D&S column: A moving Remembrance Day in Richmond 13th November 2015 STANDING in Richmond’s Friary Gardens on Sunday, the last strains of the Last Post fading away as hundreds of townsfolk stood in respectful silence, was a truly... Articles
D&S column: why committee work isn't dull 1st November 2015 THE business of the House of Commons amounts to much more than the debates that take place in the main chamber seen on TV. Articles
D&S column: in praise of those fighting dementia 26th October 2015 This week's column in the D&S on exemplary efforts locally to tackle dementia Articles
D&S column: Satellite broadband solution for isolated communities 14th October 2015 THE village of Moulton, north-east of Richmond, is typical of many in my constituency. Articles
D&S column: Backing great local businesses 12th October 2015 MY background before entering Parliament was in business and specifically helping small and medium-sized businesses to grow. Articles
D&S column: Fighting for fairer funding for North Yorkshire schools 25th September 2015 WE are blessed in North Yorkshire to have generally excellent schools. Consistently, they outperform the national average in the annual league tables and that’s... Articles
How British is your cheddar cheese? 23rd September 2015 You may have missed my second weekly column in the Darlington & Stockton Times. Here it is Articles
My first weekly column in the Darlington & Stockton Times 13th September 2015 WELCOME to this new weekly column in the Darlington & Stockton Times – its aim is to tell you about what I’m doing in Westminster and the constituency. I was... Articles