Thank you for contacting me about support for the self-employed.
I can fully appreciate what a difficult time it is for those who are self-employed. I welcome that measures have been announced to help self-employed people, many of whom are especially vulnerable during this time.
Thank you for writing to me regarding restrictions on public houses in the coming lockdown.
Due to the recent rise in Coronavirus case numbers, which we are seeing rising rapidly across the whole of the UK, the Government must now take necessary steps to combat the spread of the virus.
It’s been a worrying time for all of us in Derbyshire Dales who have been putting so much effort into making business COVID secure. Following the Prime Minister’s press statement on Saturday 31 October we now have some clarity of what is happening in the run up to Christmas.
Last Wednesday’s debate in Parliament was an ‘Opposition Day Debate’ – it was not legislation and votes on such debates are never binding. It is, as it says, a debate and has no impact on Government policy.
I voted against Labour’s motion for their Opposition Day debate, which has no legal standing, on extending the Free School Meal (FSM) vouchers or food parcels till Easter 2021, and possibly beyond.
I wish to take this opportunity to explain why I voted against the Lords’ Amendments to the Agricultural Bill. Firstly, I want to assure you the quality of food we import into this country will not change as a result of this Bill. This Bill creates agricultural policy in England only.
Thank you for writing to me regarding the sentencing of the killers of PC Andrew Harper. This is a matter that I taken a keen interest in and I have had the privilege to personally meet his widow Lissie Harper with a number of my parliamentary colleagues.