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I chaired the first meeting of the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Epilepsy on Wednesday 15 July 2015 and my colleague Teresa Pearce MP was also in attendance and charied part of the meeting. There was a good turnout of the epilepsy community for the first meeting.

At the Statement on reforms to the NHS on Thursday 16 July 2015 I asked the Secretary of State for Health a question.

I raised the ongoing closure of Junction 9 of the M6 at the Summer Adjournment debate in the House of Commons on 16 July 2015.

On Monday 14 July 2015 I hosted the award ceremony for the Sidney Goldberg Memorial Competition 2014 at the House of Commons. I launched the Competition along with Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow MP in October 2013 to honour the Memory of Sidney Goldberg, a member of the RAF Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Sidney Goldberg, served on the HMS Hilary and was present on a Headquarters Ship during the D-Day landings and provided key interpreted information during the war. This led to him being awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2004. He passed away in 2011.

At Foreign Office Questions on Tuesday 14 July 2015, I asked the Foreign Office Minister about humanitarian access to Rakhine State in Burma.