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.

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, has asked ministers to ensure that British soldiers don't face vexatious prosecution claims regarding their service in Afghanistan.

I was very pleased to hear directly from the minister that the Government is giving £250,000 to the Caistor & District Community Trust to help restore and revitalise 2-4 Market Place in the town.

Sir Edward Leigh called on the Government to work with BT and local health authorities to fit out disused phone boxes with life-saving medical equipment.

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, has written to the Director General of the BBC to protest the proposed cuts to the broadcaster's local radio programming.

This week I had the great privilege of taking a seat in the cab of one of the lorries from Bradshaws of Sturton.

Not just any lorry, but the 400th put on the road by this venerable firm of road hauliers.

I was delighted to visit the excellent Lincolnshire Food and Gift Fair this weekend.

I'm pictured here with Lynda Martin, who runs one of the many excellent stalls there.

This annual event is warmly recommended.

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, has told Health ministers that the Government commit to traditional family doctors and resist the commercialisation of GP surgeries.