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 have been asked to continue in my role as Chair of the West Anglia Taskforce. In that capacity I have met with the Mayor of London's new Deputy for Transport, Heidi Alexander.

My first speech in the House of Lords was in a debate about public services in rural areas. This gave me an opportunity to bang the drum for broadband provisions.

I chaired a meeting of the West Anglia Taskforce last week at which Greater Anglia gave an update on progress with the new trains on order for the West Anglia line. I note there are now stickers on our present trains advertising this good news.

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

Sir Alan Haselhurst proud to hold the County Cricket Championship Trophy won by Essex County Cricket Club in 2017.  The Trophy was brought to Saffron Walden Cricket Club as a special gesture on their Open Day on 21 April before being rushed back to the County Ground at Chelmsford.  Sir Alan, as a

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.

I have received a large amount of correspondence from constituents enquiring as to why I did not vote on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. The nature of my abstention was not voluntary.

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.