Westminster News

I'm delighted to have been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the EU, working as part of the team delivering the plan that the Cabinet agreed last Friday.

It is a great honour to be able to publicly announce that following the Prime Minister’s reshuffling of various government and Conservative Party departments, I have been promoted within the Whip’s office to the role of Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household.

UK Parliament Week is fast approaching, running from 13-19 November. UK Parliament Week is an annual festival which encourages citizens to learn about and engage with the work of the UK Parliament.

The Commons and Lords Rugby Club has accepted an invitation to play the Met Police RFC in memory of the late PC Keith Palmer.

Daventry MP, Chris Heaton-Harris, has pledged his support to a new partnership which will help to train, recruit and attract the people needed to build Britain’s homes.

Every single year in the UK, 30,000 people suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. Sadly, just less than 1-in-10 survive. It’s time to take action.

Chris Heaton-Harris met with Print Power Europe printers of Daventry, at the House of Commons on the 6th of July as part of a Reception to celebrate the print industry, in Daventry and across Britain. 

As chair of the APPG on Learning Disability, I recently wrote to the Department for Work & Pension expressing my concerns regarding the upcoming changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and support provided by the Health and Work Programme. You can find the response from the Rt. Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions here.

I have been contacted by numerous constituents referring to their concerns surrounding bees and pesticide usage, here is a substantial response I have recently received from George Eustice MP, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, concerning the subject.

Syria - How I will Vote Today and Why:Like all MPs I have been written to by a number of my constituents about their concerns about the possibility of the UK extending the military campaign we are in within Iraq, over the border into Syria.I like people to know exactly where I stand on such important issues and so below is a link to a copy of one of my replies to a constituent.