It was a pleasure to attend to the AoC Gold Awards reception hosted by Kelvin Hopkins MP and with an inspiring opening speech by Peter Kyle MP on Wednesday 8 June 2016.

On 7 June 2016, I was honoured to perform a reading at the reception to celebrate the permanent installation of New Dawn, which took place in Westminster Hall and was attended by Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, the Lord Speaker, the Baroness D'Souza, members of both houses, and invited guests.

When the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 16 March 2016 he said that the Government will half the Severn Crossing tolls by 2018. At Treasury questions on 7 June 2016, I asked if the Chancellor would go further than this:

As a member of the Panel of Chairs, on Monday 6 June 2016, I chaired a Westminster Hall debate on E-petition 109702 relating to restricting the use of fireworks.

I was delighted to attend the 25 year celebrations of the inception of the Shree Ram Mandir temple in Ford street on Friday 27 May 2016. There was a week of celebrations at the Temple- among the events was the reading form the Bhagwad Gita by a Hindu scholar. The temple also held

The EU referendum will be held on the 23 June 2016 and if you are not on the register you can still register to vote by 7 June 2016.

I have been contacted by many of my constituents opposed to the provisions to privatise the Land Registry. At Business of the House on Thursday 26 May 2016, I raised this important issue with The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, Dr Thérèse Coffey MP.

On Wednesday 25 May 2016, The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee held an oral evidence session on Future Flood Prevention. The Sub-Commitee heard evidence from the following witnesses: Philip Barnes, Director for Land and Planning, Barratt Developments Plc, James Harris, Policy and Networks Manager, Royal Town Planning Institute, and Steve Wielebski, Technical Adviser, Home