I am incredibly proud to be the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip – somewhere I have lived all my life. It is a place that is dynamic and multicultural, whilst rooted in its traditions of entrepreneurship and community. Nowhere
The Rwanda Safety Bill has made it through the House of Commons. A government with an overall majority was never in nearly so much jeopardy of losing a vote on this flagship legislation as some news coverage suggested after Conservative backbenchers had
This week’s defeat of my Scotland (Self-Determination) Bill in the Commons Chamber served as an explicit rebuttal to claims down the centuries that the UK is a respectful and voluntary union of equal nations. This was the second time I brought my
With over 400 miles of coastline (the longest of any UK county), falling short of island status by a mere 2.5 miles of terrain, Cornwall continues to face a distinctive geographical challenge only found elsewhere in island communities. Counties in the middle
Access to free school meals for children with disabilities & special educational needs This week I led a debate on fair access to free school meals for disabled children and those with special educational needs, which I applied for after meeting a
The whole sorry tale of HS2 and how it hit the buffers has filled many column inches over the years. Costs had spiralled out of control and the government quite rightly pulled the plug last year on Phase 2 from Birmingham up
The Horizon scandal has quite rightly produced a massive public backlash and an outcry in the House of Commons with the government suddenly putting some urgency and thought into how to give redress to the hundreds of individuals who were so callously
This week I was successful in securing a debate in parliament on the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2a and Network North. As someone who has repeatedly called for investment from HS2 to instead be spent on better local and regional transport. News
Ella Roberta Adoo-Kissi Debrah should have been celebrating her 20th birthday next week. But her life was tragically cut short aged nine when she suffered a fatal asthma attack. Ella lived with her family near the heavily-congested south circular road in south
Afghanistan is the forgotten country. The loss of 455 UK military personnel, hundreds returning with life changing injuries and the manner of our departure in handing over the country to the very insurgents we went in to defeat, has all taken its
