It is deeply humbling that the voters of the Gainsborough constituency have again trusted me to represent them in Parliament.
As I am the longest-serving MP, I am now the Father of the House and I am acting as a deputy for Mister Speaker until the deputy speakers are elected next week.
Farmers in low-lying areas of Lincolnshire are suffering from flooding, so I told ministers today that any update on the support that they can be given would be very helpful.
When it comes to small boat crossings, there is a lot of talk of human rights, but surely the only human right and life that matters is the life of children who are being taken across the channel.
Fifteen months after the Government announced that they were taking over the whole of RAF Scampton and putting 2,000 migrants there, not a single one has arrived.
Sir Edward Leigh has attacked the proposals for solar power installations in and around Gainsborough, saying they are "unwelcome, unwise, and they undermine our countryside".
Sir Edward Leigh called for improving the level of mobile phone coverage in the countryside at Science, Innovation, and Technology questions in the House of Commons.
