Most of an MP’s work is out of sight, working on individual constituents’ battles with some faceless agency of government, or in meetings to discuss some detail of legislation.
I met this week with a group of Wiltshire farmers brought together by the NFU. It was a helpful session for me, highlighting the continued challenges that farmers experience with the different Government schemes.
This week I attended the debate on the future of horseracing, which is threatened by the new affordability checks on gambling. The arguments against these checks have been very well made by many people in the industry and by MPs in the debate.
For several months I have been campaigning hard to help local boaters resolve their continuing exclusion from the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBBS-AF).
I received a number of emails in advance of yesterday asking me to support the SNP's motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and condemning the 'collective punishment' of the Palestinian people by the IDF.
At the NFU Conference, today, the Prime Minister announced the next steps of the Government's plan for farmers. We have a strong agricultural sector across the Constituency, and I am pleased to note that £16,440018.06 has been invested in the Constituency since April 2023.
Today I asked the Minister of State for Defence Procurement for an update on the water supply at Trenchard Lines barracks in Upavon, after it became contaminated by diesel in November.
