I am grateful to everyone who has contacted me about the availability of medicinal cannabis.

Thank you for contacting me about eligibility for free school meals under Universal Credit.
 

I voted on Tuesday for the UK to leave the EU on 29 March with a deal. Unfortunately Parliament, including a number of my colleagues, did not. This meant that Parliament had to vote yesterday on whether to leave on 29 March with a deal or not.

Constituents have been intensely interested in Brexit, and the consequences of the Referendum, since that vote, but even more so over the last few months.

I have continued to receive emails from constituents regarding the Agriculture Bill and, in particular, food standards.

The Department for International Development’s Small Charities Challenge Fund provides grants to small British charities for projects that help the UK achieve the Global Goals. Applications are reviewed on a six-monthly basis and the closing date for the next review is 28 March.

A large number of constituents have been in touch recently about animal sentience and the #Betterdealforanimals campaign.

Thank you to those who have contacted me about the increase in the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Fee.

Independent regulators like the HCPC do important work, helping to protect the public and ensure high levels of service and professionalism.

The annual celebration of apprenticeships takes place between 4 – 8 March and this year’s theme is ‘Blaze a Trail’, which follows on from the new national apprenticeship campaign ‘Fire it Up’.

More than 297 families in NE Beds have been able to realise their dream of home ownership thanks to the Government’s Help to Buy schemes, latest figures have shown.