I have called on the Government to expand protection for agricultural land to prevent it being used for solar farms.

Gainsborough is threatened by a proposal for 10,000 acres of solar panels, more than the rest of the East Midlands combined.

If we didn’t know it already, one of the many side effects of the lockdown was realising quite how important internet connectivity is. Getting high-speed internet access to even the hardest-to-reach communities in Lincolnshire is very important for our businesses and families.

At the Guildhall today listening to concerns on rural broadband and getting villages like Walesby, Knaith Park, Riseholme, and Kexby fully connected.

The Government has committed £5 billion to roll out gigabit-capable broadband to rural and hard-to-reach areas.

Today I visited the excellent doctors, nurses, and staff of Caskgate Surgery here in Gainsborough.

They have concerns about the pressures surgeries are facing with increased burdens.

I had a meeting today with the chairs of Riseholme and Burton Parish Councils.

They have my full support in objecting to a new lorry park on green wedge land on the junction of the A15 and A46 at Lincoln.

I've been banging on about social insurance schemes like they have in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and elsewhere for years.

These systems tend to provide better health outcomes for less money.

It was a joy to take part in the ceremony kicking off the demolition of the old Co-op site in Gainsborough where the Market Place is being given new life.

The NHS is facing an unprecedented backlog. I've suggested that we learn a lesson from the recent past. In the 1990s, Kenneth Clarke as Chancellor introduced tax relief for private health insurance.

I had a good meeting with the Rail Minister, Huw Merriman MP, regarding the need for a daily through service from Cleethorpes to London via Market Rasen.

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, urged ministers to issue a derogation from the UN's refugee convention to give the Government greater leeway to stop the flow of illegal migration across the English Channel.