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Today I spoke in the Backbench Business Debate on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

In Sevenoaks we are lucky enough to be surrounded by stunning countryside. 93% of our constituency is made up of the Green Belt and maintaining it was a central pledge in my election campaign last December.

Today I welcomed the Sentencing White Paper, particularly the extension of minimum terms for sexual and violent offences, and the power to end automatic early release.

Today, over Zoom, Laura Trott - alongside her Kent MP colleagues - met with MPs from northern France, in the first of what we hope will be a regular series of close discussions on cross-Channel issues.

Conservative MP for Sevenoaks, Laura Trott has today joined Gareth Bacon MP, in writing to the Broadband Minister to ask the Government to invest in better broadband for rural areas across Sevenoaks and Orpington.

Maternity services are an issue very close to my heart. Today at a meeting of the Health and Social Care Committee I asked the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, what steps his department is taking during the pandemic to ensure maternal safety, access for partners and neonatal care.

For many across Sevenoaks and Swanley, this week marks the start of a new school year and I’m sure there will be parents reading this who are worried about what the following few months will bring.

It has been great to today return to the chamber after summer recess. 

With MPs returning to Westminster next week and the new school year beginning, I thought that I should use today’s column to reflect on what has been a busy summer.