As part of Children's Mental Health Week, Rob Butler spoke in the House of Commons about ways to help young people who need support. The full speech can be viewed here.
Rob Butler MP presented a petition calling for the construction of the Aylesbury link of East West Rail to Parliament. Organised by Cllr Mark Winn, more than 2,000 people have demanded approval of the line which will cut traffic congestion, reduce pollution & slash train journey times.
With Boris Johnson currently in the US to meet President Joe Biden and address the United Nations, the UK is demonstrating its global influence, whether on climate change or defence - a point I raised at #PMQs with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.
The Northern Ireland Protocol is not working as intended for the people of the province, so I welcome the announcement by Brandon Lewis to find a better way forward. As I said in the House of Commons, that will require the EU to be much more pragmatic in its approach, for everyone's sake
The racist online abuse of England players is being taken extremely seriously by the Home Office, but some of the trolls are based abroad - so I'm glad ministers are urgently looking into ways of working with international partners to tackle the problem.
While many people are familiar with parliamentary debates in the House of Commons chamber, it is less well known that MPs often work behind the scenes to help turn bills into law.
