guests who included the Papal Nuncio, the Vatican Ambassador His Exellencey Fr Miguel Maury Buendia. (pictured left).

The Ambassador from Portugal to the UK Nuno Brito (

I was delighted to drop into the Parliamentary event held by the Reading Agency on 10 June 2026 to speak to Parliamentarians about the Summer Reading Challenge.

This year the Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge 2026 is about encouraging primary school children to get involved in this year's theme: Read to the Beat. 

Children will be

This Order refers to changes made in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 and covers elections for combined authority mayors and combined county authority mayors. These elections are currently conducted using the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system. Under this system, the candidate who wins the most votes is elected. Combined authority

The Bill was considered in a Committee of the Whole House on 8 and 9 June 2026. Clauses 1 to 51 of the Bill , which consider transfer powers, establishing a Stakeholder Advisory Committee, preparing a jobs and industrial strategy, duty to report a 10-year strategy for nationalised steel undertakings, and a requirement for a

A launch of The Insuring Justice social impact report was held on * June 2026  highlighting the role that legal protection plays in extending access to justice and reducing barriers to opportunity jointly organised by ARAG and The Purpose Coalition.
ARAG,  Allgemeine Rechtsschutzversicherungs Aktiengesellschaft a German word meaning "General Legal Protection Insurance Company", was founded in

I attended a parliamentary drop-in event on 8 June 2026 to discuss 'Plugging the Skills Gap: Why a Skilled Plumbing Workforce is Critical to UK Growth' organised by JTL to draw attention to the skills gap. 

JTL is a specialist, not-for-profit Independent Training Provider set up by Unite the Union and the Electrical Contractors Association 35

I met with the RAC who are based in the constituency but came to Parliament to discuss the use of the Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) with MPs. This is a small device fitted to a vehicle which uses speed limit maps and location based data to prevent a driver from exceeding the legal speed limit. 

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