I want to share with everyone the most recent letter I have received from the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock.

Monthly updates from Laura Farris

MP for Newbury

Welcome from Laura

On the Centenary of the maiden speech of the first woman to sit in Parliament, Nancy Astor, it was an honour to make my own.

As we enter this pivotal moment, re-writing our immigration laws and revising our approach to counter-terrorism, I am delighted to join the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee. 

I am delighted to have been elected as the Vice Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Environment. 

Like my constituents and colleagues across the House, I am passionate about promoting environmental protections and nurturing a greener, more sustainable future. 

It was an honour and immensely humbling to speak at Newbury's Holocaust Memorial Day event, 75 years after the liberation the Auschwitz.

It was a great pleasure to join star trainer Jamie Snowdon up on the Lambourn Gallops this morning to watch his champions in action. The racing industry in West Berkshire is world-class. It employs 1000 people here and generates around £30 million for the local economy.

Official ONS figures show that the Conservative’s economic management means that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly half a century.

It was a great pleasure to visit the West Berkshire Community Hospital with Health Secretary Matt Hancock. 

This is such an important community resource and we are determined to give it the support it needs to continue delivering outstanding patient care.

Businesses and employers should do more to help close Britain’s productivity gap, says Guy Opperman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.