I was asked the other day whether the West Anglia Taskforce was still in existence.  It is, I remain its Chairman and it meets again on 28 March.

The House of Lords European Union Home Affairs Sub-Committee – on which I sit – has just published a report “Brexit : the Erasmus and Horizon programmes”.

I was pleased to attend the event at Stansted Airport on 8 June that marked the launch of a service by Emirates to Dubai.

I recently had the pleasure of writing an article for the Saffron Walden Historical Journal about my 40 years in Parliament.  The Journal, available in Harts Bookshop, Waitrose, the Tourist Information Centre and the museum in Saffron Walden, retails at £3 and is compiled by the town's Historical

When I heard the Prime Minister’s announcement of an early General Election I reacted enthusiastically with my only thought being to play my part in strengthening the position of the Conservative Party in Parliament.

Our NHS is forever a subject for concern. Never more so than during the winter months. As with so many things it is not what it achieves – patient satisfaction remains remarkably high – but what it gets wrong that makes the headlines. That is only natural.

During the Defence Estate announcement on Monday 7 November, Sir Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence, announced Carver Barracks as one of the military sites to be sold within the next 30 years.

Last week the High Court ruled that the Prime Minister cannot give notice of intention to withdraw from the European Union without reference to Parliament.

Last week I welcomed Rail Minister Paul Maynard to Bishop’s Stortford for the launch of the West Anglia Taskforce report.

I was the first Conservative Member to be called by the Speaker to question the Secretary of State for Transport on his announcement about increased airport capacity in the London area.