My latest column - April 2024 Thursday, 18 April, 2024 “Whenever a child is ill, we feel incredibly powerless, but we are not powerless and nor are the Government. We have the power to raise the priority of brain tumour research and I hope the Government do so”. I spoke those words eight years ago today, on April 18th 2016, in a Parliamentary debate on ‘Brain Tumours’. The parents of Daisy Brooks from Bures, who lost her life so tragically to a rare... Articles
My latest column - 18th June 2020 18th June 2020 It seems like only yesterday that I was writing in this column about the need to ‘stay at home’ at the height of the pandemic. That was around Easter, as... Articles
Statement on the George Floyd protests 8th June 2020 I have received a number of emails from constituents regarding both the killing of George Floyd, and the subsequent ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations. First... Articles
My Statement on the Matter of Dominic Cummings 27th May 2020 Earlier this week I issued a statement in relation to the recent reports surrounding the Prime Minister’s senior adviser, Dominic Cummings. I have now updated... Articles
My latest column - 21st May 2020 21st May 2020 I appreciate that some readers may have been confused when the Prime Minister recently made his Sunday broadcast switching our principal instructive slogan from... Articles
MPs from Suffolk ask for siblings to go to same schools on transport 7th May 2020 Six Suffolk MPs have urged the government to require education authorities to offer siblings places on the same school bus in a bid to change the county’s... Local News
3,000 people tested at Copdock coronavirus centre 1st May 2020 Around 3,000 people are now said to have been tested for coronavirus at the Copdock drive-through centre. Around 3,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 at... Local News
Cartlidge raises plight of cancer patients awaiting treatment during PMQs 29th April 2020 South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge raised concerns about delays to cancer treatment. Picture: OFFICE OF JAMES CARTLIDGE The government should draw up a new... Speeches in Parliament
My latest column - 16th April 2020 16th April 2020 On Tuesday I received an email of historic proportions from the Speaker of the House of Commons, informing me that we were likely to meet as a ‘virtual... Articles
A Sudbury couple stranded in India for more than a month after contracting coronavirus abroad are finally expected to return to the UK on Thursday. 15th April 2020 Steven Hancock, left, and partner Ann Williams from Sudbury had been left stranded in India when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Picture: STEVEN HANCOCK/ANN... Local News