TERMINALLY ILL (ADULTS) END OF LIFE BILL The Second Reading of the new version of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was rejected by MPs this afternoon by 286 votes to 270, meaning that Assisted Dying will not pass into law in the current Parliament. I set out my reasons for voting against the Bill in the last session in my Third Reading speech, in June last year, which you can see here. The legislation debated today has not been changed since it fell at the end of the last session,...

MAYORAL ANNOUNCEMENT December will mark a decade since my by-election win in 2016, and with this 10-year anniversary upcoming, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my time in politics, and what has changed during this period. The past 10 years have been a tumultuous time. This week, I faced my sixth Prime Minister in the Commons Chamber - a sign of how volatile the political climate has become. The failure of successive governments has led to the public looking elsewhere for political...

Parliament broke for recess last week, which came at a frustrating time with the arrival of the new Prime Minister and a new cabinet. This provides the Prime Minister with just over a month to ensure his policies are up to scrutiny, and I look forward to holding the new government to account when we return to Parliament at the beginning of September. I will be halting my newsletter over the recess period, but my staff and I will continue to monitor and respond to emails as normal, so please...