Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about the Emergency Energy Tariff Campaign. I am aware of the impact that global energy price rises have had on consumers, and I welcome the action taken by the Government to support the most vulnerable.  To support consumers, the Government is m

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 brought a large number of EU laws and regulation into our domestic law.

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about Royal Mail and their Customer Service Points. I share your disappointment as I know how vital Royal Mail and the services it provides are for so many communities across the country, particularly in rural areas like ours. In November Royal M

Dear Constituent, Thank you for your correspondence regarding minimum service laws. Workers’ ability to organise and work collectively is a fundamental part of our free society and of a free market.

Dear Constituent, Thank you for your correspondence regarding on-shore wind farms. This debate seems to have re-opened yet again, but it is only just a few years ago that we dealt with a proposal for a massive on-shore windfarm at Hemswell. That plan would have blighted many of our beautiful view

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about the energy bill grant and park homes.

Dear Constituent, Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding solar farms on farmland. It is the height of folly to take good productive land out of agricultural use at a time when the world’s normal food supply chains have been disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the ongoi

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about improving home energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty. Improving the energy efficiency of existing homes will play a critical role in delivering the UK’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, including net zero by 2050 as well as liftin

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about possible redundancies.  I am aware of reports of several businesses and industry sectors, considering making large numbers of staff redundant.

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about encouraging greener, cleaner homes and possible green alternatives to gas boilers.  There are currently around 1.7 million fossil fuel boiler installations every year, but the Government expects all newly installed heating systems to be

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about the Cambo oil field. The Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution lays the blueprint for how the Government can achieve net zero and the further publication of the Energy White Paper made clear the Government’s commitment

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about BT.  I understand that, following disagreements about potential job cuts and site closures, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will hold a ballot on possible industrial action.  I appreciate concerns about the impact industrial acti

Dear Constituent, Thank you for contacting me about workers’ rights.  I was disturbed by the rumoured rollback of workers’ rights that the left-wing press has been peddling. These untruths play on the fears of often very vulnerable people with the aim of creating an atmosphere

As an animal lover, I am deeply concerned over the treatment of animals who are used in scientific research. I am proud of Britain's long tradition of kindness to animals and preventing and punishing cruelty to them.

It is deeply troubling that the treatment of those accused of theft based on evidence from the Horizon IT system. I do not underestimate the stress this has caused to many affected by the long-running case, and from my time as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee I remember how easy it is for massive technical systems to go wrong.