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This week I had a positive and productive meeting with Lord Parkinson, Minister for Arts and Heritage, to talk about the Belper Mills. I was pleased to be...

This week I held my bi-annual Taste of Derbyshire event in Parliament with my colleague Heather Wheeler MP for South Derbyshire. It was fantastic to see people...

Last week, I joined Network Rail at Duffield Train Station to see the fantastic improvements to the footbridge which have now been completed. Extension work has...

Happy St George’s Day! I was at the parade in Belper on Sunday 21st April with Scout leaders and the crowds watching all the uniformed marchers including scouts...

I was absolutely delighted to receive this letter from the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, following my question in the House of Commons. The Government has...

HelloFresh’s new site in Spondon is now open! I opened the new site, which will create 600 local jobs, at SmartParc on Thursday 11th April. It will be the third...

The Great Northern Greenway is a partially complete cycle-route between north Derby and Breadsall which will eventually connect Derby City with Ilkeston. I...

It was a pleasure to meet with members of the team at Asda Spondon this week to discuss their apprenticeship scheme. Asda has 500 apprentices across the UK, and...

I was delighted to visit Wathall’s Funeral Directors in Allestree recently and meet with the Branch Manager, Amanda Howitt. Wathall’s is the longest established...