The claim that the voting this week was about the introduction of same sex marriage or abortion rights in Northern Ireland was wide of the mark.  Everyone was using this Bill for their own purposes including those who wanted to use it to stop a proroguing of Parliament.

I attended the Alzheimer's Society event in Parliament. As my board said, we must stand with people with dementia and make sure they get the care they need.

John met up with the Chairman of Warborough Parish Council to have a look at the new play equipment and outdoor gym installed on the village green. Money for the equipment was partly raised by the council and part grant funded.  

John joined other Oxfordshire MPs to meet with the Oxfordshire NHS leaders. Such meetings take place several times a year and give an opportunity to discuss issues of concern and review progress and plans for the future.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes. It was also a pleasure to hear the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) introduce the debate. I wish to discuss some points that this debate generates.

I present a petition that has been signed by 406 residents of the village of Woodcote in my constituency and by surrounding villages that feed into the school of Langtree. The purpose of the petition is to try to remove once and for all issues over school funding. This is a similar petition to the one that I submitted in connection with Henley itself a little while ago.

Berinsfield is one of the 19 successful bids for Garden village status. This announcement comes after a competitive process.

The local Thame business, ULS technology, has been included in this years' London Stock Exchange '1000 companies to Inspire Britain'. This London Stock Exchange Group's flagship publication profiles the 1000 most dynamic and fastest growing SMEs across the UK.

John had great fun helping as a marshall at the 2019 Thame 10k on Sunday 30th June. 

The race starts and finishes at Lord Williams Upper School playing fields with the course going through the town market high street and return along the Phoenix Trail. 

The Council of Europe debated a report called "Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting".  Essentially this was about allowing the Russians back in with no cionditions on their membership.  It was the Russians who had chosen to excl