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Earlier today I spoke to Jenni Murray on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to discuss the results of the body image survey the Women and Equalities committee have just published:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000mr4g

This week the issue of testing for covid-19 has been very much in the headlines and rightly so.  I applied for an Urgent Question at the start of the week, but the question was quite rightly granted to the Shadow Secretary of State for Health.  That did, of course, give me the opportunity to ask

Over the past fortnight I have received a significant amount of correspondence from constituents who have struggled to get appointments for Covid-19 tests.

This week we have returned to the challenge of the ever decreasing time limit and how to turn a 10 minute speech into a three minute one.

This week we have returned to the challenge of the ever decreasing time limit and how to turn a 10 minute speech into a three minute one.

Parliament has returned this week following the summer recess and it has been interesting to see how quiet London still is.

The Bank Holiday weekend saw the return of the Memory Choir at Abbotswood Court for a brilliant singalong with Kim Garner in the garden.

I know many are looking forward to the return to school next week, and I was pleased to receive information from several local schools about the precautions they have put in place to make their premises as covid secure as possible.

I have always maintained that A Level results day lives with you for the rest of your life, and I am sure the class of 2020 will not forget this one.  

This week started with a conference call with Minister Pincher at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about the proposed planning reforms.