On Wednesday 11th May 2016, Lord Swaraj Paul the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor Geoff Layer, other MPs and guests from the Black Country at the House of Lords to celebrate the University of Wolverhampton's contribution to healthcare.

It was not long after the Back Bench Committee had granted a debate on the closure of HMRC offices, when HMRC decided on the 4 May 2016 without any consultation to bring forward the closure of the office at Pattinson House. I was granted an Adjournment Debate on Tuesday 10 May 2016.I wanted to hear from the Minister why the date for closure had been brought forward.

As a member of the Speakers Panel on Thursday 5th May 2016 I chaired a debate on compensation for residents affected by the upgrade of the Great Northern Great Eastern railway line. The debate was moved by Stephen Phillips QC MP.

At the Opposition Day debate on Wednesday 4 May 2016, I voted for the motion to ask the Government to keep NHS bursaries for student nurses and midwives.

The government have proposed to privatise the HM Land Registry as part of its plan to raise capital. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills argues that the Land Registry ‘could have more freedom in the private sector to continue to evolve into a high performing, innovative business, delivering for customers and the wider market in a 21st century, and digital economy’. However HM Land is entirely self-funding and has returned a significant dividend to HM Treasury in all but one of the last 20 years. In the year 2014-15 this amounted to £126m.