Just nine weeks after I was promoted to the rank of Minister of State by the then Prime Minister Theresa May, and appointed as Minister of State for Transport I was, on 26th July, promoted once again by the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the position of Solicitor General for England and Wale

One of the responsibilities of the Solicitor General is to review what are called ‘unduly lenient sentences’ which is when a judge’s ruling on a guilty person in a Crown Court is so lenient that it is thought to be unlawful.

On Tuesday 30th July I was deeply honoured to be sworn in before the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales at the Royal Courts of Justice in London as one of Her Majesty’s Queen’s Counsel.

I think it is fair to say that my tenure as the Minister of State for Transport was a short one, being in the job for nine weeks!

On the evening of Thursday, 11th July I travelled back to Northampton from my ministerial duties in order to be the keynote speaker at Northampton Academy’s 2nd annual ‘Best in Everyone’ awards evening.

In a previous report (https://www.michaelellis.co.uk/news/michael-and-us-ambassador-strengthe…) I wrote about the fact that the USA is the single biggest foreign investor in the UK, and th

In the last fortnight I had the pleasure as Minister for Transport of launching two key new roads in a new housing development in Wellingborough called Stanton Cross.

Following a meeting with the Northampton Kenyan Community (NKC) at one of my recent Advice Centre surgeries– which you can read about here: https://www.michaelellis.co.uk/news/michael-meets-northampton-kenyan

On the morning of Thursday, 18th July I participated in my second Department for Transport Question and Answer session in the House of Commons following my promotion to Minister of State for Transport on 23rd May.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists RoadSmart is a long-established charity which promotes safe driving. They have 200 local units based around the country, including one right here in Northampton.