2018

I raised with the Leader of the House, the impact that a no deal Brexit will have on the UK. The National Farmers Union said that a no deal Brexit would be an “Armageddon scenario”, the Government’s own technical notes state that UK institutions would no longer be eligible for three Horizon 2020 funding lines and a no deal will cost the UK research £520 million a year, and the National Police Coordination Centre warns that the “necessity to call on military assistance is a real possibility” after we leave the EU with no deal.

I spoke at the launch of the New Brooms book in Parliament on Wednesday 12 September 2018. Mr Speaker and James Frith MP, who edited the book, also spoke at the event.

As a member of the Commonwealth and Parliamentary Association, I met with a delegation of students and teachers from Tobago in Parliament on Wednesday 12 September 2018. The delegation were led by Dr. Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus, Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly Legislature.